Someone please help me, this is a LEGIT question!!?

Question

OK, I am indecisive on what career path I want to take in life. I am about to begin college and with that I have to choose a Program/Field of Study, I do not have the slightest clue as to what I want to do. I like the Medical Field, but don't know if I would want to be a Nurse, I like writing, but that isn't very prominent in my area, I live in a small town with limited opportunities but I want a rewarding (well paying) career, any tips or advice or possibly assessment sites that you know of that could help me decide, or at least narrow down my choices..HELP PLEASE!!

Answer 1

A career choice is difficult if you're not sure what you want to spend you working life doing. Both of my kids knew what they wanted to do early in their lives. My son always wanted to fly, and he got an Associates Degree and went to flight school ... he's now a pilot flying corporate jets. That's exactly what he wanted to do and he's doing it! My daughter has always known that she wanted to be a pediatrician from about the 6th grade on. She's a Freshman chem major at Fordham University in NY. Students on track for medicine must be either biology or chemistry majors ... while she's good at both, she's stronger in chem. After she finishes her undergraduate schooling (the first 4 years), she'll declare for medicine and continue toward her goal.

Quite a few kids don't have such clear ideas on a career path at a young age. You should be developing a very good relationship with your school counselor. It's that person's job to help you find interesting directions to point you in, and to help you select the proper classes to get you there. You always have the option to enter college with an 'undeclared major'. Tons of students do this as they continue narrowing down career choices. After you have a couple of semesters under your belt, with the assistance of your college adviser, you can choose the correct classes to graduate with a degree in your chosen field.

Hope this helps you!

Answer 2

Well good, at least you're trying to think this through. :-)

First off, it may be that you have to decide whether you're willing to leave your home town area in order to pursue a career. If you're not, you're pretty well limited to working in a field that is available there, or that can be done completely by telecommuting, or that involves periodic travel and stays away from your home base.

Have you taken any of the personality/career tests to see how your preferences match up with different careers? There are books on this, as well as free or fee-based online sources.

If you like writing and medicine, you could study to become a medical technical writer. You don't have to be a nurse or doctor just because you like medicine - you could be some kind of a medical technician, working in a lab, administering EEGs, running and MRI, etc. If you like medicine and animals, you could look into becoming a veterinarian or vet tech.

Be aware that the first year or two of college may not be critical to your eventual career direction. If you take some general prerequisites and a few potentially useful electives, you've got some time to work this out.

Don't be afraid to speak to adults in your community for ideas - there are so many possibilities out there, I don't think any one person knows them all. Who knows, maybe you'll hear something that helps.

Check out the BLS resources on careers (see links below). The information there is very useful and will help you explore a world of possibilities.

Answer 3

The best thing that you can do is what you are doing now. Choosing a career, or in your case a major, is a process. You need to first figure out what it is that you truly love and what type of work/study environments truly excite you. As you get older, you will realize that loving what you do is not only the most important determinant of success, it is going to make you a much happier person. Unforutnately, most people do not figure this out until much later in life.

After you have a good sense of what you love, what interests you, etc., do your homework. Talk to professors in different courses of study at your school. Ask them what the courses are like (and more importantly) what you can do after school with that major. Do some online research. I am running a great free site http://www.rymx.com, that has hundreds of career and job profiles based on the Department of Labors Occupational Outlook Handbook. Network with family and friends and get there advice too. Don' t leave any stone unturned.

So many people these days just fall into careers without really knowing themselves and what all of the opportunities are out there. Don't be one of them.

Finally, if you are looking to take a career assessment, feel free to visit my site www.careernextstep.com. If not, I wish you the best of luck...just take your time and make a good decision!!!

Good luck,
Mark Higgins
CEO
www.careernextstep.com

Answer 4

maybe you could volinteer at a hospital to see if you can stand being a nurse or enter a contest writing poems or a newspaper artical, lot of people are undecided on careers.Pray over it and ask God to direct your path, you won't go wrong

Answer 5

ok, if u dont have any idea for now... just be practical, if u want to earn big money then took nursing.. and bcoz u like medical..me, before i dont have any idea wat course i will take im good at math and i think accountancy is good for me but i like to earn big money and to have work fast..so i took nursing and now i enjoying it..