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Guide - which job or career should I choose?

Guide - which job or career should I choose?

Masters757 13-Dec-2019

If you like a lot of things, what kind of work should you choose? Do you make the right choice? Don't you decide too quickly? How do you know for sure if you will like this work? Choice stress is crippling and unnecessary. There is always a choice that suits you best. I received this question from a reader:

I don't know what to choose!

I would like to respond to your articles. I find them very nice and very concrete. I am really happy that I am taking the Find Your Ideal Jobe-course. The course makes me think a lot and I definitely want to take steps. But it is quite difficult for me to make a choice - I am now working on three very different directions!

For example, I really like to track something down: making a TV program seems great to me and I'd prefer to be in a TV editorial team. But then I would have to do a good education. I also focused on the profession of dog behaviour therapist, which attracts me a lot.

I have already registered with a dog sports club to assist and see if it is for me. I also think that working in the hospitality industry, in the ministry, can be a direction that suits me. I also applied there and now let's see how it goes. What should I choose? "

Am I not making the wrong choice?

A good question. When I was looking for work that suited me a long time ago, I didn't know what to choose either. There was as much as possible! What if you make a choice but regret it later? Should you not postpone your choice until you are sure? All these questions overwhelm us and lead to choice stress. Are you afraid of making the wrong choice? Not necessary!

There are two ways to find out what you want to do best. The first way is just to experiment. Try out everything that appeals to you and ultimately you will find out what really suits you best. I've done that for years: just try something and move on if it didn't work out.

Method 1: Experimentation makes it clearer.

That looks like you're just doing something, but that's not the case. Usually, you grow in a direction that you do not see at first but gradually become clearer. For example, I started as an IT manager and then discovered that I enjoyed working with people rather than technology. That is already a very clear choice, isn't it?

Then I went to work as a salesman and after years discovered that I thought it was better to pass on knowledge than to sell a product. That too was a very clear choice. Later on, I discovered that I enjoyed training people in the field of personal development rather than in the field of MiM Admission Consultants. The choices became clearer and closer to what really felt good ...

Method 2: Ask yourself the right questions.

The only drawback is that this process of experimenting can take a long time - in my case a few decades. But there is a second way: ask yourself the right questions. Even without work experience, this will go a long way. In the example of the readers, you can see that her choices are not at all similar.

So my first answer to her was: Go back to all the questions we deal within the course. Here are some:

Question 1: WHAT do you want to do?

Editorial work, animal support or catering service? Which activity appeals to you the most? Do you want to be creative and achieve a final goal, such as in editorial work? Do you want to help or guide animals? Do you want to be a service provider in a relaxed environment?

It is therefore primarily about the activity itself. That is always a verb. Do you want to train, help, sell, create, improve, develop, write, lead? Find the verb that suits you best.

Question 2: Who do you want to work with?

This is the following question: who is your target group? Do you want to work with TV viewers, animals or visitors to the hospitality industry? Which group do you like the most? The more details, the better. For example, I personally prefer to work with enthusiastic adults who are working on their personal growth. Other target groups (children or people with disorders) do not appeal to me. So where do you prefer?

Question 3: WHERE do you want to work?

Do you prefer to sit in an office? Do you want to work in the open air? Or would you prefer a restaurant or cafe? Your working environment is extremely important. If you are an outdoor person, you should not sit at a computer. And if you don't like being physically involved, then you shouldn't go to work on a farm.

There are more questions and they are all covered in the e-course. But these three questions already give you a good idea of ​​what the best choice would be.

Beyond the choice stress.

In response to this answer, she wrote: “Thanks! In the meantime, I am moving more in the direction of the dog industry, as a dog behaviour expert or puppy coach/dog specialist. I think it fits well with me, the casual working environment and a degree of freedom. Also because this work can become a lifestyle that I will have no trouble with. I helped with a puppy course last night and that was great fun! ”

Beautiful! By asking herself a few simple questions, she has gained more insight into what currently suits her best. With the experience she is about to gain, she will be able to better determine what she likes. Maybe she starts as an employee and later starts her own company. Maybe she will specialize further. But the most important thing (working with animals in a casual working environment) has already been determined. So that choice stress is over!


Updated 13-Dec-2019
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