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Wheeee! Schools out and now it's time for surging ahead in a career! But which career? How does one match their fantasies and ambitions with the realities of today's world? How can one even narrow down their own cherished dreams into one logical line of action?
Another group of people looking for the right career are those who are already employed and dread going to work each day. They truly need to find a spot where the thought of going to work fills them with delight. Life is too short to allow oneself to be trapped doing work that isn't meaningful or fulfilling.
We've come a long way when it comes to determining which career we want to spend our lives in. Until the last few decades, and still in some countries, a person followed in the footsteps of their parents. If daddy were a lawyer, there was no question about the son also being a lawyer.
If daddy were a carpenter, the son was also a carpenter, and he trained at his father's footsteps from the time he could walk and understand.
In some cultures today this tradition has a real value. In India, where the chanting of volume-long books is done by memory, only by being exposed to the sounds from an early age could one become a true master. These masters are called Vedic Pundits. Other religions also have this tradition.
Experts who act as career counselors often use a battery of tests to help someone fit into one of approximately 25 major industries.However, what one does within an industry is more important than which type of industry it is.
Many tests have been devised that indicate whether it is your basic nature at this time of your life to be a leader or a follower,whether you are very artistic and creative or whether you want to follow someone else's design"