Happy with your day-to-day job? Stress at work can account for a lot of dissatisfaction in your life. Just think for a minute, you probably commute and stay at work for a great part of a single day. That is a very long time to be unhappy.
Now, if you emphatically feel stuck, here are 6 great ways to find your ideal career:
Brainstorm on paper – Take a pen and write your objective as a question. After that, simply list out 20 answers to your question. E . g ., how ’bout write “What do I want most in life?” Then after that stay seated for a half hour to an hour coming up with answers to that question . This is an exercise that you can easily do over and over again till you get a satisfactory answer.
Ask 3 close friends – Quite often our friends know us better than ourselves. While meeting with one of your friends, let them know that you’re in a crossroad in your life or career. Ask what they think you’d enjoy doing. More often than not they can zero in to the skill sets that you like using over and over and report a perfect job area.
Talk to people at work – Much like your friends in the example above, your coworkers have a unique view of you. Your coworkers are likely most familiar with your strengths and weaknesses in the work environment. Compile all the answers you get from them and determine if there’s a hint of what can be your new direction.
Talk to an agency – Most professionals, like you, maintain resumes, sometimes, up-to-date. Sometimes you’ll be able to catch up with a headhunter during downtimes and meet with them to pick through what you might be good at. I’ve done this a few times before and they didn’t mind speaking to me. The result had been positive.
Take a skills assessment evaluation – Let’s get this straight: all professions require different career paths. Makes sense, right; registered nursing career require a different training process from a video game designer. There are several sites on the Internet that someone like you can take these tests. But be careful since some are available for free, others require a fee. From the previous tip, a lot of job placement agencies where headhunters work are already using a skills assessment program and don’t mind you taking the test in their office. These are simple tests asking you to provide multiple choice answers about what you like, don’t like, want to do professionally. If you take one, you will likely see some new exciting areas to explore in your life.
Keep a journal – Having a record of your thoughts is fantastic especially when browsing for common threads in your writing. Keep your eyes peeled for common themes. Keep in mind that finding things you don’t like is almost as important as finding what you do like. By way of example, if you hate an overwhelming boss, then you might want to start your own business. If you hate nosy coworkers you’d probably prefer your own office.
Learning who you are professionally might be distressing at times, but you can get help. We spend 1/3 or more of our lives at work. So figuring out the right career is important to keeping that 1/3 of our lives happy and productive.