Five Ways to Choose Your Career

Five Ways to Choose the Best Possible Career for You

1.) The Internet

The internet is a great way to search for a new career. O*Net Online is a great source to utilize. Go to www.onetonline.org/find or www.onetonline.org/search to begin to find information about careers.

2.) Tests

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Take tests or assessments to determine what type of career you are best suited for. Find out what skills you have to offer and what jobs best use those skills.

3.) Using the Flower Exercise

The Flower Exercise can be found in the book, "What Color is Your Parachute?" This exercise allows you to explore who you are and find a dream career.

4.) Changing a Career in Two Steps

There are two parts to a job. Job title and the field you are in. The easiest way to change a career is only by changing one of those parts. This allows you to claim prior experience that is relevant to the new job you are seeking. You can of course try to find a completely different job, but it may be a slightly harder process.

5.) Finding Out What the Job-Market Will Need

If the above options for finding a career don't work, then try to find out what the job-market will need in upcoming years. Do a Google search for "hot jobs" or "job projections". Do a little research on what jobs are becoming more relevant in the job market.

Bolles, Richard N. "Chapter 10 The Five Ways to Choose/Change Careers." What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers. 2016 ed. Ten Speed, 2015. 233-244. Print.