6 Mistakes to avoid while choosing a CAREER
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” But there’s a bummer out there “How do you find what you love?”
In our previous blog which highlighted the study, stating 91% of the people are unhappy with the CAREER life needs immediate attention along with the reasoning.
This dilemma of choosing a career starts when a child is in 8th/9th grade and it continues for the next 3-4 years of their life.
Our study & research found out the 6 major mistakes people make while choosing a CAREER which should be strongly avoided.
1.RELYING SOLELY ON “SCOPE” OF THE FIELD
We have come across lots and lots of kids who had taken up engineering or medical (or any xyz field for that matter) because they had been told:
“There’s a lot of scope in this field” only to be found struggling and unhappy with their life years later.
It’s high time we stop giving false hope to ourselves and those around us.
It’s time we take a more realistic approach and not solely depend on “Bahot scope hai”
2.LACK OF SELF – UNDERSTANDING
“How well do you know yourself?”
In this all the more busy and hectic life, we hardly spend quality time in knowing individual self.
Every profession requires a certain set of qualities & lifestyle in reality which should coincide with the individual’s personality.
Most kids & parents lack SELF-UNDERSTANDING thus choosing careers contrasting their innate qualities.
This has long term impact & to name a few -:
– Disliking work Lifestyle
– Lack of Self – Expression & Creativity in work
– Low Confidence
– Stagnant & Hopeless life
– Stress/Aggression/Depression
– Imbalance in personal & professional life
And bet you wouldn’t want to live with such consequences.
“Knowing yourself is the best SELF – GIFT ever.”
3.LACK OF RESEARCH
Half Knowledge is dangerous!
Lack of Knowledge/Research leads an individual to the following state -:
– Finding Possibilities & Drawbacks in every field
– No clear Futuristic Visualization
– Trusting Random Data & Opinions
– Building wrong belief about the Profession
– Self-Doubts
– Developing Non-Existing Fears
– Choosing Profession out of random data
4.BECOMING A VICTIM OF SOCIETY OPINIONS
“We are most likely to be influenced when we are unsure about something.”
Especially when it comes from someone experienced & confident individual.
Deciding a career is one of those phases in your life when you’ll find all your relatives and friends
magically turning into the career experts and giving you all the possible inputs.(relatable much?)
Also in this realm of glorification or criticism of the profession, one question still remains
unanswered in most cases, ” Whether this professional opinion matters my life & personality as an individual?”
The point to be understood here is that in most of the cases it is their opinion & experience
that they express & not the actual description of the profession
You have to realize that , it is you who has to live with whatever decision you make & thus very important for you to be objective while considering someone’s opinion which may otherwise lead us to strong confusion/issues.
5.INABILITY TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN “THE REEL AND THE REAL”
The world is not a wish-granting factory where you think that your first paycheck would buy you a car or your work life will always be sunshine and rainbows.
“A mechanical engineering degree doesn’t guarantee you a job at AUDI and neither all IT engineers end up at GOOGLE”
Burst that little bubble of yours and get in touch with the reality. Consider the steps and years of hard work that you have to go through before reaching that position.
Study well about the daily work routine of a person in that field. Get a realistic idea about that profession.
6.RELYING ON DEFINED TEST’s
In the midst of confusion, most parents & students approach certain defined Test
(Aptitude, DMIT etc) for immediate results.
One real question to be answered,” If these Tests are so proven then every Corporate company in this world are not using in their recruitment process?”
“Are these results enough to plan my next 30 years?”
The matter of fact is that these TEST’s can never be a real benchmark in deciding your Career Journey, but only be used as a reference point.
After learning about all the possible mistakes you could make, let us all pledge to be wise enough to take a more realistic, planned and a thoughtful approach while choosing a career.
Read here: The most realistic approach in making the right career choice
If you find yourself stuck somewhere, we are always here to help you out!
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Be Smart. Cheers!!!
