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when did you decide what you want to do?
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Marica’s Answer
As college was ending I knew I wanted to be in the field of finance/business. I didn't have a specific focus but I did end up in the field of Insurance. It's been a great field and fit my strengths well. I am able to use my technical skills daily as well as build relationships with clients. For me, this is a great balance. I did plenty of soul searching as I was about to graduate college and met with multiple industries to see where I would fit in the best. For me, the commercial insurance industry was perfect. Good Luck!
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Vinod’s Answer
Who knows you better then you yourself? My recommendation would be start listing things that interests you. Spend some time exploring on each item from your list. By exploring I mean: do some research on "what it is and is not?". Meet actual people who have significant experience on related things. Start doing some home projects about it. This will help you in two ways: first, helps you to identify what exactly you want to do and you'll also start building skill around it. I hope this helps you.
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Mariah’s Answer
A career isn't an end goal, its a journey! You start off in one occupation, try it out for a few years, get good at it, hone your skills. And then you have to check in with yourself occasionally to ask "is this career something I enjoy, is the life this career gives me what I want for myself". And if its not, then you put a plan in place to pivot to something else. That may require training, schooling, or mentoring. Then you try that occupation for a while, hone your skills and get good at it. Then again you have to check in with yourself. I've been working for 20 years and I've changed majors twice and occupations 3 times! And I'll probably change again a few more times before I retire.
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Sandra’s Answer
Networking and learning the basics of your top 3 careers, will help you get a better understanding of where you would succeed. That may help you either narrow down or replace your top three. You can continue to do that until you decide on a career. You may also decide later in life that you would like to explore a new career. I knew early on that my strong suit is customer service, with that in mind I took an entry level position at a call center. I quickly moved up through the 4 tiers of associates, promoted to Lead (manager assistant), and soon after became a Manager with an average of 20 employees reporting directly to me and finally in the last year have transitioned to a risk analyst position, all this took place in 10 years.