University students ? How do you prepare and figure what job you want ?

University students ? How do you prepare and figure what job you want ?University students ? How do you prepare and figure what job you want ?
People change their minds along the way as they get to know themselves better and experience life more, so don't be too hard on yourself if you don't know exactly what you want to do. I don't think few really do.





They stress this in high school so much these days that kids feel like they have to have it all figured out right away; well you don't. This is exploration time, so you do have to pay attention and do your homework to figure it what's the best road for you, and become more self-aware.





I suggest you head in the direction of something you're good at, and something you think you'll enjoy learning more about, and narrow it down from there.





Ask questions of everyone you meet- ask if they like their jobs, do they make a decent living, etc. Don''t be too discouraged when you hear many say they hate their jobs. Keep in mind it could be the person and not just the job.





I hear my son and so many of his friends asking the same question. Pay attention to your gut; if you stripped away how much money a job pays, and what other people want you to be, in time you can ask yourself what would you love doing every day?


Now you know you have to rule out sleeping all day or playing videos, right? ha.








Career counselors are great, and there are lots of tests-many online that are free-that help you to decide this. Take your time and PAY attention to what makes you happy; even little things.


Look at adults around you and see if they seem happy and why or why not. Do they seem overly stressed or never get to spend time with their family?


Look for a person who shares traits in common with you and see what they are doing and if it's working. Are they high energy or not, are they more creative than business oriented, in the business of helping people or do they work more isolated, work indoors or out, etc.








Lastly, if you find a general area that you want to explore more, find a mentor in that field; someone experienced but someone with a POSITIVE attitude that can teach you and advise you.





The US Dept. of Labor has a great yearly guide to what jobs are growing, which are in decline, what the earnings are, etc. It's also on their website.





Good luck to you.You're smart to be asking this.Too many of us adults find out much too late that what we worked hard toward is not something we enjoy. Often we just didn't know enough about it or about ourselves.








* One of the keys to happiness is to be able to get up every day and do something you love. That effects everyone else in your life, and your health; everything. If you can work for yourself, I think all the better!





God bless.


University students ? How do you prepare and figure what job you want ?
Ha! I've been in college for 9+ years, and still don't really know what I want to be if/when I grow up. I'm really thinking ';if'; right now. . . .





I've always just gone after degrees that I thought sounded useful and remotely fun, and that seems to get me somewhere I'd like to be.





What do you like? What do you not like? You pick something that you think will fit the answers to those questions, and then you hope it's right. If not, you become one of the tons of people every year who change their plans mid-stream when they learn enough about the topic to know that's definitely not where they want to go. It's only a few years at most that we're talking about to get set back if you change your mind, not like the rest of your working life that you'll be using this education. Some people don't even figure out what they want until they've been working for a few years. . . and then they either decide to deal with it or go back to school for another type of job.





It's all a big guessing game, really.
Asking yourself what you want to do and go for it!