Are any of
you in your last year of college right now? Are any of you struggling with
questions similar to ”what is my career passion?” or ”how do I make sure I end
up working with something I am passionate about?”
Maybe it is
the economy, or just the way the news portrays it, but somehow it feels like
fewer people succeed and more people then ever struggle or work with something
they hate. This despite the fact that it seems like there are more inspiring
careers to pursue then ever before.
You can do
almost anything you can imagine, and make money out of it. The issue is only
that you might have a lot of things you find interesting but you have no idea
what you are PASSIONATE about. You have no idea what you want to be doing for
the rest of your life.
Well, let
me tell you: very few people know what they want to spend their entire life
doing and a lot of success is due to a series of circumstances created by you
being curious, lucky, and not letting fear come in the way of trying.
My advice
to you is to take a moment to figure out what is important to you: money, free
time, location, or maybe flexibility? Do you prefer more practical, strategic
or analytical day-to-day activities? Also, brows around and check out different
companies’ websites that you would like to work for and check what kind of
opportunities they have that sound exciting. Then try it out.
Even if you
want to be the CEO of say a media company or why not an oil company, or the
executive director of an NGO, or a graphic designer, it is ok to start as the
assistant, or the intern. Take those opportunities to look around, what are
other positions at those companies, what are other companies in that sector and
could you jump form this sector to a nearby sector that sounds more exciting? Most
things are possible and you only need to look for what makes you excited today.
Or in the next 1-2 years.
Even if you
want to start your own company but don’t know what you want to offer, a great
way to start is always to jump on a great opportunity that comes around.
Sometimes, in this start up culture, we forget that school can’t teach us
everything, and all great ideas are not hatched in classes. Experience of
working for other companies can make you less afraid of starting your own. You
can for example spend 1-2 years working for a small start up within a sector
you find exciting, then jump to another small company– either in the same
sector or another. Then who knows, you might have done an amazing job and
gotten promoted and end up loving being part of someone else’s company, or you
decide to continue on to start your own business and become a competitor.
Focus on
issues you find interesting or exciting to work with, even if you are only the
admin or the intern, as long as you get to be a part of something of value or
interest to you – you are on the right track.
You could
seriously go from working with theater production to arranging international
ministerial meetings for your government. You can go from working at a local
NGO to traveling the world working for the UN, or starting your own NGO and end
up having projects in multiple countries.
You could
move to your favorite city, or your paradise on earth and go into real-estate,
or write children’ books, or work as a diving instructor for a while and then
start your own business and start hiring diving instructors.
I am trying
to make 2 points:
No 1. is
that no matter your educational background, most things are possible. I mean,
even if you are not educated you can become a scientist, just like Virginia E.
Johnson. So, don’t ever think that you are stuck because you do not have an
education or because you think you have the wrong education.
No 2. is
that you should not waste time trying to figure out what you career passion is,
instead just jump on the next fun or exciting opportunity that comes along.
Ride the wave for a while and then if you get bored, se what doors this
opportunity opened.
Ah and one
last thing – I usually know that something is good and will lead to a lot of
awesome things if I feel excitement mixed with a bit of fear. I will make sure
to elaborate on the fear part another day. Hope you enjoyed the read and that
this article helped you out!
Finally:
What do you study or work with right now? I would love for you to take the time
to share this with me in the comment section!
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Also, I stumbled upon this one website called Career Girl Daily a while ago which might just be a great place for you to get inspired further.
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Hello! I'm studing Industrial Engennieer. I'm writing the graduation work. Thank you for the post. I'm Panamenian. :)
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