Choosing A Future Career
Choosing a Future Career
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Choosing a Future Career
Introduction
There are different kinds of choices. Choosing a toothpaste is not a big deal, some stores may even allow a person to return if one is dissatisfied. Clearly, some choices are more important than others, for instance, choosing a major or choosing a future career. Having the option of choosing from more than fifty-three majors or countless career options appears good on paper, but then a decision has to be made. How will the individual make that decision?
This paper is going to demonstrate that in choosing a future career, a young person needs to consider a myriad of factors not only a major to pursue in college but also personal passion, talents and abilities, personality traits and so many other factors besides a major. It will portray that a major in college can simply act as a stepping stone to a completely different career path and not necessarily to the career choices directly related to that major. The paper will also demonstrate that in deciding on a future career path to follow a person needs to make a conscious decision to make a decision about the career path to follow, and not simply rely on wanting to decide.
Choosing a Career
Deciding on a future career can be difficult. The first thing a person ought to consider when deciding on a future career is why he or she is attending college in the first place. Most people attend college to get a degree to get a job. Deciding on a career, for most people, is directly correlated to the major they want to pursue in college; however, this is not always the case, this notwithstanding, it can place a great deal of pressure on the decision.
According to Favreau (2013), deciding on a career can be simplified into three basic problems. She adds that through conquering these problems an individual will dramatically boost his or her chances of finding the right job. She highlights these three
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Choosing a Future Career
Introduction
There are different kinds of choices. Choosing a toothpaste is not a big deal, some stores may even allow a person to return if one is dissatisfied. Clearly, some choices are more important than others, for instance, choosing a major or choosing a future career. Having the option of choosing from more than fifty-three majors or countless career options appears good on paper, but then a decision has to be made. How will the individual make that decision?
This paper is going to demonstrate that in choosing a future career, a young person needs to consider a myriad of factors not only a major to pursue in college but also personal passion, talents and abilities, personality traits and so many other factors besides a major. It will portray that a major in college can simply act as a stepping stone to a completely different career path and not necessarily to the career choices directly related to that major. The paper will also demonstrate that in deciding on a future career path to follow a person needs to make a conscious decision to make a decision about the career path to follow, and not simply rely on wanting to decide.
Choosing a Career
Deciding on a future career can be difficult. The first thing a person ought to consider when deciding on a future career is why he or she is attending college in the first place. Most people attend college to get a degree to get a job. Deciding on a career, for most people, is directly correlated to the major they want to pursue in college; however, this is not always the case, this notwithstanding, it can place a great deal of pressure on the decision.
According to Favreau (2013), deciding on a career can be simplified into three basic problems. She adds that through conquering these problems an individual will dramatically boost his or her chances of finding the right job. She highlights these three
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