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How to find your passion

I'm going into college to study something in the medical field. I'm not sure exactly what I want to do but I want to go into the medical field to help others and because medical careers are stable. What are some ways I can explore my career options and find the best fit for me, through internships, classes? #career-choice

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Ken’s Answer

I wrestled with that question during my college years and beyond, and since that time I have helped many find that answer during my years in Human Resources. After many years of work with a variety of people and setting up and running a program to help laid off workers return to work, I have developed the following plan which has helped many.

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The first step is to take an interest and aptitude test and have it interpreted by your school counselor to see if you share the personality traits necessary to enter the field. You might want to do this again upon entry into college, as the interpretation might differ slightly due to the course offering of the school. However, do not wait until entering college, as the information from the test will help to determine the courses that you take in high school. Too many students, due to poor planning, end up paying for courses in college which they could have taken for free in high school.
Next, when you have the results of the testing, talk to the person at your high school and college who tracks and works with graduates to arrange to talk to, visit, and possibly shadow people doing what you think that you might want to do, so that you can get know what they are doing and how they got there. Here are some tips: ## http://www.wikihow.com/Network ## ## https://www.themuse.com/advice/nonawkward-ways-to-start-and-end-networking-conversations ## ## https://www.themuse.com/advice/4-questions-to-ask-your-network-besides-can-you-get-me-a-job?ref=carousel-slide-1 ##
Locate and attend meetings of professional associations to which people who are doing what you think that you want to do belong, so that you can get their advice. These associations may offer or know of intern, coop, shadowing, and scholarship opportunities. These associations are the means whereby the professionals keep abreast of their career area following college and advance in their career. Here are some tips: ## https://www.careeronestop.org/BusinessCenter/Toolkit/find-professional-associations.aspx?&frd=true ## ## https://www.themuse.com/advice/9-tips-for-navigating-your-first-networking-event ##
It is very important to express your appreciation to those who help you along the way to be able to continue to receive helpful information and to create important networking contacts along the way. Here are some good tips: ## https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-informational-interview-thank-you-note-smart-people-know-to-send?ref=recently-published-2 ## ## https://www.themuse.com/advice/3-tips-for-writing-a-thank-you-note-thatll-make-you-look-like-the-best-candidate-alive?bsft_eid=7e230cba-a92f-4ec7-8ca3-2f50c8fc9c3c&bsft_pid=d08b95c2-bc8f-4eae-8618-d0826841a284&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_20171020&utm_source=blueshift&utm_content=daily_20171020&bsft_clkid=edfe52ae-9e40-4d90-8e6a-e0bb76116570&bsft_uid=54658fa1-0090-41fd-b88c-20a86c513a6c&bsft_mid=214115cb-cca2-4aec-aa86-92a31d371185&bsft_pp=2 ##
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Biju’s Answer

Many assume that medical field involves only doctors and nurses. This is wrong. #1 is passion. By being here and asking this question, you have already demonstrated that. You need to start a search mission to do the following
1) Go to websites of as many universities as possible
2) Filter by medical field
3) Look at the different courses listed there
4) Note down a handful of those that you have never heard of. Some words might be intimidating. But find what it means.
5) identify 2 or 3 that you want to dig deeper into
6) Look at the curriculum and see if 60% of it interests you
7) Note down the ones that you like
8) Repeat steps 1 to 7 few times until you have atleast 5 fields that you like
9) Now do some research on the professions associated with those
10) You can come back to career village to ask questions specifically on those careers

Hope this helps..
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