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What are some tips for finding a career you're passionate about?

I'm a sophomore age-wise, and a junior credit-wise. I'm currently majoring in managerial finance with a minor in entrepreneurship. However, I don't really feel passionate about any of the possible careers associated with my desired degree. Do you all have passion towards your job, or are you content hating your job? #career #advice #job-search

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Thank you comment icon I'm a senior in high school and honestly here's the way I look at it. Go into something you love. I realize that it's not going to be easy, and you could potentially give up your privileged life for a while, but if it's something you really don't want to do use the classes you have taken and step out of your boundaries a bit and do what you love!!! You don't want your entire life to be working for a goal you don't even want to complete. Have ambition and will power to do what your passionate about. Sierra
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Victoria’s Answer

This is such a great question! Wow! I understand this is a challenging career path. I have an MBA in Finance and it was really hard, lots of homework. But here's the thing. Finance is a language that all organizations speak. I use my finance skills every single day to explain how our operations work. Finance and other STEM careers will take you places, maybe google STEM careers and see what sounds interesting. For me finance opened doors at non-profits, international organizations, and corporations but many other STEM careers will do that too. Start clipping out or pinning/bookmarking any articles or ideas that you really enjoy. Do this for a couple of weeks, then take all your ideas and try to find common trends. Maybe you are inspired by a specific challenge like building houses, helping kids, etc. Knowing how to put money/financing together for an organization makes you a valuable contributor. Or explore other career opportunities, you still have plenty of time. An individual will have 5 - 6 careers over the course of their lifetime. And many careers haven't even been invented yet. You will make a difference where you combine two fields that don't seem to go together at first. Figure out what you are passionate about or try a bunch of new things. You will find the answer.
Thank you comment icon Good advice, I'll go ahead and start doing that. Thank you! Jackson
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Nicole’s Answer

Hi Jackson M. I see that you posted this question a little while ago so I hope my answer to you (or others who may read this response) is still helpful.

Starting with the last part of your question, I would place a good wager that says if an individual "hates" their job, they probably won't do a good job at least not after a while. Good for you for inquiring about finding a career that includes passion...because passion is can be a main driver to success.

A couple of tips 1)Determine whether you prefer to lead or support. Both are incredibly important in a team environment for instance when the task is about completing a project. 2) Self-evaluate and get feedback from others on your approach to your work and contributing to the success of the team. In general, feedback is a gift and if your personal assessment of how you engage with others is different or opposite to how other's see your engagement, that could be an indicator that there is a mismatch between what you believe to be true and the reality of how you approach your work and others involved. 3)Determine how excited you would be about the work you are doing even if you weren't getting paid. Crazy right? But if you would consider doing what you do, as a volunteer (instead of as an employee), that is a general indicator that you are passionate about what you do.

Hope you find these tips helpful. Best of luck to you!
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Stephania’s Answer

The questions to ask yourself at this juncture would be:

1. What are you passionate about?
2. How can your education/skills be used to support or work with this passion?

And if they can't, how can you satisfy that passion outside of your chosen college/career path (volunteering)?
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