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Topic: What Should I Do?
Three Steps to Choosing a Career
by Michelle Tullier
How did these people get where they are today? Through a combination of luck, confidence and lots of self-awareness. As you contemplate where your own career might take you after college, it's impossible to know what opportunities fate may throw your way. What you can do, however, is to identify your interests, talents and values, and then explore occupations that might make good use of them. Here are three steps for your reference.
1. Figure out what makes you tick by asking yourself these questions:
· What sparks and holds my interest?
· What do I do well?
· What kind of personality do I have?
· What's really important to me?
2. Learn about your career options.
Rarely do you have the opportunity to take a class in college that shows you what the work world is like. You have to take the initiative to explore it yourself. Finding out some books describing different kinds of work, the typical qualifications needed and the salary ranges for various occupations. Also, try out careers by shadowing and taking internships or part-time jobs.
3. Sort out your priorities
After you've spent time on steps one and two, some of your strong preferences may start to emerge. You might learn you don't want to be in a corporate environment. Or you might find that your interest in art wouldn't sustain a career, so you cross those types of jobs off your list. Whatever it is that you learn about yourself, you're making important discoveries that will help you choose a good career when the time comes.
Most importantly, keep it all in perspective. Remember: You don't have to live forever with any career decision you make now. Most people change careers several times during their lives, so the first job you choose right after college probably won't be your career 40 or 50 years from now -- unless you want it to be. So don't put too much pressure on yourself to make the perfect decision.
Discussion：
1. Have you ever tried to make your career plan? If yes, please share your experiences to everybody, including how to make it and what to do about it. If no, how about starting right now?
2. What are your criteria of choosing your job? Do you think you’ve reached your long-term goal already or still on the path to it or not even get close to it yet?
3. So far, are you satisfied with your job? Are you planning to change it or thinking about shifting your career?
4. When your ego ideal and reality becomes a dilemma, how would you make the decision and choice?
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