Finding the Right Career

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checkAre you ready to use your passions, skills, and knowledge to invest in finding your dream career? Are you ready to embark upon a journey of finding the right career  for both you and your family? If so, you need to understand our changing world and how technology, the economy and finding a career has quickly changed.

There are amazing tools that will allow you to peer into new fields and discover diverse opportunities. The interesting part is that all of this is at your fingertips. There is a way to search for the perfect job with poise and style. Finding a high paying, important career has never been more exciting.

The phrase out with the old and in with the new has never been more true than it is now when it comes to a finding the right new career path. While job fairs and career counselors still exist times have for sure changed. They are soon to be gone and change is here. With websites such as LinkedIn, Face Book, and even Twitter, people have access to industries not only in our country but across the world. Doors are open that may have never been available before. There are countless new jobs being created each day thanks to technology. And you have access to all of this information.

You can learn about industries through their web sites. You can discover information and find their key players on these social networking sites. It is phenomenal when you truly pause and realize how much you can learn. And then realize who you can “meet.” All while costing you little but time. That is a great thing considering our current economy.

Information gathering use to require setting up appointments, waiting for interviews and playing a ping pong game of waiting and learning. But now you can write an email, ask someone across the world questions, and you can even Skype during an interview. It is amazing and it can be life and career changing. The possibilities are endless.

One of the most exciting things is that people often will refer you to other people once you begin your networking experience. And there is nothing that gets you hired faster than knowing someone who knows someone else. And the great part is that you may only “know” them through the web world.

So what are you waiting for? You have the future at your fingertips. Your new career can begin today. Get a plan and begin seeing what is available using all of your skills and knowledge. The world can only get better when people work together to find careers that they are passionate about. Finding the right career to match your individual strengths and passions has never been easier – it’s time to do it!

By Marie Larsen