I am a sophmore in high school and I don't know what career I want to do!!?

Question

Any suggestions on how to choose one?

Answer 1

If you are only a sophmore in high school, you really shouldn't worry too much about careers. Just look at what subjects interest you so that you can explore them in college.

When I was a freshman in high school I had my whole future planned out with what I wanted to do, but I ended up realizing I couldn't stand what I wanted to do.

So just be sure to look at a wide variety of subjects and see what you really like, make sure it is something you could spend the next four years after high school studying.

Answer 2

Well ... as has been said, you have plenty of time but some pointers:

What do you do as a hobby?

What do you do when you have time and energy but no conflicting commitments (ignore TV, Internet and reading)?

Do you get restless sitting for long periods of time (a heavy duty desk job might not be a gread idea)?

Are you easily drawn into other people's emotinal states/upsets (a field in psycology or medicine may not be a great idea, if you can't remain objective)? But childcare, sales, advertising etc might be a place you'd look into.

Take some classes in things you've never done before - see if anything really hits you as 'the thing'. But, remember, really most people don't *know* what they *should* do. Everyone around you has made choices, guessed at what they might like, wondered if they made the right choices and many may change what they're doing not and move onto something completely different.

Answer 3

This would put you among the vast majority of people your age, and those who think they know what they want to do are likely to change their minds at least once before they start on their careers.

The best way to start is to look at yourself. You know what you enjoy and what you hate. Do you, for example really like drawing, or music, or would you rather read or play sports? Many people start by looking at careers and don't consider what they themselves might like, so they hear that doctors make a lot of money and they think they have to go to medical school, despite the fact that they have never had any interest in science. Also, you need to know that there a lot of things you haven't yet had much exposure to which could potentially interest you. I am currently a business professor, but since I come from a family where no one worked for a business, I had no idea of what business involved when I was your age. It was only when I started working at part-time jobs that that became interesting to me. Similarly, I know a lot of people whose only view of lawyers is what they see on TV, and since they were shy, thought they could never be a lawyer, but did you know that only about 5% of lawyers spend time in court? Most are researching and preparing documents and holding meetings with people in offices somewhere. Another thing to consider is the type of people you will be working with. Some careers may sound exciting, but if you don't like the other people who work in that field, you will be miserable having to deal with them all the time. Finally, you need to consider what kind of a career will fit with the kind of life you want for yourself overall. While this, obviously, can change, some people find themselves very conflicted when their careers keep them from doing the other things they want to do in life. If you want to be home for your children, for example, spending 15 years in college preparing for a career which would have you working 16 hour days most of the time doesn't make much sense. If you love travel, taking a job which would give you very little time off would be a poor fit. If you are an outdoorsy person who can't stand to be inside, taking a job which would keep you locked up in an office all day might be a problem. What it all comes down to is knowing yourself and then finding out about a lot of possibilities which might fit. The more you know what you like, the more other people will be able to give you ideas. Don't worry about not knowing yet what you want to do. Look at it as an adventure, trying out in your mind all the possibilities you come across. You will find something when it is time.

Answer 4

see a career counselor at your school or go to the library or online to find subjects such as choosing a career or taking a career interest inventory (which matches your personality to various career fields)

you've probably heard this before but people can change careers up to 7 times in their life.....so if you start down one career path it doesn't mean you're stuck with it

Answer 5

Don't be impatient;you have time yet.
According to some statistics that my daughter dragged up, even 85% of college students change their majors.
Have you taken any interest tests? They have been greatly improved in recent years. They almost always used to predict that everybody wanted to be a farmer or a forest ranger, but that has changed with the new and improved tests.

Answer 6

it depends on what you like to do and based on taht it depends on the subjects u take. Not everyone knows what they want to be, even at ur age. Don't worry and explore as many things as possible and explore ur options.

Answer 7

You have tons of time to choose.
By the time you register for college, you'll know. Just try out different classes.

Answer 8

do what you love
if you love kids, become a preschool teacher, that's what i want to do!
you really have another year before you really have to start to figure out what you definitely want to do, since you'll be applying to colleges your senior year, college visits come in your junior year, and you'll pick what college you want to apply for then, so really dint worry about it until next year, but definitely do what you love, you dint want to have a job you hate going to everyday!

Answer 9

Become a pharmacist. Least amount of schooling for the most money when you graduate.

Answer 10

take these tests and see where it takes you

http://web.tickle.com/tests/jobinterests/?sid=3653&supp=test_jobinterestsogt&test=jobinterestsogt


http://www.projectcareer.com/