Life is short but around 50% of our life is spent on working. If you don't feel happy about what you're doing, you may be leading a harder life than those who love their job. Choosing the right career can make a difference in your life. Go through the following questions that could help you choose the right career.
- What are your dreams and aspirations?
- What difference do you want to make to this world?
- What are you interested in?
- What do you like and hate?
- What's the talent that makes you stand out from others?
- What are you particularly bad in?
- Do you have any special skill or knowledge? Be it a language, a photo editing skill, computing knowledge or any kind of art skills?
- Are you more of an extroverted or introverted person?
- Are you comfortable with siting still for a long period of time?
- Do you feel that talking to strangers comfortably is part of your nature?
- What motivates you and what bores you?
- Are you willing to travel?
- How much do you want to earn?
- How much you actually need to earn?
- Where do you want to be in the future?
- What kind of lifestyle you'd like to have?
- Is this a career change? If yes, why are you making it at this point of your life?
- Will this job allow you to lead the kind of life you want to have?
- In terms of financial satisfactions, can this job support your basic needs?
- Why do you want to pursuit this as your career?
- Is it possible to have a quick test of whether you truly want to take this career by doing voluntary work or a part-time job?
- Any preference? Working in a large organization, a small company or a non-profit-making organization?
- Are there any opportunities for advancement?
- Will you need further education for this work and are you willing to do that?
- Are you prepared to make sacrifice after picking this career?
- Are you willing to work for extra time to do the very best for this job?
- Do you think you'll be willing to take works home?
- Do you think you'll find things related to this job interesting and will love to look into them during your leisure time?
- How much is the job related to your dream career?
- Will you regret not taking the job you've always wanted in the future?
- Which one is more important to you, a dream-fulfilling career or a job that satisfies your material needs?
- What do you expect to learn from the job?
- Is there any satisfactions that you want to get from the job?
- How much do you think you'll love this job?
- Are you going to take this job as a real career that you want to lead for the rest of your life?
- Can you imagine doing this job or any job related to this career field 10 years later?
