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How do I choose a fulfilling career and/or job?
I'm a recent graduate who is changing my career path and trying to figure out my next steps. #career-choice #job #career #career-counseling #career-path
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Christopher’s Answer
My recommendation is to first ask yourself, "What would I like to do if all jobs paid the same amount?" Your answer should lead you to a good choice. For example, you may decide you really love being around animals. There are all kinds of positions in that area that vary in the level of training required like: veterinary technician, veterinarian, zoologist, etc. Depending on your ultimate aspiration, you can start off somewhere there and see if you like it and adjust as necessary.
If your answer was instead something more "rare" like you really love playing music. Then I would say, start a band, start small, and keep a more "normal" job until you decide whether you can do it fulltime professionally or not. You may find that you can and great! Or if not, well you still get to do a hobby you love routinely.
Hopefully my examples made sense. As the others said, find something you don't mind doing and slowly start getting into it. You may find that it can become a career, or a major hobby.
If your answer was instead something more "rare" like you really love playing music. Then I would say, start a band, start small, and keep a more "normal" job until you decide whether you can do it fulltime professionally or not. You may find that you can and great! Or if not, well you still get to do a hobby you love routinely.
Hopefully my examples made sense. As the others said, find something you don't mind doing and slowly start getting into it. You may find that it can become a career, or a major hobby.
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Norma’s Answer
(1) The first step in choosing a fulfilling career is for everyone try to figure out what they enjoy.
(2) Think about taking a personality test. Ex. Myers Briggs.
(3) One day a week volunteer with an organization that appeal to you.
(2) Think about taking a personality test. Ex. Myers Briggs.
(3) One day a week volunteer with an organization that appeal to you.
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Dan’s Answer
Hi Amanda, sounds a really easy answer to what is always a challenging question but what is it you enjoy doing? There may be some hard work to get there but you should investigate entry level roles in areas that you are interested in. It could be that you have a passion that aligns with a company where taking any entry job will start you on a path or you might have an interest in doing a specific type of job.
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Shelby’s Answer
Hi Amanda! To find a fulfilling career, you want to start by thinking about your hobbies and interests and then relate those things to a career choice. For example if you love art, look at set design, or interior design. If you love music, look at teaching, or producing, or writing. If you love computers, look at IT, or engineering, or web design. Once you narrow down what career paths interest you, reach out to professionals in that field, interview them about what they do and what path they took to getting there, ask to shadow them to get some hands on experience. And then from there you can really have a better understanding of what you want in your career.