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Where can i look to find a job that would best suit me in my future? |
i need to find a good job for my future. Where can i look (as in websites) that i can answer questions about me and it will give me results about what jobs would be good for me in my future? First of all -- you *don't* need to enroll in school in order to find a career you're happy with. Your first step is to take inventory of your gifts, skills, and interests. What do you want to spend your time doing? Some people opt to pursue a career that's strictly "work" and do the things they actually ENJOY doing on weekends. Others decide that if they're going to spend most of their lives doing something to make money, it might as well be something they're passionate about. I believe the second option is more exciting & fulfilling. You can form your own opinion. If you're not sure what you're good at or what you want to do, start with a book like What Color Is Your Parachute?, The Renaissance Soul, or The Pathfinder (look 'em up on Amazon.com... all great books). The fastest, most effective way to get insider knowledge is not by going to school -- it's by getting in the trenches and actually EXPERIENCING the thing you're thinking of doing. For the aspiring restaurateer, it's not necessarily the Le Cordon Bleu trained chef with the fanciest menu who creates a booming success -- it's the guy or gal who gets what makes restaurants fly and does those things. A great way to get hands-on experience in any industry is pursuing internships -- working for free at various places until you find what makes you tick. Besides, any smart company -- you know, the kind you'd want to work for if you want to work for someone else -- will place less value on college credentials than actual experience. I believe college should be used as an aid to pursuing specific goals -- i.e., you know you want to get into X business, so you take classes about or major in X subject. I know too many people who went to school, decided on some random major, and found themselves two years later working in a totally different industry. Or at Banana Republic making eight dollars an hour. The landscape is changing. It's not just about "get a degree and you'll be fine" anymore. College is often a playground that babysits young adults while they spend tens of thousands each year to "figure things out". Figure things out FIRST. Then, if college will help further your goals, enroll. The most important thing is getting to know who YOU are, finding out what you want, and THEN pursuing the necessary training to make it happen. |
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