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Making a good career choice is actually about a lot more than choosing a job; it’s about choosing something that will provide you with the lifestyle you seek.
ACCEPT Employment Center suggests the following directions, organized according to three basic principles which will guide you in making a good career decision or finding a good job.
1. Know yourself — your strengths, values, personality, and skills. This will help you decide which choice best fits you.
- Turn to employment agencies where you can take the career trst to discover which personality type you belong to. Employment agencies will help you in finding jobs in the specific work spheres that you are interested in.
- Do the activities in learning about yourselfand identify your skills to understand yourself better.
2. Find out as much information as possible about the job sphere that interests you.
- Job satisfaction or dissatisfaction will help you optimize yourself when you choose a career or a job. It can also help you analyze why you are dissatisfied in your job, if you are one of the many who are.
- Volunteer in your desired career. There is no better way to know whether or not the career is for you than to just pitch in and get your hands dirty. It’s much more likely to happen if you take on such roles without payment, especially where the employer understands your motivations. If you can handle the work thrown to you and still want more, you’re likely to be onto a winner. Moreover, the network contacts built up during volunteer experiences are priceless.
3.Make a right decision.
- Talk to people who work in your desired career. Ask them such questions as: “Do you still enjoy working in this career after all these years?”, “What is it about this job that you like the most?”, “What are the downsides to this job?.
- Listen to the advice but make your own decision. Parents, teachers, friends, careers counselors – all of them tend to mean well but they’re not you. It’s you who has to feel comfortable with the cloths you wear, the boots you strap on, and the daily routine that you adapt to. Nobody else can truly know what works for you.
