Re: Getting confused about Profession path ..
This is where research helps alot .. Usually its not as simple as it seems to many, to be able to choose a proper career path for yourselves ..
Always find out how much study v/s reward is involved. This is important because if you dont enjoy studying as much but your career demands alot of study, then you will lose interest pretty quickly. For example MBBS, Solicitors etc ..
Always find out what day to day challenges of that job are .. for example accountancy requires working long hours, needs a great commercial exposure, dealing with clients etc .. then analyzing self to see if you have the aptitude for numbers and that commercial exposure needed to be a success in this role.
Is the career saturated or has job opportunities at various levels. One of the toughest thing to face in life is , graduating and not being able to secure an internship/placement or the first job. Hence its important to keep this in mind what job prospects are available in the market in the short and the long term.
Always know what bigger career specific qualifications will be needed to progress in your career. This will genuinely help you remain focused and know ahead of time if you will be capable of accepting the challenge .. For example IT professionals must keep themselves upto date with new certifications . If they stall on that front their career progression might stop as well .
**I have a job but I don’t see myself doing this for the rest of my life. ** This better describes my position I guess.
Me getting this job is part of my research. I know more about this particular career path than I could have found out talking to others. I have some other ideas too, but I can’t act on them just yet. Just waiting for a few things to come through and have to talk to a couple people about the other career, cause it isn’t something you can just up and leave. This new thing would be something I’d be stuck to for at least 7 years. Just giving it some time.