Did you choose your Career?

Many people at an early age get asked this question, did you choose your career or what career would you like to work in or something close to that.  It is a nice thought to be able to choose the career you would like to work in the rest of your life.  But isn’t that really unrealistic?  A career is not something you have to work in all your life.  At an early age you can certainly pick a profession or an occupation you may start out educating yourself on.  Then work in that field or industry for a time.  You may even find that you love it and actually do spend all your life working at that profession.  But most of us do not.

Most of us work at a job, not in a career.  We certainly look for a job doing something we like to do or are good at doing.  Many of us work at that job because of the amount of compensation we are being paid to do that work.  If we were to leave, possibly, we would not be able to get that same pay at a new position doing similar work.  The question about what career you would like to work in becomes less of a factor and finding a job with a higher rate of pay or better benefits becomes the real question.

As we get older many of us tend to change our minds and look for different opportunities to work in different occupations having new experiences while gaining new skills. This can happen again and again as we move through our life.  In our 20’s we want one thing; and in our 40’s our lives have changed and we want something else; and in our 60’s we again have different wants and we change things again.  Something close to this can happen many times over the course of our lives.  It is good to try new things and be diverse.

LifeLongU™ offers a Life Category Course on Careers under its Life Long Fulfillment Program.  The Careers course helps an individual learn about:

• How to use their personality
• Their skills, abilities, education and experiences
• How to network and market yourself
• How to find out what the job market is currently
• What income potential may exist for you based on the value you can provide & understanding that value
• Resumes, job searches and posting resumes
• Having a mentor
• Retirement
• Setting career goals