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Making a Career Choice in Three Easy Steps

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Making a career choice is not an easy decision; however, there are three main aspects one should always consider before committing to a career path. Aside from what most people think a career choice affects directly your future and how your family, professional and personal life will develop.


The first aspect will be what you are good at; exhorting your natural talents would be the best head start, as it would help you have an advantage over others pursuing the same career. The employment market is very competitive and the better your skills are the more likely you will become to be the best choice for the position you are trying to acquire on the future. You have to target jobs that will assist you sharpen your skills and get you closer to your dream job. Building your way up from the foundation makes a huge impact on how long reaching your dream job is going to take you.


The second aspect to be considered is what you like doing. Committing to a job is always easier when you enjoy what you do, and there is nothing better than make money will enjoying your time working. It will also help you stay motivated to continue on your career and look forward to bigger challenges as you master new knowledge. Life can become a big routine and you might find yourself regretting spending many years in college to end up in a career that makes money but does not make you happy. Most people join a career for the amount of money they can make.



The third aspect is to consider how do you see yourself in ten years, all choices made affect the way you will visualize yourself in the future, the smart choices of today will get you further ahead tomorrow. As simple as having good credit today will help you get that house loan tomorrow. Being a good student today will help you get ahead as a candidate for a job once you graduate. The little choices of electives, the grades you get and your point average are key decision factors for companies in all industries hiring prospects. Working step by step towards your ideal job will help you get there and what better way to work on it than to visualize yourself in the future exactly where you want to be.



As long as you stay goal oriented, motivated and exploiting your talent you can reassure yourself that you made the right career choice.

Kervin Hidalgo

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