Important points while deciding Career:

Important points while deciding Career

One of the most crucial decisions one takes in his or her life is opting a career in any particular domain. “Opting a career” is the words very easy to hear but let me tell you that this is not just a word or jargon, it’s a process and every person has to go through this process once in a lifetime or many a times. We all know that identifying a career for oneself is a very tough task and hence to make a decision we usually take help of our near and dear ones. But the situation begins when you are not confident enough to decide the career or in confusion with this decision-making process and more than 90% of the people are facing the same challenge i.e. confusion & fear you will find them dissatisfied with what they are doing in their current field or job.

I have gone through various data and information on the topic and find out some very fruitful and effective activities which one need to do before opting any career decision. I am here to explain everything in very simple yet in an effective way. So, you just start focusing on the below-mentioned activities and I will bet you on the same that once you follow these suggestions you will get whatever you have dreamed off.

1.       Make a list of Career options:

Before deciding on the career you need to know what all career option you do have depending upon your qualification and education make a list of those options first for example if you are a graduate say BCOM or BBA so first you will get opportunities in accounting, finance, sales, management trainee profile jobs and while doing on the job training you will understand that work is your cup of tea or not. Likewise, you can do make a list of professions according to your profile and let me tell you the fact that it is a time-consuming process but it is very helpful at last as the same will give you the satisfaction which you gets in your professional front. 

2.       Collect information about all the options:

Generally speaking when someone is in the position to opt a career you will find out so many influencers take birth suddenly who is not at all their in your life but when it comes to decision-making you will find them all and they are not at all avoidable hence the best solution to deal with them is to ignore such influencers. Today collecting information is really very easy as you can find it on the internet, social media, friends, relatives, teachers, neighbors etc this list may go on and on. You need to collect all the information and start doing your permutation and combinations so that you can be able to make an informed decision. Once you are in a position to choose the one option as career path start collecting further details about the same by industry experts and you can get in touch with them very easily through professional portal like Linkedin.com get information and advice from them and start to create your career plan sheet.  

3.       Try Internship:

Once all the information you collect and decide to do with the career option it is suggested to start an internship first in that particular domain and taste the practical scenarios of the same. Internships will help you to understand practical challenges and what skill sets required excelling in that particular space. You can take an internship in various organizations likewise in any of the startups or you can do the same with any of the MNCs which provides you the necessary flow of work and allow you to make mistakes to learn things fast. In this process definitely, you need to spend time maybe around 3-6 months or more to get to know about your professional capabilities. But it is suggested that find the best suitable option for you and then stick to that domain whatever the situation as ups and downs will be part of the game it all depends on your attitude towards it and will define your future and level of success. 

4.       Find a Mentor:

We are living in a competitive environment and to work efficiently and effectively you need a proven mentor in this professional journey irrespective to your designation or at any stage of life. Role of a mentor is very crucial you can understand this while if you go to Bhagwat Geeta Shri Krishna is the mentor of Pandavas and we all are aware how he mentored Pandavas to win from Kauravas. Likewise, we also required mentors professionally, personally or spiritually. Finding a good mentor is also a very tedious process to help you on this, here are some of the parameters you can keep in mind while searching for a mentor i.e. Shares his or her Knowledge, skills and ability, Proven record of success in self profession, enthusiastic and result driven professional who values his mentee and employees, associated with them personally etc. The list may go on and on but to make quick understanding these are some of the parameters you need to focus on. One of the most important things for you is to implement your mentor’s guidance and learning’s keeping your goal in mind which you want to achieve.    

                                                                                                                           

5.       Look for unconventional careers:

We are living in age now in which if you have skills and expertise you have lots of opportunities to earn a lot with that as these days people are more inclined towards unconventional careers path. Today lots of professional courses are in demand like CA, CS, ICWA, CFA, Interior Designing, Fashion Designing, Architect, Event Management, Hotel Management, Image management etc. Here what you need to do is to make a list of your personal and professional priorities keeping your financial situation in mind give your thoughts a rational direction to make a decision. While doing this you will find your capabilities along with the list of challenges you are going to face and now deal with those challenges one by one.  But let me tell you the fact that while finding challenges you will find so many difficulties which you think are difficulties but in actual it’s not, so here the role of mentor comes and he will guide you and if you don’t have the mentor you can take help of professional career consultants who can assist you scientifically depending upon your strengths and weakness and personality threats to make an informed decision which is very critical from the point of view of your survival and success. 

6.       If stuck with the wrong job:

Today more than 90% of people who are working are doing compromises at various levels of their careers out of those 90% more than 95% people are doing jobs which they don’t like at all and this situation makes them angry and frustrated and unhappy. Maximum population in this scenario usually switches the jobs frequently. My suggestion to those people is just stuck with the job they don’t like, is to find for the opportunity which suits your skills, expertise and having the scope of growth. Stick with the job which you are into until and unless you don’t get the new opportunity of your interest. Because rather left the current job and then searching for your passion and dream job will lead you to nowhere but to start fresh at each time and you are in not in a position to start every time a fresh as a fresher because every individual have its own sets of limitations because of responsibilities which are unavoidable by age. If we ignore this fact then definitely we need to suffer adversely on our professional as well as personal front. It is proven fact that you will get more opportunities while you are working rather you left the current job and search the next. 

Last but not the least always takes a calculated risk in all your decisions and when it comes to career it will become more important. Don’t get into the trap of people who are around you just focus on what you want from your life. Taking suggestions is a good habit but when to stop taking those suggestions is also important. The time comes when you fell down but how soon you will get back up is the deciding factor of the level of success you achieve in your professional and personal life.

Below is the checklist one need to go through before making your career decisions:

1.       What you want in life?

2.       What are the skill sets you have?

3.       What skill sets you to need to acquire to get your desired job?

4.       How is your current family financial situation?

5.       How much time do you have to experiment with sectors and domain you are exploring in your career?

6.       What are your financial commitments and how you will manage them?

7.       How much risk you can take which do not hamper your professional & personal life?

8.       What kind of personality you have introverted or extrovert?

9.       Make a list of career options depending upon your education and qualification?

10.   Describe yourself to you in 500 words with SWOT of yourself?

These are the list of questions if you spend time and make genuine answers to them you will definitely get a clear picture of yourself to decide a career path. 

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