8 Mistakes in Choosing a Job
Choosing a particular career and knowing how to be successful in it is not a one-time decision, it’s a series of decisions, that you need to correctly make as you go through different stages of your life, experience and responsibility.
Each and every job you take is a step on the career ladder, which means that each one can have a significant impact on your future career prospects.
Why is it then, that many people get stuck in their careers, chronically bogged down in jobs they either hate or that provide them with no advancement (let alone opportunities for travel), despite their best efforts?
Because knowing what not to do in developing your career is just as important as knowing what to do.
Here are the details of 8 common mistakes that people make when choosing a job and trying to find a satisfying career
Choose the first job or the easiest job you can get. Choosing a job based on convenience does not see talent and ability.
Choose a job based on salary. The mistake has become a culture that it takes a strong commitment to choose a job according to talent over money.
Choose a job because of a good name. Doing a good job and whether you enjoy it are far better considerations in choosing a career, than looking up a name and doing the work that comes with it.
Choose a job because management offers it. Discuss the job with your boss to find a suitable place for you. You may be better off broadening your area of responsibility in your current job, rather than moving away from your skills and expertise.
Choose a job because it follows in the footsteps of your parents. It's fine to follow in your parents' footsteps, but make sure you have their expertise and enjoy it. Don't choose a career just because of what your parents did. Use your strengths and develop your career around them.
Choose a job to fulfill your parents' dream. Parents should be careful not to direct their children towards what parents want, but rather children should be encouraged to follow their career paths that best suit them.
Choose a job only because you have the minimum ability. There are many jobs we can do, but it is the work that involves our strongest skills, our personality, and our motivation that will make us last longer.
Choose a job without you researching it. Don't spend more time investigating the new car you're about to buy than spending time researching your career
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