Choosing a Career from a Variety of Interests

→  March 27th, 2011  →  Blog career planning interests personality values

Interests are important considerations when choosing a career. But what if you have too many interests? What if your interests are constantly changing? Choosing a career would be easy if everyone had one or two consistent interests. But most of us  have several interests that change throughout our lives. Focus on Personality and Values When [...]

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Jobs You Can Get With Any Degree-Part II

→  January 23rd, 2011  →  Blog career planning

Whether you have a liberal arts degree, chose the wrong major, or just want a career change, you can find several career options that don’t require a specific degree.  I’ve written about careers suitable for any college degree and jobs for liberal arts majors.  Those were only a small number of the hundreds of jobs [...]

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The Best Career Planning Tool

→  October 11th, 2010  →  Blog career planning work environment

Career tests, advice books, and counseling can all help you choose a suitable career path.  However, these don’t offer the best career planning opportunities.  Experience is the best teacher in every area, including career development.  Experience challenges your assumptions and forces self-awareness like nothing else.  Through experience, you learn: Your true values and interests Career [...]

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