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Where can I find a suitable career?
I want to research about careers that I want to do during college or after college either working as an intern or a real job.
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Eleanor’s Answer
A great way to get some real world perspective on what a career actually looks and feels like is through informational interviews. These are really meant for you to interview someone in order to get to know them and their career. This could also lead to mentorship with the professionals you interview! Check out more about it here https://www.linkedin.com/learning/informational-interviewing/welcome?dApp=7752303&u=2190394
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Andrew’s Answer
I'd recommend finding a field of study that you're interested in and working from there. The job market is overwhelming with the number of jobs available, so figuring out your interests makes the process much easier. Linkedin is a great resource to not only find information about different careers and internships, but it's also a great avenue to speak to people working in those positions. It'd be helpful to talk to them and get some insight into what they do and how they enjoy the position.
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Peter’s Answer
HI Canming,
There are many career paths available. I would encourage you to find an area of interest first, think about where you can see yourself working to help narrow it down. If you are not sure on the job you would like to do, focus on the place you would like to do it. Do you like finance, working with your hands, or helping people; and go from there.
A different approach would be to look for a career that holds up across many fields. I have spent time in sales. If you can learn sales, it can become a career that can take you anywhere. Every type of business has some type of sales force. From customer facing retail sales to boardroom deals, sales are a part of every business.
Sales is also a great skill to get any job. Selling yourself if likely step one in a job process. You will need to sell yourself during an interview to land the job you really want.
Best of luck in the future!
Pete
There are many career paths available. I would encourage you to find an area of interest first, think about where you can see yourself working to help narrow it down. If you are not sure on the job you would like to do, focus on the place you would like to do it. Do you like finance, working with your hands, or helping people; and go from there.
A different approach would be to look for a career that holds up across many fields. I have spent time in sales. If you can learn sales, it can become a career that can take you anywhere. Every type of business has some type of sales force. From customer facing retail sales to boardroom deals, sales are a part of every business.
Sales is also a great skill to get any job. Selling yourself if likely step one in a job process. You will need to sell yourself during an interview to land the job you really want.
Best of luck in the future!
Pete
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Racheal’s Answer
Hello,
I believe you should narrow down what type of area of work you want to be in (i.e., corporate) as well as the field of study (ie. human resources ) and find out what it takes to work in human resources, the amount of hours you would need to work or expected to work, the job description and expected pay.
You can also view companies you want to work for such as fishbowl or Glassdoor, as they are now giving information on pay, pros and cons for working for a specific company.
Before any of this work, I would suggest learning the educational background on what's needed for your career interest and what school provide the education needed for your career choices.
Best of luck!
I believe you should narrow down what type of area of work you want to be in (i.e., corporate) as well as the field of study (ie. human resources ) and find out what it takes to work in human resources, the amount of hours you would need to work or expected to work, the job description and expected pay.
You can also view companies you want to work for such as fishbowl or Glassdoor, as they are now giving information on pay, pros and cons for working for a specific company.
Before any of this work, I would suggest learning the educational background on what's needed for your career interest and what school provide the education needed for your career choices.
Best of luck!
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Samantha’s Answer
Hi Canming! If you’re stuck and not sure exactly what career path you might want to pursue, I would consider taking one of the online quizzes that suggests potential jobs based on your interests, your personality, and your strengths/weaknesses. While these quizzes aren’t always perfect, they can be a good start point for getting people to think about whether or not a particular career could be a good fit for them. Even if you don’t agree with all of the results, it helps you eliminate potential careers and helps you think more about what you want/don’t want in a job. In addition to taking online quizzes, continue to research lots of different jobs, as sometimes people don’t even realize certain potential careers exist. Educating yourself on all of the possibilities is important, as a particular speciality within an industry might be something you find more interesting. I would also recommend speaking to as many people as you can about their jobs and what they like about them. The more diverse perspectives you can collect, the better. Talking to people about their careers may also help you discover jobs you didn’t even know existed. Best of luck!
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Diana’s Answer
Hi Canming, this is a great question! Do you have any working adults in your life that you would be comfortable conducting an informational interview with? If so, I highly recommend reaching out to them. There are so many jobs available in the world that I think trying to go it alone may be overwhelming. Hearing from other people's stories, what made them choose their career, how they got into it, might give you some ideas or inspiration. I mentor a lot of folks (high school, college, and even professionals) and one thing that has always been consistent is the benefit of conducting informational interviews.
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Rebecca’s Answer
I would suggest you start doing the research during your college. You can then explore any intern opportunities working in that career. You could acquire better understanding if you really working in that particular career.
I would suggest you could take approach below :
1. Put down the careers that you have interested on, e.g. it can be something related to your hobbies, your favourite subjects, etc.
2. Do research on these careers and shortlist a 1-2 of these careers that you would like to pursue
3. Explore any intern opportunities on these careers
4. You can find out more on these 1-2 careers during the intern and confirm whether it is what you would like to pursue. You can change your mind if you find it not suitable to you.
Having said that, your interest may change during your life time. People may change their career in their working life. However, you may need to analyze and consider it prudent before making a change in the future.
Hope this helps! Good Luck!n
I would suggest you could take approach below :
1. Put down the careers that you have interested on, e.g. it can be something related to your hobbies, your favourite subjects, etc.
2. Do research on these careers and shortlist a 1-2 of these careers that you would like to pursue
3. Explore any intern opportunities on these careers
4. You can find out more on these 1-2 careers during the intern and confirm whether it is what you would like to pursue. You can change your mind if you find it not suitable to you.
Having said that, your interest may change during your life time. People may change their career in their working life. However, you may need to analyze and consider it prudent before making a change in the future.
Hope this helps! Good Luck!n
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Mary’s Answer
There are lots of career streams for a computer science major as seen in the below link for the Prospects career website. The following website targets the UK audience but will still provide job descriptions of IT roles in general, so this would be a good starting point for you.
https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/browse-sector/information-technology
If you do enjoy gaming, you might want to have a look into the life of a game developer.
Also, I agree that internships would be a great way to find out what route you would like to take further. Some companies that offer IT internships include IBM and Morgan Stanley. However, there will be lots of competition, so be prepared to do lots of research and align your application and resume with the ideals of each company. You also might want to speak with your guidance counselor for places that offer work placements as well to get you a glimpse of the IT workplace.
Hope this helps and best wishes!
https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/browse-sector/information-technology
If you do enjoy gaming, you might want to have a look into the life of a game developer.
Also, I agree that internships would be a great way to find out what route you would like to take further. Some companies that offer IT internships include IBM and Morgan Stanley. However, there will be lots of competition, so be prepared to do lots of research and align your application and resume with the ideals of each company. You also might want to speak with your guidance counselor for places that offer work placements as well to get you a glimpse of the IT workplace.
Hope this helps and best wishes!
I Agree with this statement , and the suitable career is found and modified after years of work when you decide what really fit you.
Alex