How to do Career Exploration?

Yeah! Its, that time when you come out of your high school bubble and think about what you want to do in life. You start to feel the pressure and everybody’s been asking you what you want to do? What college you going to? What’s your major and what you plan to do with that degree? And you just wish to go in the future to see what you would end up doing. Worry not, in a normal world people changes their career from between “three and seven times over the course of their working lives.” We all know people change and their needs changes too. So overtime what you might think is the only option and your life depends on it, there is good news for you it’s not always life or death. It’s okay if you didn’t make it into the nursing program or something else there are a lots of options out there you just need the resources that can lead you there.

Find out what you naturally good at, some of the questions to ask your self are:

Are you a people’s person or a loner?

Are you a leader or a follower?

Can you work under stress?

Do you want to travel for work?

If you know what type of person you are and what you want then congratulations! You are one step ahead in understanding the career market. Now, you should know about the key resources like government websites and the occupation handbook, which basically tells you everything you would want to know about specific careers, and the potential of a certain job market. What’s the perspective on job growth, salary etc. and websites like Monster, Idealist and students favorite, Craigslist should be the site you should be regularly checking on. So go ahead and search the great world of the Internet where you can find information on every career your heart desires.

Good luck!

~ Saba Nasim

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