Five Keys to Finding a Great Career
Knowing your answers to these five questions will help you find a satisfying career:
- What do you do well?
- What “skill sets” do you have?
- People, clerical, mechanical, spatial, numerical, musical, etc.
- What kinds of activities do you like to do?
- Sit at a desk all day / be on the move all day
- Be outside every day / stay inside all day
- Talk to people / work alone
- Figure things out / not have to think
- Work with your hands / work with your mind
- Where is your passion?
- Helping others
- Learning
- Saving the environment
- Making money
- Being in charge
- Living by a specific belief system
- How do others perceive you?
- Intimidating; talks too much; agreeable; stickler for details.
- We all want to be understood when we communicate. How can you adjust your communication style to be better understood and to get along more effectively with people who are different from you?
- Where do you want to be in ten years?
- Is the job you seek a way to get what you want, OR
- Is the job the end in itself?
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