Perspective

Perspective

A career perspective is something that you want to consider before you begin an education, training or find your next job. For example, you might want to do an informational interview, shadow a professional or volunteer before deciding to attend college or pursue a specific training.

Volunteering, internships, co-ops can provide with a career perspective that's hard to get from reading or searching online. Getting to know work environments, talking to people who work in industries of your interest, learning about specific jobs can be invaluable and accelerate your career decision making.

Perspective, or how do you look at things, is an expression of how you see things at that moment, how that perspective serve your wants or needs, and desires.

As you look at different alternatives, think:

• what is my present perspective on this? (are you nervous? are you confident?)

• what is the upside of this perspective? (it helps me prepare and feel in charge)

• what is the downside? (I am so worry and requires so much of my energy)

• can you chose another perspective? (I can enjoy the research I need to do, I can consult with a colleague to help me prepare)

• what’s the upside of the new perspective? (I feel better and less stressed)

• what’s the downside? (I am always going to feel that I have missed something)

Exploring perspectives helps us find strategies that support our goals. A perspective helps an individual decide, shape and manage her/his/their career development. A lack of strategy leaves career development in someone else’s hands (the employer), leading to dissatisfaction and resentment.

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