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How can one find their interests?

Colleges always ask prospects for their top interests and expect them to know which field they would like to study in. Unfortunately, the majority of students have no idea what they are truly interested in or have a passion in. This being said, how can study better prepare themselves for the college process and life in general in regards to finding their interests?
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Michael’s Answer

Hi Marie,


This question is crucial and one in which many people struggle with. My advice would to simply be inquisitive. Through college you will have ample opportunity to participate in subject-related programs/clubs/volunteer projects, have conversations with your professors who have lived that world, and form relationships with your peers who are passionate about a certain subject.


Personally I went through college being unsure what I wanted to do. I changed from Psychology to Finance my Junior year, got an internship with an Investment company my Senior year and got a job in insurance following graduation. Fast forward 8 years and now I am in Recruitment/Consulting. The way I did this was to move to areas I found matched my skillset, passions and interest. I inquired from business professionals at networking events what they did, what made them successful and it helped to tailor my job search. I knew I liked interpersonal relationships and I really enjoyed business development, but did not want to be a salesman. Ultimately I found Recruitment/Business Development as matching my wants all of these years later.


I also agree with the previous answer. An aptitude test can make a world of difference in refining what your personality lends itself to.


Thanks!


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Ken’s Answer

You asked a very important question. During my years in Human Relations and College Recruiting, I have encountered too many graduates who ended up in jobs/careers for which they were ill suited. Here are some step one can take to prevent that from happening.

Ken recommends the following next steps:

Take an interest and aptitude test to determine how your personality traits match with various career areas.
When you have identified possible appropriate career areas, talk to the person at your school who tracks and works with graduates to arrange to meet, talk to, visit, and possibly shadow graduates who are doing what you think that you might want to do, so that you can get their advice, see what they do, where they do it, and how you feel about it. 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 professional associations to which people who are doing what you think that you might want to do belong, so you can meet people and get to know their experiences and advice. 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 ##
When you are considering a college, do steps 1 and 2 with the appropriate people at the college to confirm your decision about a career/major area and create relationships with staff and faculty and graduates of that school.
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