What's a good way to find out what you want your career to be?
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Try a few different jobs and see which you like better.  Volunteer in various capacities.  Do interest and aptitude surveys and questionnaires.  Most importantly, be open to new things and be flexible in your thinking.  Young people entering the job market today can expect to have several careers throughout their working lives.  \n\nOur daughters who are now 28, 30, 31, and 33 are already into second and third careers.  And I am retired, a grandma, and I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up.
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How would I know what your choice is?
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When I was in the same situation, I had to sit down and think about the sort of job I'd like to have. I wrote down the various positions and industries that sounded interesting to me and then I looked for those specific companies and positions online. \n\nI went directly to their company websites as well as industry websites to find a job. I also called places that had things related to what I wanted to do.\n\n In time, I found exactly what I was looking for and now I have a fun job. Look beyond the job search sites and think about exactly what you want to do.
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What is it you really want to do? lol\n\nSounds like you miss your old career
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Start a business.  Earn an MBA.  Get a job and work your way to management.  What do you really want to be?
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Best bet is to check out www.salary.com and put in the career you are looking at and the area/location that you are thinking of working.  This will provide you with the salary ranges based on location, career, experience, etc.
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If you mean a good career, first think about what you really love to do and what you're good at. You'd be surprised the different careers out there. If it's something you enjoy in your spare time, it's very likely you can earn money doing it. There are also online surveys that can help you choose a good career. Try doing a search for career aptitude, and you might find a few.
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tests, books, coaches are all crap. it comes down to what you want to do. If you don't know, then you need to do some serious soul searching. if you can't figure out what you want, then you'll never find the right job for you. ask some friends what they do and see if that's something you'd like to do. either figure it out yourself or get a whole bunch of crappy jobs to figure outwhat you DON'T want.
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Start with a career test (lots of them free online) to help you figure out what you're interested in that also pays.
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I want to be happy doing whatever I will be doing.\n\nI'm not sure yet. I'm in college studying Business Administration and Management but focusing on Management though.
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show ur creative side\nshow that u can handle ambiguity\n\nrest of the details depend on the particular nature of the industry the job is in
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sometimes you don't, so you try different careers.\nsometime there is the feeling that this is the one.\nfor me, i had no idea what i wanted to do, but i know what i like to do and what i don't like.  you might not find any career to fit your likes. so what do you do? make your own. trust me, it is a lot of fun. ask different people what their career is all about.\noh yeah, make sure it is fun or interesting because you will get bored quickly if it is not. just make sure it is something you like doing.
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the only way to figure this out is by figuring what YOU want to do in life. It's kind of hard to figure out aftre just finishing college, you have resposibilities now, rent, debts and so on. The key here is to find out what you really enjoy doing. that can come about from many different ways. If you're like me, I found out what I wanted to do in life by.....figuring out what I DIDN'T want to do. Had lots of crappy jobs that lead nowhere. took me awhile to figure out that I didn't know what I wanted and that's why i career hopped to various jobs. Look at what you find interest in, not what makes a lot of money or what your parents would like to see you do but what you find interests in. doesn't have to be in accounting either. I grad with a B.A. in English Writing and I'm now a loan officer. either look for what you want to do or just pick something quick and see if you like it.
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try using the onet test, google the word onet, it has an occupational assessment that will help you narrow down the field, I used it and it really helped
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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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i really wanna figure out what i wanna do with my life.