The Controversy Of Choosing A Career

Have you ever been in a position where you where stuck and couldn’t decide between two careers? Whether it was something that you love to do or something that pays well? The answer may seem easy to you but when you start comparing the facts; that’s when it gets hard to choose. For many of us, graduates and people around the world have a difficult time choosing a career that can be a confusing process. A lot of people tend to settle down on a career quickly. Unfortunately, choosing a rapid occupation often leads to an unsatisfying path in the future, if not sooner. Eventually the individual decides to quit and start all over again. According to choosingacareer.net, “6% of

As a young man entering my senior year of high school, my mind races as I try to figure out what it is that I’ll commit my life to. What will be the driving passion, the purpose of my existence, the reason I get out of bed every morning to face another day of this life? Some people would try to encourage me to choose a career simply for its potential to make me wealthy. However, looking at the degenerate lives of the rich and the famous around the world, its apparent to me that the pursuit of earthly riches alone isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. I’d rather spend my days in pursuit of something more fulfilling. As far as I can tell from my

“Men will then be seen continually to change their track for fear of missing the shortest cut to happiness.” (Tocqueville, Alexis). By not continuing the education track for a career and grasping wildly for an easier track will bring you further and further away from the goal wanted. The dream is like a destination. Would you take a straight path or would you take all the roads leading there? One must have the appropriate education to achieve in the career wanted.

“I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile” (Walter Chrysler). Deciding on what one wants to be in life can prove to be a demanding task. There are so many, yet limited, different opportunities in the world to have an excellent career and make a decent living while doing something one loves. It is limited because there are only a few specific career paths that someone could take to make good money. It is very difficult to make a fulfilling living being a garbage man. There are many different opportunities because, within these specific careers, there are usually various paths to take. Someone who has dreams to be a

My career choice is a Forensic Psychologist. Since I first figured what I wanted to be when I grew up, it either involved science, medicine, and law. I went from Surgeon to Scientist then to Lawyer. It always somehow involved the criminal field. So, I did more research on what I could assemble and I came to the conclusion that being a Forensic Psychologist was the best route for me to take. In my paper, I will be telling you more in depth information about my career choice, how my thoughts of my career choice relate to the information of my career, my plan to get to this career, and furthermore my future.

More often than not, young students are taught to believe that they must go to a prestigious university to obtain a Bachelor’s degree or higher in order to have a fulfilling and satisfying career. This may hold true for some people, but others do not need to follow this same path. For students who choose a career that isn’t considered conventional or isn’t high in pay, they tend to be looked down upon which pressures them into choosing career paths that they do not have a passion for, or the skill set to actually accomplish which makes college a waste of time and money. While everyone should be encouraged to get an education beyond high school, people should be encouraged to get the education that is relevant and proper for them to make sure they are getting their money’s worth.

Choosing a career is an important decision a person has to make in life. Almost everyone wants to be a millionaire or have a highly paid job. I believe the interest and

When it comes to someone picking a career, this can be complicated and sometimes even complex. When someone has finally chosen a career field, this just means that thy have decided that they have finally figured out what it is that they want to do in their life. It also means that they figured out that this career is something that they love and see their self-doing for a while, and it will be able to provide them with a comfortable lifestyle. However, I would have to say that is not what happened for me. The career I had chosen was not something that I loved doing. It was something that allowed me to be able to provide for my son. My career at this moment is working in the United States Army, as a logistic specialist. I have been within

In fact, just the other day while taking the online survey to help me select my major, I saw myself paying attention to the salaries each occupation tends to make instead of focusing on occupations I can turn into my career and end up enjoying. It seems like now a days more individuals are deciding to go to college just because society has tied this whole notion of “if you go to college then you’ll earn more.” My problem isn’t the fact that individuals are simply going to college in order to earn a higher wage, but the fact that the earning of some occupations may discourage an individual from doing what he or she desires to do with their life. That individual may be forced to select a career that has higher earnings opposed to selecting an occupation they enjoy doing. As a result of this, in the future this individual will be stuck doing something they particularly don’t enjoy doing as their every day

Choosing a career is not always based on what someone is most passionate about. It can be about the pay rate, the hours or even the environment. Gordon Marino author of "A Life Beyond Do What You Love", published in 2014 in the New York Times, reasons that people should not only do what they love but perform something that can benefit society or their families. Mariano is a professor of philosophy, a student advisor and a community volunteer. He came to realize that adults who mentor and advise young adults should not only tell them to "Do What they Love."

The whole educational and career planning process has been quite the challenge. One factor that I was completely sure of though, was that I wanted to be doing something important. Something that I personally felt like I would be remembered while also giving back to the community in which I live. With that in mind however, it not only takes one’s talents that are depended on but the experience needed when selecting a career path. Out of the many careers that one can select, I had to pick an admirable career where I would not only make a decent living for myself and my children, but also undertaking something that I would enjoy doing.

In the video, How to find a Job you Love, it talks about how we need to find a job that we would enjoy, even if we screw it up. The video explains that if we are passionate for something, we should might as well make it as our job. In his video, he says, “But you’re doing work that embodies who you are.” In, The Fall, the main character loved his job, but for the wrong reasons. Although it was mostly for fame, he did it so he could get something out of it. “But, seen from the outside, it looked rather like a passion.” He did it for the opposite reasons that most people would. When we choose what to do with the rest of our lives, we should most likely choose something we would genuinely enjoy, not to get something out of

If you love what you do, is it even work at all? Too many people have jobs they only work because of the salary. They spend their entire career doing what they don't especially enjoy. I never want to be like that. I know it's a bit cliche, but being a surgeon sounds like a rewarding career path for me.

My whole life I have always wanted to do something where people will remember me. I went threw millions of career choices before I came to the conclusion of a nurse. It’s not something that will get me into History books, but its something where all the people I help will remember what I did to care for them or their loved ones. My mom went to school to become and RN, but dropped out when she became pregnant with me. After that story was told to me, I didn’t want to be anything related to nursing. It wasn’t until my step mom went to school to be LPN that I realized it would be possible for me to do. I saw how much happiness it gave her, and I want the same thing. She loved helping the patients by treating them, and helping their families

Choosing a right career path can be tough. Especially, when the parents are involved. Parents want their children to have a better life in the future so they want their children to be educated. When they are successfully graduate from the college they can get a high paying job and earn much more than their parents. However, does everyone listen and follow their parents’ decisions about the career? What happen if kids didn’t want what their parents told them to do? Is there a compromise and or one side needs to give in? It was a tough decision for me too. There was a lot of pressure on me. I was hesitated and somehow worried when my parents were involved, but I knew what I want for my career.