I am having trouble figuring out what I wan to do. I keep stumbling over issues like money, likeable job, how hard it may be.
2006-12-20 20:47:37 · 10 answers · asked by Contessa Noir 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
try and take some aptitude tests, they help you to know where your interests lie
2006-12-20 21:20:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have a career - I just work in a minimum wage job s few years and move onto the next one. Although I get very little money I have few responsibilities and no accountability when things go wrong. In most jobs climbing the ladder means (for the first 10 years or so anyway) doing half as much work again extra for a fraction more pay plus you then are also accountable when things go wrong.
I am planning in the future to move to a field of work I enjoy and stick with it. Even if I never make any real level of money from working I would not mind if I loved the job. If I really hated the work then I just would not do it - you could not offer me enough.
Lots of highly paid jobs are VERY stressful and require total dedication and all your free time. I would not do anything that would essentially be draining away my health - money is not worth that (at least not for me).
Basically my advice is to find a career that you enjoy so much that you would do the work for free. So few people actually enjoy their work and because work is roughly half of you life for 40 years I really would say that your life will be better if you enjoy your work. Even if it is difficult work then you will still do well with the job if you enjoy it.
2006-12-20 21:05:46 · answer #2 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been working for 8 years now, since I left school. I have had a variety of jobs in loads of different sectors, both public and private. I still don't know what I want to do. The best advice I can give is to try different jobs, as it may sound great on paper but the reality can be very different.
You need to have a good think about what motivates you, for some its money, for others helping peope. Think about what feels right in your heart.
Good luck, I hope you find it quicker than me.
2006-12-20 20:53:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont let people fool you into thinking that their really are dream jobs out there because getting one is like going to college to play in the NFL one day. It just isnt going to happen almost at all.
It is who you work with it that makes a job worth while. You can have a job giving out sweepstake winners but have an ***(*)_8 Boss or you could clean toilets for a living but have the best people in the world to work with. A job is only as good as the people you work with. Find something you take interest in all your life and just go for it. Nobody can predict what kind of a boss you'll have, but you can alter the type of people you work with in picking a particular career. Like fashion is going to be very high strung! Nursing is going to be very caring. best of luck to you! =)
2006-12-20 20:59:03 · answer #4 · answered by Jake 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did an Art degree but wasn't sure what I wanted to do with it, so I took an administrative job in an Art University, where I get to meet the tutors, students, full-time artists, curators etc. etc. and now I know I want to be an Art teacher, so doing a PGCE next year.
My advice is get a 'small' role in the kind of work you are interested in to see all your options and test the water.
2006-12-20 20:57:15 · answer #5 · answered by TeeVee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to your local careers centre and ask to take the 'Kudos' test. It'll ask you 100 or so questions on a computer and then give you career ideas based on your answers. Answer carefully. It's a great tool for helping people to decide on jobs. If you're over 18, you might prefer to use 'Adult Directions' - it's brilliant.
2006-12-21 00:03:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Through my experience, I have found that you should just do whatever you love. It doesn't matter how much money it typically earns - if it is what you love, then it won't feel like work and you will find a way to live off of it.
The trickiest part is discovering what exactly it is that you love, I guess.
2006-12-20 20:56:18 · answer #7 · answered by jar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I looked at what I was interested in and what I was good at in School and took it from there. Thankfully I liked (and still do!) aeroplanes and was good at Maths and Physics so I am now an Aerospace Engineer!
Remember you only need enough money to enjoy life, happiness is most important!
2006-12-20 20:51:16 · answer #8 · answered by ehc11 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do what you like to do and what you know best.
Do it with creativity and loving feeling.
When others admire it.
Money flows into your pocket.
And you enjoy the gifts that you master.
Don't just do it "All for the money" and do it out of spite and live in misery in planet of apes.
If lack of knowledge.
Upgrade your desk-top.
From old model to advance model.
Don't just keep it in the store-room and let it go to waste.
Make it 100o/o functioning for your own survival and advancement of yourself in planet of apes.
But don't fill it with ghost stories from the graveyards in planet of apes.
2006-12-20 21:00:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do something you love...that way you never work a day in your life.
If you don't know what it is, just do something you enjoy and realise that everything you do builds skills for you later in life.
Have an overall goal and then build towards it.
Make sure everything you do leads to it.
2006-12-20 20:57:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋