How You Can Find Your Dream Career

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There are many reasons why one might not be happy with their work or the career they find themselves in. This can include low salary, feeling unappreciated and left out at work, harsh working conditions and disliking your boss and colleagues.

These are all valid reasons why one might not be happy with their job but the most important one we will look at is the one where you hate your job because you don’t like what you do.

You feel trapped and you wish you were doing something more with your life. You don’t feel motivated to go to work because your job doesn’t challenge you enough. And every day at work feels like you are wasting your time when you could be doing something else that mattered to you.

If you’re unhappy at work and want to make sure you’re spending your time working in an environment you like and doing a job that satisfies you, it’ll benefit you to take some time to find your dream career. A career you actually love and are passionate about.

If you really feel that you don’t know what to do, there are life coaches online that could help you determine what you are really passionate about and help you set a clear path to achieve that passion.

It’s a beautiful thing when career and passion come together.

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The truth is, you are not alone. Not many people can say they actually spend each day in their dream career. But if you’d like to be one of the small number of people who get to do something they actually love, then read on for some suggestions. 

Steps to find your dream career

1. Take a personality test

There are many personality tests and quizzes online that can help you to narrow down the best industries and careers for your skill set, passions, and personality in general.

Personality tests help you to know your strengths and weaknesses. It helps you to figure out your interests and what you are passionate about. It also helps to determine your values and what skills you possess. These are all important factors in finding your dream career.

Also enjoying your job means you need to take many things into account. You don’t just need to consider the role, but how much time you get off each year, the environment you’ll work in, and so on. Personality tests can help you to figure this out faster.

2. Think back to when you were younger

Thinking back to when you were younger is a great way to figure out your passion. When you were younger, what did you want to do when you grew up? What kind of work was younger you excited about?

Also think about the things you liked to do as a child. The things you used to do as a child can help you to figure out what you should be doing now.

If you loved reading and writing as a child, then something to do with journalism, or even copywriting might interest you. If you liked singing, then you can work towards the music industry. If you liked cooking and baking, then you can lean towards that.

3. Figure out what makes you happy

A dream career is a career that makes you feel happy and fulfilled. It is a job you are passionate about. Something you are happy and excited to do.

The difference between having a job and having a career is passion.

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So in order to figure out what makes you happy, you have to do some soul searching and self reflection. Now think about your present job and other jobs you’ve had previously. Try and recall what you liked about your previous jobs and what you didn’t like.

This shouldn’t be just about the job. Evaluate everything about your previous jobs. This includes your boss, your co-workers and the job itself. Think about what you didn’t like about all of them and think about the moments where you were truly happy at work.

This will help you figure out the right career for you. This is because you want to find a career you are passionate about and that means finding a job filled with everything you love and everything that makes you happy.

A dream career isn’t about the job that makes the most money, it is the job that makes you feel happy. Something you just want to do even if you wont be getting paid. So that is something to consider when choosing a career.

If you want to be successful, you have to follow your passion, not your paycheck

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4. Try internships

Once you’ve figured out what career you want to pursue, try to see if you can get an internship. This allows you to dip your toes in without sacrificing too much.

Sometimes, you might think you’ve found your dream career, only to get into it and realise it wasn’t for you after all. So internship gives you the opportunity to experience what it is actually like to work in the field you want to pursue. This also helps you to gain experience in the field.

If you still love this job and want to pursue it after your internship, then you can truly say you’ve found your dream career. You could also volunteer somewhere. Volunteering, just like internship will help you gain some real experience and exposure in the field.

5. Take classes

Now that you are certain about what your dream career is, it is time to take some classes to improve your skills. You can take online classes, read books, take ecourses and attend workshops.

The career world is a competitive world, so in order to get ahead, you need to keep learning and building on what you already know. You can even consider going back to school to focus on your dream career.

The infographic below can give you an idea of career benefits for LLM graduates to give you something else to consider. 


credit to University of Southern California
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