The famous movie 3 Idiots is the best example of the importance of career clarity in life. One of the characters from the movie named Farhan Qureshi was a passionate Wildlife photographer but studied Engineering under the pressure of parents and society.
First rule for Career clarity is know your WHY!
WHY is the purpose, cause, or belief.
If you can identify what is making you choose a particular career, WHY are you choosing Is it. You will be more confident, sound more promising and your potential will be admired.
If you love your job, you will perform better, earn more money, grow fast in your career.
So try to find your WHY!
Knowing our WHY is essential for lasting success and the ability to avoid being lumped in with others.
When your WHY goes fuzzy, it becomes much more difficult to maintain the growth, loyalty, and inspiration that helped drive your original success.
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It is a life story of every second young jobseeker who cannot find a job aligned with their life purpose, mission, and values. Being a frequent Job hopper degrades your Career path. It wastes a reasonable time frame in finding a job, training yourself, adapting new company culture, and the precious time of Industry resources. It adds undesired stress in life, leading to frustration and ruining confidence.
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So, What are the critical factors to consider for Career Choice?
1. Have clarity, be honest to yourself. List down your core values, find out what inspires you?
2. Choose your environment instead of getting influenced by others. Your life purpose, mission, and vision for life play a crucial role.
3. Be mindful of your strengths and weaknesses. Try to connect the dots to create a pattern.
4. Differentiate between a hobby, passion, and competency.
5. Ask yourself, What do you want to do? How do you want to integrate your personal and professional lives?
6. Connect your core values to your strengths and competency, upgrade your knowledge and skills according to your desired career choice.
7. Once you have shortlisted your career, become more competent to outsmart your competition.
Early identification of the right career makes it easy, impactful and you can lead a fulfilling life.
