What Color is Your Parachute

The Five Ways to Choose/Change Careers:

1. Internet
Search the internet and determine what jobs are out there, what occupations can you choose from.  There are many different jobs that a person may not even know existed unless they do a little be of preliminary research.

2. Tests
Tests do not specifically find a career for a person but they can divide the population into groups. It is also important to allow the test to ask questions.  Do no anticipate questions or try and beat the test.  A test is attempting to help you to determine what is best.  If you are outguessing the test for a destiny that you have predetermined for yourself, then the test is not for you. Remember testing has mixed reviews and is not the solution for all users.

3. The Flower Exercise
This is a repeat from my blog about chapter 7 of the What Color is Your Parachute book.   The flower test is the basic outline for discovering who you are.

4. Two Steps to Changing A Career
      a. Title- the title is what exactly you do for a job.
      b. Field- this is the area that a job is in.

5. Find Out What the Job Market Needs