My sister spent 4 years in school to study public relations but after her first Pr job she headed back to school, this time to Vet school. She realized that she has loved animals her whole life and nothing would be more attractive than pursuing a vocation that included them. She decided she wants to be vet tech, so she took a part-time job at a pet boutique and hit the books, never seeing back. This isn’t uncommon. We pursue a field because person suggests we are “good with people” or “great with numbers” and come to find out the soulmate vocation we are searching for just isn’t what its cracked up to be, so we recession to the drawing board. And you know what? I think that it’s Ok! I envision my sister using those Pr skills as a vet tech one day, so she should look forward with no regrets.
Lots of coaching clients come into my office with the same guilt, not loving their vocation choices, or just plain unhappy with their jobs, but wonder if “in this economy” if they can admittedly be so picky and find work they love? While I am not a Pollyanna, I do believe that our work should align with our values, interests, and skills, as well as meet our lifestyle needs, such as earning an earnings that feels comparable to our efforts; and a job that challenges us, provides encouragement or rewards, and provides pleasant working relationships.
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There are distinct theories on vocation satisfaction that look at an individual’s temperament and job tasks. Early researchers believed that job seekers should have an awareness of their strengths and weaknesses, learn about possible careers and compensation, and match those qualities with the thorough careers for high job satisfaction. However, it is not all the time that simple. Oftentimes the analysis, synthesis, diagnosis, prognosis, counseling, and result up are a much longer process, attractive the clients likes and dislikes with their current employer, vocation assessments, informational interviewing, and even trying on a few new vocation hats before taking an actual vocation plunge.
I all the time ask clients what they liked to do in high school; sometimes as adults we forget our private joys. I am not suggesting that we all give up our six-figure corporate jobs and come to be pro kickball players, but think about what you admittedly enjoyed? Being on the yearbook club, writing, being outdoors, with friends, or did you enjoy learning alone? Sometimes just chatting with a client about what excites them is as efficient as taking a plethora of vocation assessments. While assessments alone are not very useful, combining some evaluation with great debriefs and a counselor that understands how much to weigh each one, can expedite your vocation search.
Although some individuals whose parents and teachers pointed out their strengths, interests, values, and personality may have crystallized their vocation selection right out of high school, narrowed their options in college, spent their 20s advancing their vocation skills and added schooling and training so they could spend their 30s in a carport vocation and join to work up the corporate ladder toward seniority; not everybody was so fortunate! I see a lot of clients in their 40s and 50s, feeling that they chose the wrong field, curiously exploring if going back to school for a year or two may just be worth spending the last 15 years of their vocation happier!
Career amelioration is a lifelong process; why stay behind a desk you abhor. If you feel like you are climbing up the wrong ladder, stop and ask yourself if it may be time to spend in a vocation coach who can help you delve more deeply into those values, interests, and personality traits that may just lead to a whole new career. And what seems like forever at first, when you think of retraining yourself or going back to college, may just be worth it in the end when you perceive you are ultimately right where you all the time wanted to be.
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