How do you find the career that is right for you?
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Follow you heart dear.  Do what you love and the money will follow.  True story.\n\nslainte,\n\n\nD
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It's always a good idea to define a "career" before making career choices.\n\nAn ideal career is made up of four critical elements: talent, passion, meaning and reward.\n\nTalent is what you do better than other people.\n\nPassion is your emotional connection to your work, it's what makes you feel alive, it's what you love to do and find joy in.\n\nMeaning is the sense that your work is important and contributes to a better community, a better quality of life for others, a better society.\n\nReward is simply the financial compensation you're getting as well as all the resources you have access to.\n\nNo matter what career you choose, there is always a trade-off between these four key elements. For example, in some careers or jobs, you might make more money but feel less joy; you may feel you contribute more to society, but you feel less passionate about your work; you may feel you get to develop your unique talent, but you're not making a lot of money.\n\nThe key is to understand what trade-offs you are making, and coming to terms with them.\n\nIn the case of an international business degree, the doors are wide open for you. Every little career decision you make will help you progress along one of the four axes identified above (talent, passion, meaning, reward).\n\nI know it's tempting for business majors (I'm one myself) to focus on the financial reward, but that is only ONE out of the three critical elements of a great career.\n\nA career is the biggest activity in anyone's life, so it's worth it to spend a lot of time thinking about and planning it.\n\nGood luck!
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It depends on the person and how hard that person is willing to work to achieve their chosen career path.\n\nWhen I started college, I wanted to be an accountant, but during the pursuit of my bachelor's degree (taking accounting classes and working at accounting firms), I decided that I didn't want to be an accountant.  I changed my major to history, got my bachelor's degree, then went on to law school.\n\nIf you are curious about different careers, talk to a career counselor, or try to shadow persons in various fields so you have an idea about what you want to do and what would make you happy.\n\nGood luck!
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Unfortunately passions don't always translate well into careers.  If you are about to finish college, then I would suggest trying out a few jobs and see which ones fit you.  There is no reason why you must choose a job and stick with it for the rest of your life.  Once you have a good idea what the jobs are really like (and they are almost never what you imagine them to be) then you can settle into a career.  But always remember that you should love your job, if you hate it, you need a different job (not necessarily a different career, just a different job).  And it's ok to not be able to make up your mind, your life ends up being more interesting.  And you can politely remind everyone to mind their own business, it's your life and you have to live it.
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first take a deep breath and think about what you want to do and where you want to be  and figure out what is missing in your life and find it good luck
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Explore Your Career Opportunities \n \nCareer Interest Guide.\nFind jobs that are best suited for you based on your interests.\n\n\nJob Interest Matching.\nInvestigate jobs that include tasks you like to do. When you indicate the kinds of tasks you prefer, they will be matched to jobs available in the government. This list contains some of the most common occupations in the Federal government but not all Federal jobs are represented.\n\n\nSpecific Job Exploration.\nAs an experienced job seeker, you may already have a particular Federal Job in mind. Find descriptions and minimum qualifications necessary for that job.\n \nFollow this link below:
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If you find out what you are really good at and talented in you can find the right job for you. What skills do you have? You can take a career quiz on the internet or something.
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There is a great book that can help you find your calling in life. It is titled, "The Path" by Laurie Beth Jones. \n\nIt is amazing. It helped me find my direction in life. I have a second career because of her guidance. She helps you find that answer within yourself. You will learn what you were meant to do, what you were born to do. \n\nIt rings true.
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Go to your school counselor and find out what it takes to take those career choice tests. There are some psychology tests that will determine what strengths you have and how well you match certain careers. I forget the names of those tests, but most university psychology departments have them.
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http://www.assessment.com/MAPPMembers/Welcome.asp?accnum=06-5712-003.00\n\nTake a career assessment test.  Your school may offer one as well.  It will match your skills and interests with different jobs.
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You should write a list of your interests and what you like to do. Then try to figure out what jobs you'd like to have in the future. Then check what qualifications you need for them. You can guess the rest.
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You may not know what you want to do but it is likely you know what you DON'T want to do.  That is a beginning.  Next take a look at what you do with your spare time.  What hobbies are you interested in.  Computers? Photography? Games? Stamp or Card Collecting?  Look for an association between your 'hobby' and what could possibly be your 'career'.  There are many jobs/careers out there that you may not have thought about before.  You know what you don't like.. you are half way there!
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Look for work that you love to do.\n\nLook for an environment where you can continue to learn.\n\nLook for work where you like the people you work with.\n\nLook for work where they pay you well.
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Figure out what interests you first. Then you need to look in the college's catalogs through the different degree programs. Many will say what kind of jobs you can get with certain degrees. If at that point, you are still interested, go for that degree. If not, find something else you are interested in, and let the seach begin again.\n\nGood luck!!
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Imagine that you have graduated college and you need to get a job RIGHT NOW.  The pressure is on....so you have to decide, you should  look in the paper or yahoo hot-jobs under different sections and see if anything looks appealing.  The first thing you need to do is eliminate something.  There are a few basic categories of careers: Finance, business, medicine, psychology.  Many people go with psych cause it's easy and interesting to study in college (but remember  picture yourself out of college) but once you get out unless you get your PhD or become a therapist ect, there's not much you can do with that.  So then take medicine, can you see yourself as a doctor or a nurse?   Or can you see more possibilities and expansion in business or finance.  If you want to work for a company maybe you should go with business cause in business there are so many different branches that you can explore.  I hope this helps but ultimately you need to eliminate things before just choosing something.   Just get a bachelors in something broad enough to be appealing for many different companies or whatever broad field you find desirable
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Rather than going for what your good at, consider going for something that will provide a living for you that you could enjoy.\n\nIt has been said, “If you find a job you love to do, you will not have to work another day in your life.”  Get a book like “What Color is Your Parachute” and do the formula in the back to see what might be a good fit.\n\nThen find out what need there is in the market place for the skills and definition of a job you could love.\n\nThen find a institution that can best get you trained for the market place. Remember, you will be changing careers in your life time. What will enable you to continue to grow as a person. You may want or need to transfer credits for an advance degree in the future. \n\nDon't limit your self now.\n\nWho knows, some classes if your very knowledgeable in them, you may be able to challenge them, saving money, time, and get into the market sooner.
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There's a web site called personalitytype.com.\nOn it, you take a short quiz, find out your personality type, and then they give several examples of careers best suited for someone with your personality.