Which career is right for you ? Find your dream Job
Do you remember being 18 and worrying that you didn’t have an answer (or even an idea) when people asked you what you were going to do for your first job, let alone an ideal career? That’s totally normal — most of us don’t just decide on a dream career right out of high school or settle on a field in college and stick with it for life.
You can’t exactly just Google “find dream job” or “what career is right for me?” and get a customized answer (yet). So how do you find your dream job when you don’t know what you want to do?
The TL;DR is that you look at your strengths, think about who you are, talk to people, educate yourself, consider your needs, and do what makes you happy at the end of the day. According to a recent survey by Gallup, 60% of millennials alone are looking to switch jobs(opens in a new tab). So, it’s not unusual at all to be thinking “I don’t know what career I want” or even “I need a career change but don’t know what to do.”
Knowing that career change is possible (and probably even inevitable) is one thing. But, when you’re ready for a change, how do you know what profession or career path is right for you? It’s so easy to become complacent in a job or career you’re not really happy with and miss out on a dream job without even realizing it.
So, how can you keep from getting stuck in a career dead-end? And, with all the opportunities out there, how can you know what long-term career path is right for you? How can you get closer to answering, “What career is right for me?”
This article (updated from the original written by Elana Gross) shares six tips for how to figure out what job you want, what you want to do, find a career you love, and overcome the obstacles of indecision and not knowing what you want.
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