How To Choose The Right Career
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
- How to choose the right career. Choosing the right or perfect career path for yourself can seem daunting. Whether you're looking for your first job out of college or if you're interested in switching career paths, the decisions you make can affect you for years. In this video, I give you career advice on selecting the best career path for your personality.
0:00 - intro
2:27 - choose what you're good at
4:13 - informational interviews
4:45 - why do you want to switch careers?
5:18 - what do your hobbies say about you?
5:41 - targeted research
6:26 - ensure reasonable demand
7:16 - barriers to entry
7:40 - experiment
8:41 - how to make the career switch
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I have a buddy that is voluntarily homeless. His parents moved to Alabama but he wanted to be with his friends and stay where he's comfortable and happy. He makes money via stuff like Uber Eats, Doordash, etc. and holding concerts; he's not interested in school and felt a traditional job was dumb. Makes enough to eat, wash clothes at the laundromat, have a gym membership where he could shower, etc. Even had enough for an emergency fund for his car and have beers with us. He's working on a collection of songs he hopes one day turns into an album. He's really talented and can play jazz, folk, blues AND rock.
"Most call it homelessness, I call it freedom." -Him
Dude is a modern Diogenes.
Good that he does something to earn money. I really hope a voluntary homeless person isn't panhandling.
Joshua Fluke is the only other career and corporate advice RUclipsr I watch besides you, Brian!! I watched like 12 other RUclipsrs that specialize in career and corporate advice but their content is repetitive and mundane!! You are THE MAN, Brian!!
very true.
A Fluke/Brian crossover is a crossover too much for the universe.
Totally agree. Similar topics discussed but different approaches. A collab would be cool
They should collab for a couple of video or make a podcast
Same, we need a crossover stream, maybe more than one...
Following societal norms can give you a whole life that you resent, not just a career. If I could tell my 18 year old self anything it would be, “Don’t do it.” You are so right: it’s your life. This entire video was excellent. I’m sending it to each of my teen godkids.
You've been a big help. I've worked as a assembler in a Factory, packager in a warehouse, and a Machinist. It was neat seeing the items I was handling. However the work in those jobs became very repetitive. I was standing in the same spot all day everyday. I enjoy traveling and planning on where I go. I'm studying to get a CDL so I can drive a semi truck. To deliver and pick up items to and from customers. Can interact with the customers as well. Can see the country while driving
It’s the intersection of your talents, interests, lifestyle needs and contribution to society.
There are some nuances, like the fact that people can sometimes make bad decisions based on myths/bad info (miscalibrating the barrier to entry, believing in either mainstream or contrarian myths, etc) like “I can’t be a programmer because I don’t want to do math” or “I want to be a lawyer because I want to prosecute international war criminals”
Thank you for this! I am a Certified Clinical Medical Assistant and I enjoy what I do. When people tell me that I should be a nurse and I tell them that I don't want to, they look at me like I have two heads. This is my life, and nobody else has a say in it...especially if you are not helping me fund it.
I’m a registered nurse 20+ years, worked in a lot of depts and hospitals, and typically a hospital will pay for your education especially if you’re already employed there. IF you do have any interest in doing it, now is a great time. You could potentially negotiate something with them, there is pain right now with a huge nursing shortage. I’ve loved being a nurse, there are so many different areas you can work in, and of course you’d make more. Please don’t make your decision on how much the education would cost if it’s something you really want to do, there are options. Some of the best RN’s I’ve worked with came in as MA’s and returned to school to get their RN ❤
@C G I just typed that I do not want to be an RN. There is no IF about my decision and cost has nothing to do with it. Your comment is what I'm talking about.
You do you Tazisha. If I ever need a certified clinical medical assistant for whatever reason, I hope it's one like you!
Do you need to go to medical school to become a medical assistant? What exactly do you do? Thank you!
@ashamer You can go to a community college or a trade school to become a Medical Assistant. You can do vaccines, draw blood, administer some medications, help with incisions, do EKGs, do urine tests, help with minor procedures...the list goes on
I think one of the most helpful pieces of advice is, you don’t have to do the same career for ever. You can change track. I did sciences for A levels and did HNC (higher national certificate in U.K.) in biomedical science. I did a research lab tech role first then moved into hospital pathology labs. When it no longer excited me I did a law degree at night and now work as a solicitor. Very different but I have found both fulfilling at the specific times in my life, but I don’t regret changing when I did because it was the right thing for me. Could I have made more money had I gone into law from the beginning - probably - but at the time it wouldn’t have been right for me at all.
If there’s something I would want to tell my 18-y/o self, it’d be: “You can’t count on things going according to plan!” My life is *significantly* different than what I imagined it was going to be when I was young. I’m very happy with my life, but 18-y/o me would be furious that I “gave up” on The Plan. What 18-y/o me didn’t realize is that your career (and to a greater extent, your entire life) is like swimming in the ocean - currents, storms, boats, etc. will alter your path, in ways you can’t anticipate or account for. A lot of your career ends up being about what opportunities present themselves to you at an opportune time. In contrast, you could wait your entire life for a window of opportunity that just never opens up, despite all your planning!
Good stuff here. Brian. A few things I wanted to add: 1. know the money potential, culture, etc. 2. know the life you want and base your career around that. 3. side hustles can be great. My copywriting side hustle helped me switch from sales to a marketing role. Nice job thanks again.
After over 11 years in sales, marketing, and now recruiting, I'm making a major career change into medicine! My end goal is either NP or PA. I'm almost 30, a mom to a toddler, and a homeowner, but I'm confident that now is the time. Better late than never.
PA is personal assistant, right? What is NP?
That's quite a pivot! Good luck to you; there is a huge need for PAs and NPs! 🙂
@@susanmacmaster5804 Thank you!
@@ashamer7776 Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner 😄
@@laurahill4566 Cool. Do you need to go to college for that?
What an important topic to speak on! Thank you for sharing the information
Thanks for all of your great content Brian. I found your channel about 6-9 months ago and I keep finding so much useful content from the variety of topics you discuss.
I was pushed into a university degree out of school and barely got through it only to find I didn't really have the core skills needed, just the paper to say I had the ability to learn. Then found I was overqualified for the jobs that I was actually capable of doing, so spent the next 5-10 years going for the low hanging fruit and hating my job. Sometimes you need to take a step back and look at the big picture, and really evaluate re-skilling for a more suitable industry.
One thing to note is that some people that get sick of their jobs may assume that it is the nature of their work, when it really may be more about the working social environment. Bad management and coworkers are the major killers. Just a few years ago, I was thinking I didn't want to do any engineering anymore. I couldn't reconcile that the work was interesting, but I was getting sick of it. It turns out that the only thing making me hate going in to work was how unfair people in management were. There were people that were clearly favored and I felt targeted in one of my previous annual reviews and HR wound up using it as an excuse to not bump me up in pay. Needless to say, I jumped ship soon after that.
I'm now at a job where my responsibilities are even greater and the workload seems practically the same. But I do not have the same feeling of job burn out, at least not yet. I am expecting I'll be compensated in the next couple of years, but if that doesn't happen, it's off to another company.
I discovered my dream job/passion when I looked at what I did for fun and noticed a pattern. I was always volunteering so I could help people, but even more than that, I was always volunteering specifically to teach people. I was a software engineer at the time I realized this, and between the career path I had and this hobby I noticed, I became an instructor at a coding bootcamp. I think this really is about as dream of a job as I can get, besides college professor, but I have a lot of education to get through before I reach that. And honestly, the change has been magical. I literally was able to come off 3 medications shortly after I switched jobs; I was so much less depressed and stressed out that I didn't need them anymore. At my bootcamp, we have an analogie: there is the true you, and then there is Hot Cheeto you, who just wants to laze around watching Netflix and eating Hot Cheetos. It's when you channel real you that you can achieve your potential. And I think that it doesn't just apply to a bootcamp setting, but your whole life. If you look for the true you, your career will reveal itself.
I would love to see a video about discussing being a digital nomad in a job interview for a remote job.
I'm currently employed, and happy enough. But this videos are giving me knowledge, and a comfort level that if I ever do leave or lose my job, I can find my way through it all.
I'm analytical and I hate it when I have to do something non-analytical, like TPS reports 😂
Speaking 😂😂
I always try to bring the task to the analytic level.
I use to get this answer : that wasnt necessary 😂
Office Space!
It's not something that occupational hypnotherapy can help with.
I know what job is right for me. I was writing for educational games. Then, my boss and the environment turned so toxic that I had to leave. That happens a lot in this industry. 🙁
Thank you, Bryan!
Great stuff. Definitely have to check out your additional content. I'm an individual with a varied experience and skill sets because, very recently i've been working multiple jobs and find it difficult to market myself. Which people think it would be easier to market myself but it's not
04:50 It's so important to ask these questions to oneself while reflecting on where we are headed. Great stuff, Bryan!
There's a lot of fluff on RUclips. However this video was very insightful and helpful. I never thought about some of the things you mentioned. Thanks a lot for this.
Thanks for this video. I just graduated from uni and this is what I've been struggling with. I'm leaning towards working with animals as a researcher because that's the internship my professor helped me get but I'm unsure if this will lead to a career or not because I'm debating whether I want to go back to school.
I see myself as a very "right brain person" so what are some career paths that are good for creative people? I don't want to be a starving artist.
I feel that one of my biggest passions in life is collecting stuff, whether it be coins, rocks or Pokemon. Are there any careers this could translate to?
While this is great advice, you didn't mention "career killing" jobs. Currently a freelance audio engineer and music instructor, working primarily with anything music related. I'm trying to make a shift into going into something full-time, which a lot of it is corporate work. Those guys have an unspoken HATE for musicians.
Sharing this with my 16yr old son!
05:45 "Reearch" Never hurts to let someone proofread your resumes too. There's a lot of writing and always some spelling/grammar finger-flub hiding. Thanks for the great video as always Brian.
How can I support you financially...your videos have gotten me through a dark time for 4 months....I now have a job that I like but want to recognize your contributions
I appreciate that. There's a way to leave a donation when leaving a comment - scroll to the right and look for the "Thanks" icon. Others have donated a course to someone in need. But I do appreciate the kind gesture.
That's the question that keeps me up at night, as I dig this hole
4:43 there is a typo in your footer. really tiny thing but caught my eye and thought I'd mention it. great vid though and great advice in general.
Be careful about possible downturns in your career progression. As a software developer, I always was heavily involved in innovative changes to our development processes. However, in my last two positions, that changed, even though I tried. I really needed to assess why, and the realistic likelihood of getting back into that role. I waited far too long for that to happen, and should have made a move much quicker. I now find it much more difficult to highlight major accomplishments than I did before. Now, I'm trying to focus a lot more on things I would like to have done, but the opportunity just wasn't there, and probably wouldn't be any time soon.
I'd love for my side hustle to be sort of an Ultra Handyman general contractor - I basically am my own GC for my home, and can do all of it with my own hands, and do it really well and safely. Up to the point of exterior siding and roofing (let someone else do that). The licensing and guild association requirements for the plumbing and electrical are what would really prevent that from ever happening. I actually love doing it, however I work very meticulously and slowly which goes totally against today's schedule driven norms (which in my case is the root cause for my complete dissatisfaction with my career field). Shame on our current educational system for conveniently omitting 'Schedule' from all college education programs, and masking it at most in the form of homework, project and test due dates.
I watched a day in the life's on tiktok and I like ping pong and free food so now I work at a FANG tech company. Easy peasy 😊
I have a question that may be worse a separate video. You many times warn against underpayed positions. But if you career stucked at the some level and you look a bit overaged against concurrents, is it a smart strategical move to select a goverment/non profit organisation with times less salary then on commercial market can offer to gain experience and confirmed record of higher level position for later financially better job opportunities?
I am looking for a new job I am good at sales and retail but I am tierd of those jobs
I am so lost. I need help. I quit my last job because I was so unmotivated I couldn’t get myself out of bed. I keep thinking I want to be in career counseling. For highschool age kids. Just so I can tell someone the things I wish I knew when I was a kid. Or maybe HR. I worked in benefits for a few years so I’m literate in benefits and the analytics of HR but I think I’m more motivated to do the interpersonal parts. I need help.
I tried to get a job at mcdonalds online the recruiter didnt even check my reference before rejecting after the online interview i have food handling qualification and college credetials for cooking i asked her why i wasnt selected in an email and i got ghosted ..would it be okay to go directly to the location i want to work and hand in my resume directly i feel like i didnt get a fair shake from this recruter and now i just want to go over her head and apply directly...i may even mention it if the manager asks me to apply online..i can tell them i did but got rejected and ghosted despite all my qualifucations.
It’s best to meet one on one with the interviewer instead online or over the phone. Online is very convenient although the person get a better understanding in person and you can explain your work history. Advice you to find a McDonald’s that has in person interviews and print out your resume as well. Pray this helps.
I had to see this video 20 years ago 😬
Just an FYI, you may want to double-check your spelling in the section sub-headers.
My dream career is staying in college forever and getting useless masters degrees while continuously racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt 😂
Become a doctor, become lawyer - helicopter parents
And get a degree.
become an Engineer - every indian parent ever :))
(but on a serious note what's not talked about enough, except by psychologists when treating a patient, is the high pressure and the depression some kids fall into when not being able to live up to the high standards setup by their toxic parents)
the one that makes the most money
The career that makes the most money for you usually isn't the one that brings the most joy or happiness in your life!! This is a well-known fact!!
@@MannyLoxx2010 SHOCKED 😮
Office Space 😏
I will never find the right career for myself because honestly I hate everything. I just want to make money and go home.
Money guys. Sooner or later you will hate every job. The better it is paid the later burnout comes.
Money. No bs about passion - companies will kill every passion. No bs about higher reasons - there are no reasons to do anything beyond money.
No bs about hobby - dependent on how much time you spend on your hobby, it can turn into job -> you will learn to hate it after some time.
So money. It’s always money.
Doesn't matter which job best fits you. You probably never get it. And once start the bottom only 1 promotion pre 1000s of people. If you live in a city or town where all their is manually labor, that your life.
Okay so I suck with: people, STEM/computer code, manual labor, "imagination"/the "abstract" and kissing butt well...
And I HATE SPREADSHEETS/excel full of numbers and want to slam my head through a wall and crack open my skull THINKING about it.
(Analysis otherwise isn't bad to me...)
A Technology Career is my Goal.
Don't bother. The H1B visa India / Pakistani's have pushed anyone who is "not them" out of the field. They now control hiring in every tech business. The best you can do is get a contract, lose it because management decides a) you aren't Indian so they don't want you or b) send your position to India and kick you out the door. I've been in tech for 30 years and this plays out constantly and there is nothing you can do - even though it is supposed to be illegal for this to happen.
I was working in baking for 22years. But the wages were just too low for night work. So then I moved into geotechnics and got a 50% pay rise, I also work around rock and geology is something I do like.
Do you need a college degree for that? Than you
@@ashamer7776 no you do not.
Sometimes it's not the career choice itself that's the problem. I decided at the age of 17 that I wanted to be a chemical engineer. I've always been very good at math and science, I love chemistry, and I love designing things. It was a great choice.
Unfortunately, I didn't realize at the time that I was gay, and that by choosing chemical engineering I was heavily restricting myself geographically to parts of the country where LGBT people aren't welcome. If I could do it all over again, I'd choose something else that puts my analytical skills to good use while being free to choose where I *want* to live.
dude you can live anywhere. you're holding yourself back. i would never let my sexuality keep me from living my life.
Hi Brian, I love your videos and I’ve watched a lot of them. But I have to tell you that there is no such thing as “left” brained vs “right” brained. We actually use our whole brains, and personality is not contingent on one side of the brain. It’s a huge brain myth.
In general, I understand how you'd like to differentiate between creative vs. analytical, but the theory of left-brain/right-brain dominance has been repeatedly debunked. You may want to communicate this differently to not perpetuate this myth.
I’m aware of it but for the purpose of this video, I like the analogy.
@@ALifeAfterLayoff View it from a more neurotypical or neurodivergent viewpoint on which positions would facilitiate someones needs better