Your Personality and Your Career

Trying to decide what career to pursue? You should find out what your personality type is. Certain occupations are more suitable for particular types than others.  A self assessment should look at your values, interests, and aptitudes. These four taken together serve as a way to find the right career.

A way to learn about your personality is through the use of "career personality tests." They are more accurately called personality inventories. A career development professional, such as a career counselor, can administer a personality inventory and help you utilize what you learn from it. 

For more on personalities see the complete article here.

Picking a Career Path

When selecting a career there's a lot riding on your decision. You want to pick an occupation in which you can be successful for many years to come. 

While you can change careers, doing so can be an effort. It is easier if you don't have to . 

You should pick something that is not only suitable for you, but also can support you financially far into the future. Increase your chances of making a good decision by avoiding some very common mistakes here.

Money moves after loosing your job

When you have overcome the shock of losing your job — and, likely, your main source of income — organizing your finances can have a calming effect. The sooner you make a plan, the easier it will be to cope with your change of circumstances.

Despite being one of life's biggest stressors, being fired, demoted or seeing a change in your financial state does not have to spell doom and gloom.

Review the short term demands on your wallet and longer-term financial obligations and ease this stressful financial situation. See some suggestions here.

Assessing Your Aptitude

What is Aptitude?
When you are researching occupations, or reviewing job offerings, you may see aptitude listed in the requirements. For example, you may read that in order to work in a particular field you need to have an aptitude for science. Other occupations require having an aptitude in math, visual arts or or manual dexterity or motor coordination.

When an aptitude is among the qualifications to work in an occupation, it is referring to a natural talent or an ability through life experience, study or training. It also pertain to one's capacity to acquire a skill.

For a discussion on Aptitudes, see the full article here.

Exploring Career Choices

You have a multitude of options when it comes to a career  It can be difficult to pick one, especially if you have no idea what you want to do ... or if many things appeal to you. Does it seem like an insurmountable task? It's not. 

You will have to put some effort into making your decision, but your effort will be well worth it in the end. If you follow these steps, you can successfully choose a suitable career and avoid making a big mistake. 

Assess yourself
List occupations to explore
Explore the occupations
Create a 'Short List'
Conduct informational interviews

For details on the above steps, see the article here,

Steps to Choosing a Career

When the time comes for you to pick a career, you will discover that you have a multitude of options. It can be difficult to pick one, especially if you have no idea what you want to do ... or if many things appeal to you. 

This is not an insurmountable task. You will have to put some effort into making your decision, but your effort will be well worth it in the end. There is a method and by following these steps, you can successfully choose a suitable career. 

See eight steps here to structure your investigation.

Analyze the Job Description

Any interview is definitely a one time make or break. The company will make a decision on you as a candidate for the role you are interviewing for, but they will also decide how they feel about you as a candidate for the company overall. 

Knowing what you are interviewing for is more than just knowing the job title and position basics. It means dissecting the job description and knowing how to apply your past experience to the job being filled.

For the anatomy of a job description, there are usually 4 main parts: the overview, the responsibilities, the requirements, and the desired attributes.

For a discussion of these factors see the article here