Cant get any College Financial Aid: Save $ by having a Career Plan!
Ten Steps to Guide You to Planning Your Career
1. Create a Career Plan. Think about what you want and like to do. Than research more about the education, skills and training you will need to achieve your career goal.
2. Review your Skills and Interests. Think hard about what you enjoy, what you are good at, what kind of personality you are, and the values you hold. Also think about the things you dislike. If you faint at the sight of blood, you shouldn’t want to be a doctor.
3. Research occupations. Find out more about the nature of the jobs that interest you, such as educational requirements, salary, working conditions, future outlook, and anything else that can help you narrow your focus. A good career planning website should open your eyes to all the career possibilites.
4. Compare your skills and interests with the occupations you’ve found. The career that matches your skills, interests, and personality the closest may be the career for you, even if its not what you had originally thought.
5. Choose your career goal. Once you’ve decided what occupation matches up best with your likes and abilites, then you can begin developing a plan of attack to reach your career goal.
6. Select a school that offers a college degree or training program that best meets your career goal and financial needs. Picking a school based on popularity or because your boyfriend/girlfriend is the wrong way to decide.
7. Figure out how much it will cost you to get your education. Find out your options with financial aid and student loans. Start saving for college, even if you think its too late
8. Get an internship in your chosen career field as soon as possible. An internship can be cheap insurance that you like your career. If you like it, continue on your path, if you don’t than get out asap and re-think your major selection.
9. As you prepare to graduate, start thinking about employers you may have a chance at getting a job at. If you have followed step 8, you will have great references and maybe even a job!
10. Prepare your resume, a good resume is esential to the job application process. Practice job interviewing techniques. You can guarantee you will have at least 1 job interview.
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