Deciding on a career path

What do you want to be when you grow up? What an innocent question, but in the final years of high school that simple question can develop some serious weight and bring with it stress and anxiety.  How do you decide your career path when you’ve spent so little time in the workforce??

 

An article by Seka Ojdrovic on Suite101.com listed a few tips that can help take off some of the pressure when deciding on your future career.  Some of the tools mentioned include talking to a counselor as well as tests that can use personality traits to help determine a career path that would fit in with your likes and dislikes. 

 

An interesting tip mentioned was to walk into a bookstore without a plan and see which section piques your interest.  The article used the example of someone being pulled towards cookbooks should consider a career in the culinary arts. Check out "Deciding on a Career Path as a College Student” and let us know your thoughts.

 

How did you pick your career of choice? What tools helped you decide?

Posted on September 8, 2009 15:04 by pennfosterblogadmin
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September 10. 2009 09:28

As soon as I earned my Certificate in Basic Computing, I delved hand and feet into the world of computers. Looking back, it was totally worth it as I enjoy sitting with computers, but on and off work. Now I struggle to draw a line between when to use the Pc and when not to, as it's become my second, favorite companion.

I think it's all about feeling it out at first. Apart from having the dream and knowing what you want, I believe experience matters also. The real world can be a little too much of a rude awakening to some . It'd be good to know what what you want to do, feels like,

Josh

September 15. 2009 01:17

It is really hard to just pick a career path. You should really think about it and you should be ready to face any challenges that you'll experience. You should also consider the skills that you have and of course what you really like to do. Thanks for this post.

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September 21. 2009 10:02

This is such an excellent point. I work with many teens who get really anxious whenever any big transitions approach - be it high school graduation or college graduation.

The article you recommended is a good one with simple techniques.

On top of all of the techniques, we need to just be aware of how these big transitions can impact lives. Having worked with teens on career pathing for years, I realize that today's teen really gets confused by the words 'jobs" or "careers". I have found that I am talking to them more about Sustainability of Self, then family and then community.

It's a way of talking about independence and the future which is less frightening, I find.

Marcie
http://www.thehbcucareercenter.com

Marcia Robinson

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