If you are just getting ready to leave high school or have been in
college for about a year or so, chances are you have been trying to get career
advice on what you should do with the rest of your life. By now you have heard
your parents telling you to be a doctor; you've got your uncles telling to be
a lawyer, and your friends telling you to try being a musician because you were
always a good singer. You have gotten all of this career advice and you are
still confused as to what you should do.
Perhaps you have been in the same job for years and you are hating it or wondering
if it really is your 'calling'. You are talking to your family and friends and
it seems that everyone has different career advice to offer you; the only problem
is that none of it is proving to be of any use. You are probably wondering;
'now what do I do?' there are many different places that you can go to for career
advice and this is here to help you if you are a school aged person looking
for career advice or if you are already in the work force and looking for a
career change.
First of all, if you are in school there are many places that you can go to
get good career advice. You can talk to your guidance councilor for career counseling.
Guidance councilors are helpful because they have a working knowledge of your
personality type and your school interests. You can also talk to your principal
who knows more about your abilities than perhaps even you do as he/she has access
to your intelligence test information. Lastly, and probably more importantly,
you can go to a youth career councilor that you can locate at any community
center or human resources building. Of course you can always ask friends or
relatives, but they will likely be thinking about what they want you to do,
rather than what you might be best and happiest doing.
Adults who are already in the work force can find great online career advice
resources that will fully explain what is needed in order to be a part of any
specific career. You can take various career personality profiles that are offered,
but they may not be reliable. In the end, the best career advice that you can
get is from yourself. You need to ask yourself what your are best at, what would
make you the happiest, what you think about doing the most, and what will keep
your interest long enough to last you a lifetime. Of course, there are some
things that must accompany this soul searching that you will be taking. You
need to follow these basic rules which are:
" be willing to take chances
" be willing to break a few rules
" don't be afraid to be honest with yourself
" don't limit yourself
" avoid jumping in too fast without thoroughly looking into things
" be realistic in what you want
That is likely going to be the best career advice that you could ever get.
Friends and family mean well, but they are often selfish in their efforts to
be useful. If you are realistic and honest with yourself, you will be source
of your best career advice
Here's the easiest way to get a job
Just one simple form makes your resume and job requirements instantly available to employers and recruiters on up to 76 of the very best career web sites.
