What are your interests?

Students in employment lineIt is not only important to know what you can do. You also need to know what you want to do. You are much more likely to succeed following your passion than just taking anything that comes along. I will contradict this in a latter post when I recommend taking a long view to getting your ideal job, but for now we are concentrating on what interests or excites you.

You may think that you already know this, but my recommendation is for you to take the extra step of testing for your interests and aptitudes. Many of you have already done this but I recommend a test based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. This is a psychometric assesment designed to measure physcological preferences that can be related to occupations or work. This can be a useful exercise to help you focus your efforts on finding work that will hold your interest. It allows you to leverage your skills and aptitudes toward landing a specific type of work. I am not recommending a specific source for this testing but there are several free or low cost opportunities is you Google “Free Myers Briggs Test”.

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