Career choice is a crucial but challenging part of the life of a student. Learners are usually finding themselves at crossroads when making a decision on which career to pursue in their lifetime.
To choose career plenty of factors must be put into consideration. One needs to make the correct career choices because one’s career is a road mark to his or her future destiny.
The seven factors to consider closely when choosing a lifetime career can be summarized in seven questions highlighted in this article. When you (teacher) are guiding learners to decide their future career, take them through the following questions carefully;
1. Can the Career You Choose Support Your Desired Lifestyle?
The combination of time and money meet the desires of your lifestyle. To provide the basic needs for your family you money. To take your family out for leisure, you need money to fund all the expenses. Other than money you need a certain amount of time away from the office.
Guide learners to choose careers that shall allow them to get money and time for their families.
Before choosing a career, understand the time aspect and money aspects for you will require them to support your desired lifestyle.
2. Does the Career Choose Challenge You?
Imagine being a professional soccer player and competing against young footballers in the academy school. For sure, you are going to outdo them while in the field of play. You will become a winner on every occasion but you will get the challenge of the game.
Your career should challenge you and gauge the opportunity for growth and advancement.
Will your career allow you to learn new skills? Will it allow you to expand your knowledge base? If the answer is yes then that is what it means to provide opportunities for growth and advancement.
3. Who is Going to Be Your Mentor?
To be more knowledgeable, you can either learn from self-experience or be an experienced person. You need a mentor in your career. You should find someone in the career from which you can ask and seek guidance.
Their experiences will be a great help in building your future career.
Your mentor who may be some steps ahead of you in the same career will guide you accordingly in case you want to advance your education in the line of your career.
4. Think and ask Yourself What would You Do for Free?
Are you money-oriented when you are choosing your career? Payment is one of the factors to consider but most careers are going to demand more from you.
Instead of saturating your mind with money issues ask yourself what you can do for free in the field of your expertise.
5. Are You Going to Continue Growing in Your Career?
While choosing your career, focus far beyond making money and securing a job. In your choice, you should consider your feeling to learn new things.
Skill advancement is important in any career.
Promotion in the job market depends on your continued development of skills and leadership.
6. What is Your Personality and Where Do You Think It Fits Most?
Your personality type is a key factor in career choices. Personality plays an important role in job satisfaction and efficiency in terms of performance.
7. Where Do you Want to Live?
Career choices have a direct impact on where you will live.
Summary
These seven questions are a great starting point when it comes to guiding learners on how to choose a career that suits them.
Regardless of the reason, if you start with these seven questions, you will be well-positioned to choose a career that suits your wants and needs.
