Career 101: Get Accurate Career Information To Know What You Want For Your Life

 Do you know that working in a choosing career for some time before regretting why you ever ventured into such job is the most embarrassing moments in one’s life that you need to run away from?

Then, you need to read this post as you learn more about what you really want for your life and how to guide against Eleventh Hour Career Regrets. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that choosing the wrong career for you could be one of the most serious mistakes a person can ever make because every efforts to change your career path may not always possible. This is why I’m telling you at this point that getting accurate career information is hugely important.

 Think about it. You will spend thirty or more years of your life working full time. That is a really long time to spend doing something that you do not absolutely love. The thing I hate seeing most is people who feel like they are tied in to a profession that they hate and absolutely nothing can be done to do away with this regrets.

Working with college students to purposely give them guidance they needed at that particular point in their life is highly rewarding for me and this has been helping them to make informed decisions about career choices decision making.

One of the most important ways to enter a career wisely is to equip yourself with accurate career information. I cannot stress this enough because it is the only opportunity you can avail yourself with that can make you discover the truth about any profession you are thinking of entering. The worst thing you can do is enter a career blindly without any guidance to let you see the reason why you shouldn’t go there.

So with this, you’ll have to take your time to meet someone that can show you the right path to your career choosing adventure to guide against unpleasant statement of “Had I Known”.

Let me say this to you once again, you need to find ways to get career information about the careers you are considering.

 

One of the quickest ways to get career information is to make a meeting with a career counsellor who is knowledgeable about many careers and who will help you find a career that fits well with who you are and with what you value.

Whatever career you choose, it must be connected to something you value not just with what you see around you or what you presumed is okay for you.

 It is a terrible thing to get up for work in the morning and realize that you could care less about your job and that it has no real value to the rest of the world.

 You can also find great career information by doing an internship or by visiting different careers that interest you. For example, if becoming a teacher interests you, try helping out in a teacher's classroom for a few weeks and see if it is something you'd really enjoy. You will be so glad that you took time to try something before you made a commitment to it.

After all, you cannot afford to keep changing your mind about careers and end up unhappy in the process.

 Get career information and be one step closer to having a career that excites you and fits your dreams and values. There is nothing better than that.

Have an enjoyable career path.

Thank you

How To Douse The Tension of Conflicts in the workplace

How To Douse The Tension of Conflicts in the Workplace

How to douse the tension created by the conflicts in the workplace is very important for every individual that wants to scale through office politics without adding more stress to their lives. Some people do encounter not the success they dreamed of in their life career, but the frustration of having their “dream bubble” burst right before their own very eyes. 

These aspiring professionals were stopped dead in their career tracks not because of some mistakes but because of harassment in the workplace.   Their “fall from corporate grace” was due to a combination of envy, jealousy, and a fair amount of backtalk from their detractors.

You may be faced with the challenges of constant changes in leadership and movement personnel in your department or division.  Even all efforts put across to suggest office innovations and other alternatives to make work efficient can still become the “butt” of jokes to you.  

Having a better understanding of your boss can equally make the matter worse in some cases. Having a good recommendation for any good work done, within the hearing range of the older employees as well as the new ones can as well make your detractors try even harder to discredit you. It is a well-proven fact that envy really poisons the working atmosphere. 

You may even become a victim of nasty jokes and false rumors, thereby turning you into the office scapegoat.  The question then is: 

What exactly have you done to deserve such treatment? 

Oh! Because you are confident and brilliant and a genius in your field to some extent. However, your only perceived weakness is the fact that you’re the youngest person in the department. YOU ARE INDEED IN WHAT IS CALLED THE “BOILER’S ROOM”. You may try as much as possible to know why these older colleagues of yours are somewhat nasty and the intimidation is becoming more frequent. My advice to you is that you shouldn’t give it a damn, because if you weigh yourself down with taunting and sarcasm, this will eventually make you suffer from anxiety and panic attacks.  

Believe that you are only one among thousands of people who experience harassment and other forms of bullying in the workplace.  Anyone can be a target. Harassment often begins with unresolved conflicts between workmates that could even escalate into problems that would eventually require the attention of management.

Harassment at work is one of the most distracting situations that any worker or professional can face. Work, needless to say, is important not only as a means to have a livelihood. It is also crucial to one's ego and craving for achievement. 

Getting along with everybody is not the solution. It doesn't mean you have to please people and compromise your principles. Being warm and sincere can melt the cold atmosphere.  But it is important to set standards for yourself. Treat others with respect and dignity, and most likely, you would be treated in the same manner. Appearances also matter, following a dress code or adopting sensible attire gives a good impression. 

Other ways to maintain your good professional standing and mutually beneficial relations with co-workers include:

•  Be dependable and trustworthy.
• Do not be oversensitive. Not all criticisms should be considered harassment. Try not to take anything said to you with much seriousness. Regard such comment or complaint as non-consequential.
• Seek support from higher management when the pressure is too great and if you already feel resentment or despair.

Although there is no 100% guarantee that workplace harassment can be stopped, you must still take the initiative to stop the maltreatment.  If the bullying cannot be stopped by management, maybe it is time to consider the next option: switch jobs or find another job.

Remember, life is too short to stay in a job that causes you misery. Nor is it the end of the world if you leave a company where you are no longer happy.

Do you want to know more about how to be successful in your career? Let me introduce you to an ebook written by a professional Career Consultant Steve Austin. The title of his book is 

Career Success With Ease: What You Need To Know To Achieve Success In Your Career Adventure

Where Are You in Your Career Adventure Path?

Where Are You in Your Career Adventure Path? 

Are you in a rut or in a groove in your career adventure path? Rut and groove are both furrows. But a rut is boring, uninteresting, and can be depressing. Whereas being in the groove is good fun and energizing. And being in the groove is the act of getting the best out of yourself.

Then I would like to ask you a few questions about your career and I believe if you’re able to give me satisfactory answers, then you’re good to go in your career adventure.

Where are you at the moment?

In a Rut or a Groove?

A rut is caused by having your foot firmly on the accelerator. Whereby you’re pressing it down for all you are worth but you’re not going anywhere. Absolutely nowhere!

You are, most probably, covering all the people standing behind you with earth, grass, rubbish, waste, etc, but you’re not moving. In fact, you’re getting deeper and deeper in trouble until finally, you are up to the axle and not going anywhere. So stuck that you will need a spade, a fork, a tow truck, or anything to get you going again.

How did you get there?

Doing the same thing day after day. Following the same routine over and over again. Following those wonderful phrases in your head;

It was good enough for …. It will be good enough for me

It worked. It will work for me.

You always did it this way…………..

Before you criticize me for talking negatively about the tradition, I am in no way knocking or mocking the tradition. Tradition has a place but not at the expense of happiness and excitement in our lives.

In our book, if it makes you unhappy, bored, and pessimistic why are you still doing it? Then, the question is:

How would you get out of it?

Simple.

Change your habits.

It’s your habits that got you into the rut and it’s your habits that will get you out.

But FIRST.

You have to accept that you are in a rut.

You have to admit that you have been taking the easy option for a long time.

You have to accept that at a certain point in time, you made a mistake.

You have to accept that time and money are not going to get you out of this mess.  

However, you need to know that:

You have to change!

You must initiate the action. No one else. Just YOU. No one can get you out of a rut only you.

NOW STOP.

Sit down for a moment. Think.

•    What’s the real problem?

•    What’s behind your going deeper and deeper into a rut?

•    What’s the fear here?

•    What are you trying to avoid? AND

DON’T rush it. Stay with it.

Do whatever you need to do to bottom it and find the way forward.

NOW ARE YOU WITH ME?

Gradually write down the way out. Don’t take the first answer. Make an effort to write down 30 ideas of the way out. Gradually you will become more and more creative. Then one idea will stick. It will come equipped with fairy lights, a spotlight, and if you are really lucky-WOW! a full orchestra.

That’s the way forward.

Now you have a way forward that feels comfortable. Now you are moving into the groove. You feel happy, energized, and focused. You are in the flow. The passion is aroused. Everything is in synch. Everything you do works.

You are off.

Go on try.

You owe it to yourself.

Good Luck

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If you want to know more about how to take your career to the next level, I will advise that you try to lay your hands on the ebook written by Steve Austin on Kindle ebook, the ebook also has a paperback and hardcover copy to have a physical copy of the book. The title of the book is 

Career Success With Ease: What You Need To Know To Achieve Success In Your Career Adventure

Sell Yourself Better For A Successful Career Adventure

Sell Yourself Better For A Successful Career Adventure

Some people complained of not being adequately recognized and appreciated, not minding the fact that when it comes to our career we are some of the worst salesmen of our abilities and skills.  

We sell ourselves short in our abilities during review or appraisal time or accept less than we are worth out of fear that they will find someone else to replace us.  

Instead of building ourselves up and selling ourselves for maximum value we accept what is given to us and end up doing twice the work for half the pay. 

Let me ask you this salient question:

Why not work towards being the best of what you are? So that you will be highly valuable to your employer and he will no doubt be very happy to pay you more.

One of the most important places you can ever sell yourself is during the interview process for a new job.  It is during this process that you should make an effort to build up yourself and sell your skills to the potential employer by making them feel that if they hire anyone else but you they are going to be losing out on an amazing talent.  Here are a few tips you can use during your next interview to make the interviewer think WOW!

Dress for success.  The type of dresses you put on during your interview will no doubt speak well of you if done appropriately. Bear in mind that clothes make the man (or woman) and you should dress as if you were interviewing for the CEO position.

Research the company and know its background of it. Getting a piece of first-hand information about the company you aspire to work for is a clear indication that you are indeed serious about working for the company. During the interview show that you have done your homework by asking questions or making comments about a recent press release or company announcement.  This will give you an edge over other candidates for the job.

Ask questions.  Most interviewees just answer the questions they are presented with and never speak up.  Show the interviewer you are truly interested in the company and the job by asking questions relating to the company, your potential job, and company culture.

Bring samples of your work.  Whether you are an artist or a computer programmer bring a sample portfolio of your past work and share it with the interviewer.  Remember, a picture (or document) can speak a million words.

Be ahead of schedule.  Remember the golden rule; it is better to be 3 hours early than 3 minutes late.  No one is going to hire someone who can't make it to the interview on time.

Follow-up.  Don't sit around waiting for a letter or a call.  Send a follow-up letter immediately expressing your interest in the job and if you haven't heard back within a week pick up the phone and call. 

What do you have to lose?