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Choosing a career is an involved process that is based on a number of things, including your interests, skills, work-related values, and personality.
If you are having trouble getting started, it might be helpful to enlist outside help. A career counselor or knowledgeable friend can help you pinpoint your strengths as well as identify well-suited industries and positions. They can also jump-start your search, by connecting you with recruiters or placement agencies or by helping you develop a plan for networking.
Work environment and job security are important, because no one wants to work at a place where everyone is unhappy or where you wonder if you’ll have a job the next day. When you find a job where you can settle in and be comfortable, while doing what you love and working hard, take advantage of it. Besides being happier, you can get a better sense of long-term planning, in your career and life.
Some tips for getting started:
1. Knowing your personality and your own interests, make a list of how you would like to spend your day or an average week in your new job.
2. Identify the types of activities you would like to be involved with in your new job.
3. Make a calendar or list the percent of time you would like to have in the various activities that interest to you.
4. Make a list of the types of people would you like to work with.
* For example, do you want to work with people who need to be supervised or do you like people who manage themselves.
* Do you like people who talk a lot or people who are quiet, etc.
* Do you like to socialize with people at work or not.
5. What type of peers do you want in your new job
6. What type of boss and executives do you want in your new job
7. What corporate values and ethics are important to you in your new job
8. What size company do you like - small, medium, large, international, with everyone working in one office, working in the regional office of a larger company, etc.
9. What type of office environment is important to you.
* Is a private office important to you or do you like to be in thick of things
* Do you like downtown high-rise buildings or would you rather work in an old house or in a corporate campus atmosphere
* Do you like lots of windows and sunlight or closed in offices
10. List the job titles that fit what you want in your next job.
11. Write a job description that describes your ideal job or write a couple different job descriptions that interest you.
12. Make a list of potential industries that might have the type of job you want.
13. Identify how far you are willing to commute to your new job if that is an issue for you.
14. If you are relocating to another area of the country, you will have those issues to consider as well.
Last, and maybe most important, is how your current job affects those long-term goals of yours. A job may pay better in the short-term, but if you don’t get the training and advancement you need to really make a career out of your passion, then you cheat yourself in the long run. Don’t do that to yourself. As you get older and take on more responsibility, money will come.
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