martedì 29 gennaio 2008

How to Choose a Career

Career research is a very helpful tool, not only for those fresh from school, but also for us veteran members of the workforce. This is always a big help for looking for a first job, and thereby choosing your career, or, in changing careers.

The most useful tool civilization has right now is the internet. In it, you will find thousands of articles relating to Career Research. They can be advisory articles all the wat to books in Career Research for sale. Consider career research databases, articles, and sites—For ideas, suggestions, guidance, information, and statistical projection of ideal careers, check out the Index to Careers Guide, provided by the U.S. Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics.  At the site, www.bls.dol.gov, you can also learn about tasks, duties, and other specific to general details, including information on job salaries, working conditions, descriptions of the character of the job (what's involved in each particular job), training and other qualification requirements, the stats on jobs and positions held in that field and the competition involved, and projected job openings for that particular career.

Consider a career research checklist—at such comprehensive sites as www.quintcareers.com, you can methodically follow a career research checklist, completing such preparatory or decision-making activities as taking assessments, reviewing career-focused books, looking at current job markets by checking out listings in existence now, and research career journals.

Be as thorough as you can in your career research, for, after all, this about your life—this is about doing something for more waking hours than anything else you do.

Above all, take a look at yourself. What is it you always wanted to do?

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