How to Find Which Job Suites You the Best

A right career choice  takes people towards a life full of comfort and enjoyment and at the same time a wrong career choice can push a person  towards failure, tension and depression. A little effort and thoughtfulness if invested during the time of choosing the career destination will bring prosperity for the years to come.  Career choice is one of the most important decisions in our life. Asking yourself which career suites you the best is itself the start of making such a great decision in one’s life. We need money for survival, happiness for maintaining peace of mind and respect to stand out in the society. Your professional life should be good enough in order to offer you enough money, peace as well as the status you deserve  in the society.

A career which suites best for your friend might not suite you. It is because profession differs from person to person.  Different individuals carry different tastes, choices, skills, talent  and personality. Keeping in mind all these factors, one should decide on choosing the career for life. Some people wants a stable career throughout their life while some want a career that helps them explore differences. A career differs from person to person and so its selection also matters for each individual separately.

So in order to find out what suits you, first find out the type of personality you carry. So better go for a personality check at the beginning. Find out if you are a strategic thinker, a logician, a commander, a debater, a mystic person, a mediator,  an inspiring leader, a social animal,  a defender,  a managing person, a valiant master of tools, a person loving dance, music, etc. If you find in which personality you belong, then half of your work is almost done.

In order to find out  the career choice, take help and advice from the people who are already working as professionals. If your personality meets theirs then you can take further interest. Sometimes even if your personality has got no link with theirs but if you still like what they do, then you can obviously go for it.  But mostly jobs depend on personality, so mostly take help of people who carry a unique personality like yours. Whenever you try knowing the career, if the career type really attracts you, then you may proceed further, if the job description seems too boring to you, then of course, you should not get into. Even if sometimes the career seems attractive, do not just be blind and embrace it. Make sure you find out its demand in the market, the salary it will offer in present as well as in the near future, its future scope and facilities you will get as an employee working in the particular position. Because once you take up with a particular career,  it will be difficult for you to switch after a long time interval.  Do select a career that proves its power in present as well as in the future too.
Values matter to every personality. Every individual has got different values in their life. Some may give more importance in the luxury while some may want a simple and peaceful life somewhere in the countryside. A person’s belief and ethics differ from one to another. We spend most of the time in office than with our family. So the type of work culture and its ethics should match with ours. Then only we will be able to lead a life of our choice. So while selecting the job, make sure the nature of the job is able to take up your nature and your beliefs.

Your career choice has to meet up your educational qualification too. Find out the different types of careers that belong to your educational field. Sometimes what happens is, you like a career that does not match your educational background. If still, you are eligible to apply for that particular job, then you should obviously go for that. Because doing what you like makes a lot of senses. If you select a straight career that matches your educational background, but you do not like the job, then it actually a failure. Never compel yourself to do what you do not like. Because your work describes you. And if you do not like the description of your own, it is a waste.

A job best liked by you can be maintained only when you have the desired skill sets to work in the particular job. If your skill set matches the job profile you love the most, then that is the best thing that will happen ever. But if it does not match , then you have to develop the skills by undergoing certain corporate training. You should go for technical certification of the skills whether it be big data, SalesForce or digital marketing needed for getting into your favourite jobs.

Considering your ambition in life, your responsibilities towards your family, whether you want to work  in  future or you want to have a business of your own, you should make sure that you set up into a career that fulfills all your expectations and helps you to maintain your responsibilities.


About the Author:
Vaishnavi Agrawal loves pursuing excellence through writing and has a passion for technology. She has successfully managed and run personal technology magazines and websites. She currently writes for intellipaat.com, a global training company that provides e-learning and professional certification training. The courses offered by Intellipaat address the unique needs of working professionals. She is based out of Bangalore and has an experience of 5 years in the field of content writing and blogging. Her work has been published on various sites related to Hadoop, Big Data, Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing, IT, SAP, Project Management and more.