Find out if You Are in the Right Career for Yourself
So you've got a job, and you don't know if you should keep it or give it up. You're not exactly sure if you should take the deal your boss just offered you. You are wondering if your job or career is right for you.
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Steps
- Make sure you are happy doing your job and are really curious and enjoy learning about it . If you aren't happy with your job everyone involved will suffer. You probably don't have the right job for you if you don't spend your own time learning about it and trying to improve.
- Be interested in the things your job is based on. If you work as a doctor, but prefer engineering, look at possibilities that combine both areas; designing or working with robotics, medical equipment, or designing health programs or treatment processes for example.
- Leverage your strongest skills and talent to find work that you love. If you play music well and work as a doorman, you may be better off as a musician, because you're probably more interested in music and would be happier spending your time learning and playing music instead.
Tips
- Take advantage of any opportunity to learn new skills on the job
- Try a volunteer position of internship to experiment and gain skills in new areas of interest
- Find training classes or programs that your employer may be willing to help fund
- Save money for continuing education
- Join or create professional groups in your area of expertise and new areas of interest
- Start your own business that uses your skills
- Always do the best you can at the job that you have and look for ways to learn new things or add to your current position.
- Find another job before you leave the one you have and leave your position on good terms with your employer if at all possible. Do give notice and try to help your employer.
Warnings
- Don't speak ill of your employer or company. Do be tactful and diplomatic if asked the reason for your resignation. Do ask for feedback on your job performance if it isn't offered. Be professional, courteous, tactful, and diplomatic if questioned about your reasons for leaving or inquiries that may affect others. Leave the position but keep the relationship.
