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Quick Check List
by Amanda Bach
Choosing a career is a big decision. A
decision that should involve more than thumbing through a book or
newspaper and picking a job that sounds kind of interesting. While your
next job will probably not be your last job, you will be spending many
hours each week at the office. If you're working full-time you will be
spending more time with your co-workers than with your family.
If you're short on time, or
patience, use the following checklist to come up with some career
guidelines. The answers to these questions should give you an idea of
what you're looking for. Just as important, they will let you know what
you don't want.
Considering the
time-on-the-job-factor alone, it's important to at least like your job.
Before beginning a job search, consider your answers to these questions.
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What skills do you
want to use on the job? Which adaptable, transferable and
job-related skills?
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What type of people
do you want to work with? Strong, assertive individuals? Creative
sorts?
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What type of
atmosphere do you function best in? Relaxed, easy-going? Fast-paced,
goal-oriented?
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How much
responsibility are you prepared to accept? Do you want to be
responsible for the work of others?
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Do you prefer a
structured workday or are you fairly adaptable?
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Are you more
comfortable with close supervision? Do you like having the option of
prioritizing your own work?
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Do you like to work
independently or as part of a team?
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What type of
environment do you want to work in? Do you like quiet? Do you need
to be near a window?
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What population do
you want to work with? Adults, children, the elderly, those with
special needs?
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What hours do you
want to work? Are you a 9 to 5er? Do you need a part-time, flexible
schedule? What about working on the weekends?
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How much money do
you want/need to make? Are benefits important to you? (This includes
vacation time, holiday pay and medical benefits.)
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What is important to
you? What values or ideals would you like to further in the work
that you do? (This may include cleaning up the environment, making
money, helping others, gaining prestige, etc.) Realize that you
may be forced to choose one value over another when they conflict.
Take your time. Think
carefully about each answer. Be sure to write specific rather than
 vague
statements.
Use the information in these
answers to write a brief, concise statement describing what you want to
do on your next job. A statement means one or two sentences, not an
essay. This statement should be open-ended enough to include a few
different positions, but specific enough to exclude more jobs than it
includes, i.e. a part-time entry-level clerical position is too general.
A better example is: A part-time, entry-level clerical position working
with special-needs children in a relaxed, casual atmosphere with a
flexible schedule. Take your time with this exercise. While this may not
be your career for the next twenty years, your job will be a major part
of your life.
Contributor -
Amanda Bach is co-founder
and co-creator of SingleMom.com. The co-creator
currently resides in
California and Washington, DC.
She was raised by a single mom and so she learned it first hand how
difficult it was to watch her mom struggled everyday life.
And that is the main reason she co-founded
SingleMom.com to create this wonderful
Website/organization. Her energy, natural creative ability
and superior business intuition make her contributions to this website
immeasurable.
Her hobbies include volunteer, Internet, reading, ballet, traveling,
snowboarding, and especially wine & food.
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