Plan your Career

Many people think only professionals have careers. Everyone has a career. Even if you've never had a paid job, you still have a career. Your career is the sum of your life and work. It includes all your activities and experiences. Your career is your life story.

A job is a set of duties or tasks. A job can be paid or unpaid. It can be completed at work site, at home, or somewhere else. It can be a contract job, a consulting job or a volunteer job. Even somebody is self-employed has a job.

Occupation

An occupation is a group of jobs with similar responsibilities that require a common set of skills. For example, Accountant is an occupation. Accountants may have permanent or temporary jobs working for  specific employers, work on a freelance or contract basis, be self employed, work full time or part-time be paid for their work or volunteer their services.

Inventory of Career Assets

Your personal career assets are your

• dreams - have a journey within
  
• values - what are the things you don't want to lose
  
• interests - friends will say
  
• beliefs - values that cannot be explained
  
• transferable skills
  
• knowledge base
• personal characteristics,
• material assets - Land, building, money
  
• relationships - family, relatives, in-laws
  

• what interests you?
• What motivates and excites you?
• what makes work meaningful for you?
• What roles did you take while you were playing with other children?
• What are roles did you imitate?
• What did you like to read most?
  

Wisdom quotes

" Your Imagination is your preview of Life's coming attractions "

- Albert Einstein_