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Posted By: Heather Eagar In: Changing Careers
If you want a career you love and a job you look forward to going to it's going to require some effort on your part. Here are some tips to help you on your journey to finding your dream career.
The path to finding the career of your dreams can sometimes feel so daunting. To make matters worse, it can seem that while you struggle to figure out just what it is you want to do, others have the good fortune of recognizing and living out their dreams everyday.
But rest assured that these people are by far in the minority. So if you’re a part of the majority and are trying to figure out how to do what you absolutely love – or even figure out what you love – there are ways you can get this done. Let’s look at ways you can move toward settling into your dream career …
Look at What Sparks Your Interests
Okay, this is going to take a lot of nerve on your part, but if you want to find your dream career, you’re going to have to go after what you like. Scary, right? You’ve spent so much of your life doing what others have wanted you to do that it’s hard to believe that you are actually allowed to do what is interesting to you. But you are.
Think about it, there are people making a living playing their favorite instrument, dressing up in makeup and “clowning around” or going the traditional route of joining the ranks of Corporate America – and you can do it too. The main way for you to accomplish this goal is to take note of the projects you absolutely love then explore ways to turn that love into a tangible career.
Take Personality Tests
This may sound like an unorthodox route to take, but if you really want to tap into a career that suites you specifically, there are tests you can take to help you determine, based on your interests, what careers would be best suited for you. Two tests you can take online are the Keirsey Temperament Sorter and Ansir Self-Perception tests.
The Keirsey Temperament Sorter is the most widely-used personality test in the world. By looking at your temperament, communication and action characteristics, it helps you determine your organization, career, and personal development attributes. The Ansir Self-Perception test is another personality test that is widely used. It was created to help you identify your dominant strengths and innate potential so that you can quickly move toward what best suits your personality. Both of these tests work well to give you insight into aspects of your personality that you may not have been aware of. But most importantly, they help you correlate those personality traits with various career options, helping to make finding your dream career a little easier.
Try Temporary Work
A third way that you can make strides toward your dream career is by taking on temporary work. Whether you’re linking up with the traditional temporary agency for clerical work, or one that focuses on specific professions, this is a great way to test the waters of different careers without having to commit permanently to any.
The more you’re willing to get out there and search, the more likely you are to find what it is you really love. So don’t be afraid to go after your dream job. You may find it to be the best decision you’ve ever made.
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Posted by: Susan Brunner
I absolutely do believe that your personality and drive is the best tell tale sign of what you will be best at in a career. Not to mention that if you are good at it, you just get better and better and you're doing what you love for a living. Who wouldn't want that?
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Posted by: Samantha Bryant
I thought that this was very good information to have options and ways to be creative in doing something you enjoy. For me, it's really trying to find that new niche. Overrall this was good information
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Posted by: Josie
Cool! That's a clever way of looking at it!
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Posted by: Teri O.
I agree that the personality tests are stupid. They leave no room for individualism & label you according to some pretty arbitrary standards. I think they're about as reliable as a horoscope. For work at home opportunities,if they ask for money or sound too good to be true, they're not legit. Some may even have a web site that makes it look legit but is not. Be very careful. I receive a lot of emails to be an assistant, site unseen, no interview, for someone who just happened to be "out of the country" at this time. They're supposedly on business in Denmark, Canada, England, China, and say they will "send you money to pick up & send packages & deliver donations to charities (including orphanages!)" Makes it sound like you'd be working for a philanthropist, but think about it, wouldn't a person like this have a full time assistant they know & trust? They also require your personal information upfront - DON'T FALL FOR THIS!Sign up with a legitimate service & take any job offered, I have been offered full time jobs with companies I've temped for. Good luck, everybody.
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Posted by: david k
I moved to the US a couple of months ago (I am french, my wife is US citizen). I used to work in IT consulting in a management position. I would like to try and do something else but I don't know where to start! Any advice?
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Posted by: Ian M
Work from home is very appealing and practical for us in the IT world. However - very difficult to find a legitimate oportunity whilst still needing a satble income and (more importantly) full health benefits. Not sure it is possible. . .having said that, the "usual" cubical with long hours is equally elusive at the moment??
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Posted by: carolyn j.
I find this report very helpful to me. Thanks! guys for showing this.
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Posted by: kashiefa k.
I have a master's degree in research psychology and would like to get a work from home position. How do you know if the work at home positions offered on the net are legitimate. I am wanting to study further and need a stable income.
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Posted by: Arthurine Reliford
For the last few years I've been trying to find a position working from home because of physical challenges. You would think that a long history in Corporate America, great office skills and a degree in business administration would make me a great catch. Not so, unfortunately there are a large number of people like me as well as "work from home" scams, and it is difficult to weed out the scams. I'd like to start over without the internet traps, however I will take the test for sure.
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Posted by: Wesley Moore
Work at home business with sure task to preform on the internet, providing for a company or companies who needed that help. Entering data or doing typing of simple articles. Work at one's own past and no limitation, any time any where and benefits must be according to performance.
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Posted by: Jacquelyn Brooks
Recently retired from the Military, last year and had a professional resume done; however no job or interview yet. It can be frustrating as it is with me, but I'm not going to stop submitting my resumes.
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Posted by: Sharon
How can you find out if a "work from home" position is legitimate? Most of them aren't listed in the Better Business Bureau and I have to have a job that I can trust.
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Posted by: christopher henry
seeking a new career path and need help.
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Posted by: Gregory Newton
It does take courage to pursue the ideal dream job. I have to look at what's more important: making more money in a job I hate or learning to live on less and doing what I love'. Having been unemployed for 8 months has given me a chance to see I can live on less. I am taking the first steps by using that educational pell grant Obama made available to out of work professionals.
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Posted by: Kim Fogel
I have found those tests to be useless for me, to the point where I refuse to take them anymore. But the point about temping has been absolutely true. Somehow these agencies seem to do a better job of picking the right situation for me than I do on my own.
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Posted by: Carol Medway
Dear Julie: Thanks for sending this info. on how to further your job search with new ways and ideas. carol medway
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Posted by: Mary Ann Uschak
I'm going to investigate all three of the above avenues. Thank you.
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