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Career Finder
Resources
Start With Your Mentor
Are you looking for a good career finder resource?
Whether you are
certain you are ready for a new career...
Or just looking for a
potential job opportunity, a solid job search strategy will be helpful.
As I mentioned before, I changed careers somewhere around my "mid
career" point.
I was ready to find a new challenge and try something
else I would enjoy doing.
While job hunting and finding a new career, there is nothing that says
you have to use the same skills (in the same job field) you are using
now.
Go back to the getting started section and follow the career
development advice if you need additional help.
My career advice on finding a new job is to list all the current job
occupations that you are interested in (to include home business
opportunities).
As you begin your career finder trek, consider the following:
Assess your
likes and dislikes
- If you're not sure what you want to do just
yet, don't despair:
- Many people looking for a new start often
struggle with just what it is they're looking for.
Do some
research
- Identify career fields where there's
opportunity for growth.
- Consider volunteering to get a sense of whether
the job is what you thought it would be.
Network
- Networking
includes getting in touch with people you know in jobs that interest
you.
- They can help you find leads and point you in
the right direction.
Upgrade your
skills and education
- In fields with a limited amount of workers,
such as elder care and teaching, there are sometimes streamlined
training programs that let you advance quickly.
Evaluate your
finances
- Your career finder strategy may turn up a dream
job that involves a pay cut early on.
- To make it work, you may need to rethink your
financial life, from everyday expenses to retirement.
When I changed careers, I also researched the jobs that were in high
demand.
I then combined "what I was interested in" with the "high
demand jobs", to come up with a list of potential careers to consider.
You are probably familiar with the hot
jobs that are in high demand
these days. You will find this list all over the place; and they all
have one thing in common. They're all different!
Here's a list of high demand jobs I came up with based on career
research and actually working in industry for the past 25 years or so.
(not in any particular order)
- Engineering Jobs
- Healthcare Jobs
- Accounting Jobs
- Design Jobs
- Marketing Jobs
- Finance Jobs
- Sales Jobs
- Graduate Jobs (business, management, MBA)
- Computer Jobs
- Technology Jobs (IT jobs)
- Legal Jobs
- Manufacturing Jobs
- Overseas
Jobs
If you think you might have a skill in one of these areas...AND is
something that interests you, it would be a good idea to look into it
and see where it takes you.
Consider these careers as you create your career development plan.
Don't forget to include career education and training.
It may be a good career finder
idea for some of you entrepreneur types
to mix in home
business opportunities.
For additional career advice,
such as the career finder
section here, please check out the following topics, such as
the homebased
business, new
career, telecommuting
and career
education areas.
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