WHAT ARE YOUR CAREER PROSPECTS GOING TO BE

WHAT ARE YOUR CAREER PROSPECTS GOING TO BE

? By Ray Rock

At this time of the year thousands of you young men and women, are
leaving school or college with the sole object of starting your working
careers. But the major problem is, which is the right career for you.
Unless you find an occupation that you love, enjoy and are enthusiastic
about, you will turn into another one of the crowd, a sheep going
nowhere. So the following points must be taken into
consideration.

1) 80 percent of you will never find true job
satisfaction and happiness and will just
drift from one job to another. Trying
desperately to finding true happiness in
your career.

2) Many of you will end up in a career that
you will grow to hate, causing you to
become frustrated, counting the days
until you can escape to try something else.

3) Many of you will be pushed into careers by
your parents that you hate and leave you
dead and empty inside.

4) Frustration through being in the wrong
career can turn you to drugs or alcohol
abuse.

5) 90 per cent of you will not consider your
long term future with regard to pensions
or critical illness until it is to late.

When you are considering what career you would like to pursue, there
are a great many things for you to think about and take into
account.

If you don,t then you will not have the job
satisfaction and a happy working environment that you desire. For
instance think of the following topics when making your
decision:-

A) YOUR ENVIRONMENT?

Where would you like your career to be
situated, indoors or outdoors, in an office,
shop, factory, hospital or travelling? Or a
combination of two or more of the above as
for instance a holiday guide.

B) YOUR DUTIES?

Do you like driving, helping people, looking
after animals, taking care of the sick, a
career with excitement and a touch of
danger as in the fire brigade or police
force? Are you interested in making a
career in one of the armed forces? Do you
mind getting your hands or cloths dirty?

C) YOUR HOURS?

Do you want to work office hours 9 to 5
Monday to Friday, shift patterns of days
and nights, do you mind overtime
working seven days a week. Will your
choice effect your social life by having to
go to work when your friends are out
clubbing enjoying themselves?

D) YOUR AMBITIONS?

How far do you want to go in your career,
do you want to reach the top. What is
required for you to achieve your goal, what
qualifications do you need?

E) YOUR DRESS CODE?

Do you like the idea of wearing a uniform,
do you like dressing smartly for work or
you would rather be in overalls, hands on?

F) YOUR MIND?

Do you want a career that will always be
stimulating your mind, sending you new
challenges every day, are you keen to
learn new techniques to broaden your
outlook on life?

All of the above must be taken into consideration when deciding on your
career, but there are other things to consider, such as
obtaining an interview to start your career, the interview itself and
the chances of your success.
Once you have obtained employment, other factors come into play, such
as medical aid, injuries both on duty and off duty, pensions
schemes, holidays both statutory and annual leave, maternity leave to
name but a few.

Ray Rock has been a free lance construction manager for over thirty
years and has seen young people become disillusioned more times than he
cares to remember. So he has written a book with the sole purpose of
helping all you young men and women
choose the career that will give you the most job satisfaction but more
importantly suits your own circumstances.

All the above are covered in depth in his book YOUR WORKING FUTURE, The
Guide to Choosing a Career and Being Successful.

Visit his web site at http://www.surocpublishingltd.com. and download
chapter one FREE