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Career Crisis: What to do if you feel stuck.
In my grandparents\’ time, it was normal to get a job after finishing school and stay there until retirement. They were content with what they had and did not seek anything extra. They never looked for new trends or other options. They valued stability and the determination to build a career with one company until retirement.
Today\’s younger generation of workers is different in many ways. First, they have many choices. But the more choices they have, the harder it is to decide what to do and where to go. Therefore, young people often change not only their field of study or school, but also their place of employment or employer. Working for one company for one or two years is quite normal, but staying with the same company for 10 or 20 years is alarming. Such a person is considered in today\’s society to be stagnant, unfashionable, unwilling to change, and unmotivated to accomplish anything in life.
If someone in their thirties today has a problem with their current job, there is nothing wrong with that. Just look at some ads and new jobs are right around the corner. If you have a college degree and experience in an interesting field, companies will even fight over you. The job market is fast, and we are fast.
But what about yourself? When we are looking for a job, we are willing to do something new, to change.18]
1. Let\’s think from the beginning.
Why did you graduate from that high school? Why did you choose that university? Will the knowledge you learned here be useful in the future? Which subjects did you enjoy the most and where did you see great potential?
2. Use your experience.
What was the most fulfilling or most frustrating thing about your last job? Do you prefer working for a large company or a small startup? Are you happier as an employee or do you prefer to earn your own money? What type of employment would you feel more secure in?
3. Stop to be present.
What makes you happy. What makes you happy? What you are talented at, what you are good at. What others praise you for. Are there future possibilities in any of those things, and can you build on them for your next career path?
4. And next.
This may be a bit cliché, but where do you see yourself in five years? What do you want to be, what do you want to do? What kind of work do I need to do to be truly proud of who I am? What do you want to accomplish before you get old? What do I want to look back on in my old age? What will give my life long-term meaning?
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