Skills
You need to identify your skills, but more importantly, the skills you
most enjoy using. You may also want to identify skills that you would
like to acquire or develop further. Your skills are key in making career
decisions that will enable you to do the things you most enjoy in your
work and thus experience career fulfillment.
Values
Another source of career fulfillment comes from the ability to do work
that is meaningful to you. When the goals of your employer or your work
are compatible with your values, you have the sense of making an important
contribution to society. Identifying your values is another important
career decision-making activity.
Working Conditions
Think about where and with whom you would like to work, the workplace
environment, the work hours, vacations, degree of stress, whether you
want to work in or out of doors, be your own boss, work in a small or
large organization, etc. These are some of the working conditions that
also factor in to whether or not you will find a career or specific job
to be desirable.
Lifestyle
Assessing the level of responsibility you would want in a job and your
desired salary are important considerations in matching career choices
with your preferred lifestyle. To do that you need to know what kind of
lifestyle you want to have and how to access resources to help you determine
your desired lifestyle.
Job Search Strategies
Once you have chosen your career path and educational/ training program,
you need to know how to get hired in your chosen field, when the time
comes, by using a variety of effective strategies.
Advising and Career Resources
homepage.
For more information, contact
Advising and
Career Resources at 608-243-4271.
Last Modified:
January 26, 2007
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