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how can you find a career fit for you?
i have many things i like to do or that im good at that all appeals to only one certain career, but i know one of them will make it impossible to do them all.
#indescisive #career
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Rebecca’s Answer
I would suggest you could start on what you are interested. Below are a few suggestions:
1. Identify any interest, subjects or hobbies you would like to develop your career.
2. Find out what are the careers that relevant to these interest hobbies, e..g If you are interested in sports, would you like to be a professional athletes, sports teacher, coach, etc.
3. You can explore on these career and find out what you really would like to do in the future. You may shortlist a few of them.
4. You can then try to speak to someone who works in that industry or seek advice from your parents, teacher or career counselor in your school, etc.
5. Identify the relevant subjects in the college and find out the entry criteria
Hope this helps! Good Luck!
1. Identify any interest, subjects or hobbies you would like to develop your career.
2. Find out what are the careers that relevant to these interest hobbies, e..g If you are interested in sports, would you like to be a professional athletes, sports teacher, coach, etc.
3. You can explore on these career and find out what you really would like to do in the future. You may shortlist a few of them.
4. You can then try to speak to someone who works in that industry or seek advice from your parents, teacher or career counselor in your school, etc.
5. Identify the relevant subjects in the college and find out the entry criteria
Hope this helps! Good Luck!
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Brandon’s Answer
It's okay to be unsure of what you want to be in your early 20s. Most of us choose because we're somewhat forced to do so given the constraint of graduating with a degree In something. The one certainty is that you will evolve over time meaning you're interests may change as well. While it's best to choose a route that most interests you right now, it should be in something that allows the flexibility to adapt in the future as well.
I thought my interest was in a specific field and as it turns out, my passion was in the processes behind that field - the "how the sausage gets made" of it all. Once I realized I could apply that to any field of my choosing, it opened up an entirely new landscape of possibilities.
Hope that helps!
I thought my interest was in a specific field and as it turns out, my passion was in the processes behind that field - the "how the sausage gets made" of it all. Once I realized I could apply that to any field of my choosing, it opened up an entirely new landscape of possibilities.
Hope that helps!
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hanumantha’s Answer
Its important that you do what you Love to do(heard alot but did you realize the depth of it).
If you exclude sleep time of 8hours, most of the quality time of your entire life(from 21 to 60) is spent in Office(on an average 9 hours per day).
So Its very critical to choose a career that fits you the best based on your skills and interest.
If you lack either skill or interest, then yoru life will be full of frustration which is usually the case for most of the those who chose default 9-5 jobs that you see around including your parents/relatives etc..(No offence)
Now you understood how crucial it is, to choose your career. Now let us see how can you identify your passion, skill, interest and strengths in real world.
Always keep 2 things in Mind. Whatever skils you think you have, think of those in these lines.
1) Always looks for Problems around you and identify the oppurtunities.
2) Make sure you put premium on the services you deliver with good communication. (it is called Marketing)
Bonus tip: Dont chase money. Chase Passion.Money will follow. Money is a bad master and good slave.
I faced similar problem if iam good at multipel things how to choose 1. The advice I got from my Mentor was:
- Try all of them one at a time and fail fast. So you have ample time to spend on what you're best at(the last one).
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But there will few folks who feel that they're good at nothing. Let us see how can they find their passion in this digitally expanding world.
Disclaimer: Ignore your neighbour who got admission into IIT/Harvard University. Dont follow the crowd.
- Identify 1 good thing, you can do for hours together without food/water. Now I know what comes to your mind. Watching binge movies/web series, games, chit chat with friends.
- Think, how can I convert any of these into income sources. Let me help you with some examples.
- Youtube reviews, designing games(No coding), streaming live games on social media, writing blogs on the topics that you would argue with your friends for hours together etc.
- How will that bring revenue/money to you regularly? By creating ads in those social media. If you can build credibility with your content to your audience, the platform or sponsers will reach out to you asking you to review their products. Its called Influence marketing.
- SMM(Social Media Marketing) is the trend now. But it may not be valid after 5 years. Why? An AI bot can do the same content in less than a minute whereas a human can take more than a month if you're starting from scratch.
- How can you do it differently. For any problem, if you look around it, you will see an oppurtunity hiding under the bushes. If you can see it you're called the 'Role model'.
Now lets understand how a bot can create a content? With that either you can build a new bot (better version ) yourself if your good in coding or you can identify the blind spots that Bot cant do for example It cannot have empathy but you do. If you can resemble that in your content. Boom!!
- Its absolutely fine to enjoy school/college life. But it is equally important to try some intern ship available online. There are many oppurtunities in startups. They need fresh ideas and untamed feedback. Every thing is 1 google click away, my Friend!! .
- If you take my case, I was a first bencher in school. I used to write 2 page answers even for a 2marks questions, where 1 line is also good enough for that score. Later I realize that is my strength. I focus more on readability and I always try to make things simpler, so that even for those who have completely zero knowlegde, can take a good decision, if they spend few minutes with me. So, I became a consultant who does the same to the Business clients.
- I take notes during my meetings, i diagonize the info and convert into highlights /action items / pending decisions.It helps stakeholders to take their decision with what is available on the table. They pay me for doing just that. But to come here, I have worked for almost 7 companies and 4 part time jobs to see where I dont fit well, and most importantly what am I good at. Hope that helps
Few unique jobs/careers that are emerging:
- Crypto Financial advisor
- NTL investor
- Virtual reality Designer(games)
- Augmented reality designer (e commerce websites)
- Psychology +Data analyst (marketing)
- Farmers
If you exclude sleep time of 8hours, most of the quality time of your entire life(from 21 to 60) is spent in Office(on an average 9 hours per day).
So Its very critical to choose a career that fits you the best based on your skills and interest.
If you lack either skill or interest, then yoru life will be full of frustration which is usually the case for most of the those who chose default 9-5 jobs that you see around including your parents/relatives etc..(No offence)
Now you understood how crucial it is, to choose your career. Now let us see how can you identify your passion, skill, interest and strengths in real world.
Always keep 2 things in Mind. Whatever skils you think you have, think of those in these lines.
1) Always looks for Problems around you and identify the oppurtunities.
2) Make sure you put premium on the services you deliver with good communication. (it is called Marketing)
Bonus tip: Dont chase money. Chase Passion.Money will follow. Money is a bad master and good slave.
I faced similar problem if iam good at multipel things how to choose 1. The advice I got from my Mentor was:
- Try all of them one at a time and fail fast. So you have ample time to spend on what you're best at(the last one).
================
But there will few folks who feel that they're good at nothing. Let us see how can they find their passion in this digitally expanding world.
Disclaimer: Ignore your neighbour who got admission into IIT/Harvard University. Dont follow the crowd.
- Identify 1 good thing, you can do for hours together without food/water. Now I know what comes to your mind. Watching binge movies/web series, games, chit chat with friends.
- Think, how can I convert any of these into income sources. Let me help you with some examples.
- Youtube reviews, designing games(No coding), streaming live games on social media, writing blogs on the topics that you would argue with your friends for hours together etc.
- How will that bring revenue/money to you regularly? By creating ads in those social media. If you can build credibility with your content to your audience, the platform or sponsers will reach out to you asking you to review their products. Its called Influence marketing.
- SMM(Social Media Marketing) is the trend now. But it may not be valid after 5 years. Why? An AI bot can do the same content in less than a minute whereas a human can take more than a month if you're starting from scratch.
- How can you do it differently. For any problem, if you look around it, you will see an oppurtunity hiding under the bushes. If you can see it you're called the 'Role model'.
Now lets understand how a bot can create a content? With that either you can build a new bot (better version ) yourself if your good in coding or you can identify the blind spots that Bot cant do for example It cannot have empathy but you do. If you can resemble that in your content. Boom!!
- Its absolutely fine to enjoy school/college life. But it is equally important to try some intern ship available online. There are many oppurtunities in startups. They need fresh ideas and untamed feedback. Every thing is 1 google click away, my Friend!! .
- If you take my case, I was a first bencher in school. I used to write 2 page answers even for a 2marks questions, where 1 line is also good enough for that score. Later I realize that is my strength. I focus more on readability and I always try to make things simpler, so that even for those who have completely zero knowlegde, can take a good decision, if they spend few minutes with me. So, I became a consultant who does the same to the Business clients.
- I take notes during my meetings, i diagonize the info and convert into highlights /action items / pending decisions.It helps stakeholders to take their decision with what is available on the table. They pay me for doing just that. But to come here, I have worked for almost 7 companies and 4 part time jobs to see where I dont fit well, and most importantly what am I good at. Hope that helps
Few unique jobs/careers that are emerging:
- Crypto Financial advisor
- NTL investor
- Virtual reality Designer(games)
- Augmented reality designer (e commerce websites)
- Psychology +Data analyst (marketing)
- Farmers
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Shelby’s Answer
Start with your interests and research what types of jobs would fit into those interests. If your interests are similar in some way, you could try to package them together and market yourself as a business owner. I'm not sure what your hobbies are as you didn't specify, but get creative!
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Tim’s Answer
My advice is to network and job shadow as much as possible. This will help you start to figure out what interests you the most and potentially some areas that maybe you don't want to pursue. Networking will just open up an unlimited amount of relationships who can eventually introduce you to the right people and help you find what you are looking for. Try to find either virtual community groups on different topics you are interested in or in person events in your area. A wise person once said, "If you have internet access, you also have access to the best education possible."
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Lisa’s Answer
I studied business and German at university - it was my plan to move to Europe (Belgium/Germany) and become a translator for the UN. Neither of those things happened. I do not consider that a failure to achieve my plan - simply put I found something else that I enjoyed and was successful in....so I went with the flow and here I am today - a senior manager, leading field services globally for an international company - not really linked in anyway to what i studied.
When I left university, to fund my move to Europe (which didn't happen), I took a role in a call centre as a german speaking customer service representative - for 6 months I told myself until I leave - yet I loved it - helping customers, solving problems, using the language I had studied, being part of a team. Then after 3 months I moved into team lead role - leading people to support the customers, dealing with escalations and performance issues - which lead to another step up as operations manager. After 4 yrs of supporting the client, I was offered a job directly with them - and I have been here now 15 years. Each job and position building on my existing skills and experience; each new position challenging me and supporting my development - moving from a regional role to a global role; managing a customer facing team or a more internal focused team; taking on a role in a totally different area; taking on stretch assignments to further broaden my knowledge.
Success looks different to different people - for some it is the name of the role or position, for some its the opportunity to keep learning; for some its having the chance to make a difference. Having a role you enjoy and are passionate about makes a big difference!
It's been 20 years since I left university and I haven't looked back - I am looking forward to see what my next experience is going to be!
My recommendation to you would be to research those different options you have - speak to people who do those roles to get a real insight into what those areas require; find an opportunity to test some of those - either through work experience, volunteering etc; think about your goals - what is most important for you to achieve and is there one that might lend itself to this more than others. Don't be afraid to try, and don't worry if it takes some time to come to a decision - you will be working for a significant chunk of your life, so take the time to find what is right for you. And even then it is not permanent - you can change it as your interests and goals change.
When I left university, to fund my move to Europe (which didn't happen), I took a role in a call centre as a german speaking customer service representative - for 6 months I told myself until I leave - yet I loved it - helping customers, solving problems, using the language I had studied, being part of a team. Then after 3 months I moved into team lead role - leading people to support the customers, dealing with escalations and performance issues - which lead to another step up as operations manager. After 4 yrs of supporting the client, I was offered a job directly with them - and I have been here now 15 years. Each job and position building on my existing skills and experience; each new position challenging me and supporting my development - moving from a regional role to a global role; managing a customer facing team or a more internal focused team; taking on a role in a totally different area; taking on stretch assignments to further broaden my knowledge.
Success looks different to different people - for some it is the name of the role or position, for some its the opportunity to keep learning; for some its having the chance to make a difference. Having a role you enjoy and are passionate about makes a big difference!
It's been 20 years since I left university and I haven't looked back - I am looking forward to see what my next experience is going to be!
My recommendation to you would be to research those different options you have - speak to people who do those roles to get a real insight into what those areas require; find an opportunity to test some of those - either through work experience, volunteering etc; think about your goals - what is most important for you to achieve and is there one that might lend itself to this more than others. Don't be afraid to try, and don't worry if it takes some time to come to a decision - you will be working for a significant chunk of your life, so take the time to find what is right for you. And even then it is not permanent - you can change it as your interests and goals change.
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Reid’s Answer
Spend some time researching the areas you are interested in. To be more specific about researching, I recommend having conversations with professionals in the areas you are interested in to find out what they actually do on a day to day basis to find out if that is actually something you want to pursue. I also suggest asking them about what their career path/journey was to find out what type of background they have and the different path they took to get to where they are now. These conversations could also provide more leads to even more people and areas.
I strongly believe in exposing yourself as much as possible to different areas and career paths because there is so much out there that you may not even know exists. This is something I discovered a bit later in my professional career and wish I would have focused on this more when I was in university.
I strongly believe in exposing yourself as much as possible to different areas and career paths because there is so much out there that you may not even know exists. This is something I discovered a bit later in my professional career and wish I would have focused on this more when I was in university.
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peter’s Answer
Pursue what you enjoy doing. But don't worry if you like many things, a job is not a lifetime commitment. You can change jobs if you find you are not happy or fulfilled where you are. I have worked in 3 very different industries, music, video production, and software.
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Alessia’s Answer
Figure out a few topics that you are passionate about and try find an internship in those areas. First hand experience and talking to other people in a business helps understand what roles you like / don't like
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Natalie’s Answer
Hi!
It's ok if you don't know what you want to do as a career yet. When I graduated high school I had no idea and I was worried I would never figure it out. I personally went to Community College first and took general studies classes. This allowed me to experience a wide variety of classes and see what I liked and what I didn't like which was so helpful. I later decided I want to be a Graphic Designer and now I'm at another school for that. Think about your interests and how they could be turned into a career. Do some research online about what kinds of jobs are available based on your interests. You might find some that appeal to you, and others that you know you definitely wouldn't want to do which helps to narrow it down. Best of luck!
It's ok if you don't know what you want to do as a career yet. When I graduated high school I had no idea and I was worried I would never figure it out. I personally went to Community College first and took general studies classes. This allowed me to experience a wide variety of classes and see what I liked and what I didn't like which was so helpful. I later decided I want to be a Graphic Designer and now I'm at another school for that. Think about your interests and how they could be turned into a career. Do some research online about what kinds of jobs are available based on your interests. You might find some that appeal to you, and others that you know you definitely wouldn't want to do which helps to narrow it down. Best of luck!
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