Read the text and find the right headline: пустоCriteria of choosing a profession Like many people, you may be wondering how to choose the right career. The most important thing you can do when you are trying to pick a career is to choose one that is right for you. Finding out what career is a good fit for you is truly all that matters. Ignore people who tell you what type of work to pursue and best careers lists hyped in the media unless you do your homework. Because you will pour so much of yourself into your job, and spend so much time at work, your career must be suitable for you.
пустоFirst, Learn More About Yourself
It has to fit
well with your interests, aptitudes, work-related values, and personality type. It has to have job duties that you can see yourself
performing day in and day out, you must be willing to do everything you must to
prepare for it, and it needs to have a good outlook for years to come. If
a career fits these criteria, there is a better chance you will be satisfied
with it and enjoy your work. And you won't resent spending so much of your
waking hours doing it.
пустоNext, Learn About the Occupations on Your List
Your first order
of business is to learn as much as you
can about yourself. If you think you
know all there is to know, you will definitely be surprised by what you will
discover by doing a thorough self assessment. While you can find online resources to help you with this, the most efficient and
effective way to do it—although often not the cheapest—is to hire a career development
professional, for example, a career counselor or
career development facilitator. He or she will use various tools to help you gather information about
yourself and, based on it, provide you with a list of careers that might be a
good fit. If finances are an issue, don't let that keep you from getting the
help you need. Many public libraries, for example, offer career planning
services.
пустоRequirements for a job
While the self
assessment is a great starting point to begin your quest to choose the right
career, it is not your final step in this process. Your list will contain
seemingly suitable options. Some may be nearly perfect for you, but others
may be all wrong. They may be a good match for your personality type,
interests, values, and aptitudes, but may be unsuitable in other ways. Learning about the careers on your list is the only way to make an
informed decision. Before you do anything else, read descriptions of the
occupations and learn about the job duties for each one. Try to ignore your
preconceived notions. You may think you know something about a particular
career, but unless you have personal experience with it or did prior research,
you probably don't have enough information to decide whether you would be
satisfied with the day-to-day work involved in it. If after getting a job
description and learning about its job duties, you are still interested in an
occupation, you must learn what you will have to do to prepare to work in it.
пустоHow to Choose the Right Career
Likewise,
neither is a career that requires little training when you have the inclination
and ability to earn a college degree. Finally, you will be doing yourself a great
disservice if you don't look at an occupation's outlook. The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
(B.L.S.) makes predictions about employment statistics over the next decade.
Investing time training for a career only to find out there are limited
opportunities when you are ready to enter your field of choice can be a waste
of your time, effort, and money. When you have narrowed down your choices
to just a few, then you should investigate even further, perhaps conducting
some informational
interviews with those
working in the field. You can now make an educated decision.