Anyone who has ever had trouble deciding what to do for a career, I need your help please?

Question

I graduated from high school in 2000, went to school for massage therapy and graduated in 2003, then had my son the end of 2003, after getting married in December of 2002, just graduated in May of 2005 again, and work as a medical transcriptionist at home. I am currently not happy with what I do, I get really bored and side tracked easily. I also am an extrovert and need lots of social interaction, any suggestions?

Answer 1

You need to take a career inventory test, this basically gauges your personality traits and strengths and then comes back with a list of careers matching your personality type, here is a good one http://www.princetonreview.com.

Also, if you can, take some courses at night at the local community college, that also will help lead you in the right direction. The more proactive you are, the better you are going to feel. Sometimes just taking that first step makes all the difference.

Good Luck!!!

Answer 2

I don't have a suggestion as to a specific career. It's more of a way to help You decide. First you need to really learn about yourself. Make a list of likes and dislikes. Take a good look at your life to see if certain things or interests keep popping up, for instance you have been trained in massage therapy and do medical transcription. That indicates an interest in the medical field, or a desire to help people. The hardest person to get to know is ourselves, We spend a lot of our lives working and to be really good at it and derive personal satisfaction from a career is something well worth the effort. There are also placement agencies that can give an evaluation of strengths , weaknesses, interests,even hobbies that may point to an area of interest.
Above all this I truly believe that each of us has a purpose in life and we are necessary in this time , place , and exact location for ourselves and others to fulfill that purpose.
A very old proverb states "You do not have to go searching for your destiny, Your destiny is searching for you." I am 61 now and looking back at my life, I can see the truth of this.
Above all, relax and enjoy the adventure of being alive. Open your awareness and the answers will come.
Sincerely hope this helps, and wish you much happiness.

Answer 3

I can't give you a specific job that you would be good at because there is so much I don't know about you, but I can suggest a few things that you might do.

First of all, you have started the process of self-evaluation, narrowing down what you like and don't like, what you are good at and what you aren't. I would try to do an exhaustive list of these things, because it will narrow the possibilities for you. For example, knowing that you need a lot of social interaction, medical transcriptionist would NOT be one of the things I would have chosen for you, because it is obviously a solitary pursuit. The more of these insights that you have about yourself, the more helpful it will be.

Secondly, I don't know what kind of a school you graduated from in 2005, but if it was a general community college or university, I would go back to their career services office and inquire about their services for alumni. Many schools offer lifetime career assistance, and they could help you by giving you aptitude tests and counseling which might uncover possibilities you hadn't looked at before.

A third thing I would suggest is going to a bookstore or library and picking up a book about careers. Most describe a number of possibilities and what kind of person is suited for each, which can give you a starting point, and might lead to the next thing I would suggest, which are some informational interviews.

Informational interviews are talks with a professional about their job. They are not like a job interview - you don't need to be qualified, and you aren't asking them for a job. What you are doing is gathering information about some career which, on the surface, looks like it might interest you. You ask them what they actually do on a typical day, what characteristics and skills they think are most useful to the job that they do, how they got where they are and where it might lead. Since you say you enjoy social interaction, you might be very good at this. I know that our school's career center will set these up for students who ask, but you can contact someone (perhaps through a networking site like LinkedIn.com) and just ask them if they would be willing to talk to you. Most will, because it makes them feel important that someone is interested in what they do (go for reasonable jobs - you won't get far with Donald Trump or Oprah Winfrey!). One woman I know who discovered what she wanted to do this way and is very happy in her career told me that the smartest thing someone suggested to her was making the last question to each person, "Is there anyone else in your field whom you think I should talk to to get more information?" That way, each person connected her with additional people, and she could get an "in" with these people by saying, "So-and-so suggested that you were the person to talk to about this field." (Talk about making someone feel even more important!).

Answer 4

If you liked massage therapy, get back into that. If not, try to think of some things you're interested in. As they say, find something that makes you happy and you'll never have to "work" again.

Answer 5

I have a vague idea what I want to have as a job when I grow up and even less on how to achieve it. So I guess you're better off than I am.

Have you considered being an interpreter? You get to meet so many people and learn about the cultures for different language groups.

Answer 6

I don't have any suggestions about what career you should choose, but whatever it is, it has to make you happy. No matter what you choose, whether it be janitor, as long as your happy, that's all that counts. You could have a big job and have lots of money, but still be happy. Your best thing to do is to do what makes you happy.....there's so many people in this world that are so unhappy...and you have that chance to be that person that steps out of that routine, and becomes happy yourself.....

Answer 7

this might sound kinda dumb, but i always hear about job fairs...im thinking about going to some myself b/c its SOOO hard to decide what job will best fit you, while making good money. i know how you feel...you can also just do some research online..like i always look up things like top 10 careers that travel and top 10 careers that keep you outside...stuff like that...u can get an idea of the jobs that are out there...alot that u'd never even think of...good luck, hope u find something fun!!!

Answer 8

use your education and get back into massage therapy. You can make your own hours and work on site at businesses or in client's homes

Answer 9

Why don't you go back to doing massage therapy, so that you can interact with people?

Answer 10

Do what makes you tick as long as it doesn't interfere with your being a wife and mother.