How to Decide on the Right Career

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By Jewel B
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Whether you are a student in high school, college, a young adult, someone who is looking for the right career or decide that you need to make a change in careers, here is some great information to help you make a wise decision.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Step 1

Check out the Occupational Outlook Handbook, which can be found in public or school libraries and online at - http://www.bls.gov/oco/. It gives descriptions of hundreds of occupations, the training and education needed, earnings, job search tips, and other links. This is a great resource because it gives you many options for your career path and provides the information to make wise career choice.
Step 2

The Dictionary of Occupational Titles has job descriptions from the U.S. Department of Labor of over thousands of jobs. Check them out at OccupationalInfo.org or your local public library should have a copy.
Step 3

Ask friends, and relatives, who are actively involved in a vocation that interests you about why they chose that career, what it is involved, what things they enjoy, the salary. Let them give you their personal insight.
Step 4

Look for articles about specific careers that you are curious about or may be of interest to you in Business Week or other periodicals.
Step 5

Look for Career days, career fairs given by colleges, schools and companies. This is a great opportunity to talk to educated people who are very knowledgeable and get all the information you can on a variety of careers from a number of companies.