Many of us have this question popping up“I am in the wrong career path now what do I do?” Looking back I should have listened to my heart rather than people at home or friends at that moment in time and followed my passion. I would be much happier and successful in life?
Is this true for you?
Well if your answer is YES, then read on.
Now here are some shocking statistics for you.
59% of parents and 75% of educators said that students don’t know what careers they want to pursue. Now there are other factors for this too.
31% of students feel that they are uncertain of their career choice. 53% of Parents worry about the cost of higher education.
Finding a career path that makes us feel satisfied and successful isn’t easy. It isn’t something they teach us in class, which makes the journey that far more challenging.
Trust me; it has a very serious impact later in life as they go further in corporate life and personal life. Yes, you are right it has an impact on their behavior, attitude, and thinking all the way in both professional and personal space.
How many times have you ever heard about people talking about someone at work “hey you know what – “This weird guy in the HR department is so sick, depressed, rigid, unapproachable, sluggish, etc.,” This happens when they are unhappy with their careers and doing it for the sake of money?
What if they liked their jobs instead?
Couldn’t significantly improving attitudes toward work have an enormous impact on the health and welfare of oneself and the organization we belong to?
The problem is we often find people making career choices to impress people so that they just want to be validated. In this process, we lose sight of what makes us truly happy. With each career move, we get unhappier. The more we attempt to impress, the more frustrated we feel.
Now how do we go forward in the right direction, is the question in your mind isn’t it?
Most people want to answer with something impressive. They need others to respect what they are doing. Why? As humans, we worry about how our response is received, and permanently reason! We all know the one that hears the solution will start to gauge us. That’s because we also judge those that tell us what they are doing for a living too.
Therein lies the difficulty. Until you stop judging people for what they are doing for work, you will not be free from judgment yourself. The great news is, if you’ll free yourself of this bad habit, you’ll finally specialize in finding your intrinsic motivation for work, the work that creates you are feeling engaged and happy.
The right career path creates a balanced state of mind that transforms your life. So it goes back to choosing the right stream, subject and college firstly to land up in the successful zone.
Your natural talents are your superpower. They’re a more accurate guide to focus on the simplest career paths for you than your grades, or what your friends told you to do—the ways in which most of the people attempt to find out what they ought to do with their lives.
Gaining clarity about your core nature and true strengths will solve the mystery of where you slot in the career world and put you on the trail to a satisfying career choice, whether you’re just starting out or have one or more careers under your belt. No more job-hopping or hoping graduate school will put you on the proper path.
Today, students and parents are at crossroads and are confused about what stream to take. More so, there is a colorful palette of more than 250 career options. What is the future for the career option chosen? What are the job opportunities so on and so forth?
There are two important aspects to choosing one’s career.
First is awareness, you need to know. What are the skills, abilities, strengths, positives, challenges, and future scope? In the profession you finally choose.
Second is Self Assessment, after you understand a particular profession you should try to figure out if that career path is good for you.
Where humans can make erroneous decisions, technology is the savior. This is where assessments come as a savior. They measure a whole lot of dimensions like multiple intelligence, interest, orientation style, EQ, personality style, etc. along with a detailed report and development plans that provide an accurate guideline for the future.
Its time to take charge!
Lets now waste time any further and allow the children of the future to declare to themselves – My Life, My Career, My Decision. The rest of their lives will sail through joyfully. Though largely it will depend on parents. How much effort are you willing to invest in taking a smart career decision for them.
I leave you all to ponder upon and then take corrective action now.