Is journalism a good career? [Confused with choosing career]?
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Here’s what I suggest: Pretend you won the world’s biggest lottery and would never ever have to work or worry about money forever. If that were true, ask yourself what you would do to keep from becoming bored each day. (write the list on a sheet of paper…but make 3 columns, and make your list in the left column. Then fold up the paper and put it away for a few days.
A few days later, take out the list and look at each item carefully. For each thing you like to do, try to figure out A) what is so intellectually/mentally exciting about it for you? (and put those things in the center column)….and then B) what physical activity is associated with the things you like to do (and list those things in the right column).
When you are done, you have an inventory of the things you like to do, and why you like to do them (knowledge and skills). No the grand prize is to figure out what job exists in the world that deals with your areas of interest that requires the knowledge and skills you either have or are interested in….so in essence, you want to find a job that pays you do to do what you would normally want to do anyway.
Once you identify that dream job or some prospective jobs, check them out in two ways…salary/career info, and knowledge/skills inventory.
For the salary/career info, try something like www.salary.com. Use it to find out the typical career path and salary/benefits…and what the pay is like in different parts of the country.
For the knowledge/skills inventory, visit http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/public/clubextra.html?nclubid=893282700&nid=268367529
There are a number of ways to use these lists. Start with a self-inventory. Then use it to inventory a job description for any job you might be interested in. You can get job descriptions for Fashion Journalist, Investment broker, or other jobs in the MBA field. See how close a match your personal inventory comes to the job descriptions. The closer the match, the higher the probability of success and enjoyment in that job. You can also use the lists to inventory what you learned from any classes you take….and to see if the classes are giving you the knowledge and skills needed for the job you want.
I don’t know that any job/career is easy to get into…but the world is always looking for GOOD workers no matter what the field or how saturated it may be.
Hope this helps you. Good luck in your future and life.
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