Finding a fulfilling career
- Reflect on your career history and current job. What skills do you already have? You may have had experience selling goods and helping customers.
- How do you feel about work? Do you enjoy people interaction or sitting behind a desk? What work feels personally meaningful?
- What is the biggest obstacle in your way? You may feel that you don't know what you are good at. Do you know other people with similar interests as yours? What do they do? Would you like to do anything they are doing? Talking to people can help to generate some ideas.
- What skills do you need to develop/build on?
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With no career plan, Simon did what he knew he could do. But after years of doing the same work, he battles to define what a fulfilling career looks like. The community assisted by sharing their thoughts.
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