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How to Find Your Dream Career ? Part 1 - Analyzing Your Ambitions

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How to Find Your Dream Career ?

Part 1 - Analyzing Your Ambitions

Analyzing Your Ambitions

When you were little, people probably asked, "What do

you want to be when you grow up?" Maybe you said a

doctor, With starry eyes a career seemed like something

that would happen a lifetime away.

But now that the time has come to choose, your

interests have probably changed. Finding the right career

for you can be difficult, but not impossible.

1, Ask yourself the key Question.

?The respected philosopher Alan Watts said that the best way to find what you should be doing with your life was to ask yourself this important question:

What would you do if money were no object?

Sure, you'd want to relax for a while, but eventually you're going to get bored. So what would you do to make yourself really, truly happy?

2, Break your dream job down into its most basic components.

Take whatever activity or job you discovered in theprevious step and break it down into its most basic parts.

1, If you were explaining the job to a 3-year-old, howwould you describe it?

2, If that child asked you what was fun about it or how itmade someone feel when they did it, what would yousay?

These basic components make up what you should belooking for in a career.

3, Look into what jobs provide similar feelings and experiences.

Look for jobs that mimic the feelings that you're lookingfor from that career.

For example, if you were a millionaire and would rathertravel, jobs which mirror the experience you have wouldbe a tour guide, a teacher abroad, or a flight attendantposition.

If you would rather spend all day outdoors in nature, youcould consider a job as a geologist, lumberjack,wilderness guide, or park ranger.

5, Consider the upsides and downside of that career.

When you consider these more-attainable careers, makesure to do your research.

Be well acquainted with what life looks like in that careerpath.

You will need to know what the downsides of those jobsare if you want to make an informed decision.

6, Factor in your financial needs.

If you're really in a job that fulfills you and makes youhappy, getting rich off of it really won't matter to you.

However, life is full of obligations that go beyond yourhappiness.

If your dream career can't help feed your family or payyour student loans, you might need to look into otheroptions.

However, you should always keep your focus on jobs thatprovide similar feelings to what makes you happy.

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7, Factor in what you're good at.

Do you have an area where you really excel?

Not just something that you do okay but somethingwhere you do it better than most people that you meet?

This is something that you should factor in when lookingfor a career. You may not think that you enjoy it toomuch, but the fact of the matter is that you often won'tget good at something unless you enjoy it on at least acertain level.

You may be able to monetize your skill, or even hone inon the aspect of it that you enjoy so much (for guidance).

8, Analyze your Hobbies.

Many hobbies can be monetized.

This often means starting a small business and theheadaches that come with it, but you may end up with acareer that you really enjoy.

Before you dismiss your hobby as being something thatyou could never make money off of, do some searchingon the internet. You may be surprised.

9, Take an online job test.

If you feel really lost and none of these tricks help you,consider taking an online job test or going in to a localcareer center to get some advice from professionals.

Good online tests can be found easily, but many of thebest require a small fee.

Our www.2porter.com online job test help you to checkyour current skills guide you to improve you carrier.

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10, Tips and Warnings.

Tips

Warnings

Be genuine and nice with people. You'll impress all the people who matter.

Treat your resume like it has value. While you want to send your resume to people who can positively influence your job search, you don't want to plaster it on every job board and give people the impression you can't get hired.

THANKYOU

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