The article contains the key points that you need to pay attention to when choosing a future specialty. An overview of the labor market is given, recommendations are given
One can envy those who already from childhood know who they want to become when they grow up. But what if you can't make a choice? Especially if there are no special inclinations and talents (as it sometimes seems). After all, what specialty you choose depends not only on where you will spend the next 5 years of your life, but also how successful, happy and interesting it will be in the future.
In this article, we will analyze the key points that you just need to pay attention to when choosing a future specialty, if you really want to avoid mistakes. We will also “look” at the labor market and try to assess the demand for various specialties, as well as a couple of non-trivial tips.
Important aspects to consider when choosing a profession
So, when choosing a future profession, it is necessary to remember all the time that we are choosing not only what knowledge and skills we will have in 5 years and what we will earn for ourselves, but also the opportunity to reveal ourselves, our abilities and talents. Only doing what you really like can you get pleasure and joy from this life. Only this way and nothing else.
Someone may disagree, but absolutely every person has talents: just someone they “lie” on the surface, and someone needs to dig a little in themselves to discover them. It happens that a person considers some of his qualities to be a mere trifle, when this is actually his talent, his "zest". For example, a girl constantly evaluates her acquaintances and strangers for their conformity to fashion, how stylishly they are dressed, how skillfully they combine colors in their images, etc. Indeed, it seems to be a trifle, but in fact, in this way, her talent as a designer, stylist or even a model can be manifested.
Therefore, the first thing to do when choosing your future specialty is to take some time to evaluate yourself from all sides. Throw in a few options and then, through a simple analysis, highlight what you could really do. So one option will disappear due to physical inconsistency (for example, to work as a model, you need to be tall), the second will simply be "unaffordable", and the third will require some personal qualities that you do not currently have (for example, a person, one who does not know how to listen is unlikely to become a psychologist).
The second thing I would like to note is that today, almost the most important thing when choosing a future profession is its prestige. Yes, this is really important and it really shouldn't be forgotten. Only if you look a little deeper, you will find that this is an extremely changeable component: what is prestigious today may no longer be in demand in the labor market in 5 years due to its oversaturation. And vice versa, choosing a profession that is not very prestigious today, for example, a carpenter, in a few years become a truly unique specialist in this field or even an owner of your own woodworking or construction business. And here is the second advice: do not chase after money - act "by contradiction." If a person does his own business, money will definitely come to him. This is the law of the universe, do not even doubt it.
Common mistakes
The first and main mistake that teenagers make is, of course, choosing a profession at the insistence of their parents. Most often, such stories end in complete disappointment, since a person in this case is not professionally realized, his dreams are not fulfilled, and if this happens, it does not bring any pleasure and joy. Life turns into a prison term that you just need to serve.
It is hardly a happy person who counts the minutes until the end of the working day. And this happens because parents, as a rule, dictating their will to the child, do not proceed from his abilities and desires, but are guided by the prestige of the profession or thus try to realize their own desires and ambitions. Of course, you need to listen to the opinion of parents, because their words may contain something very useful, but it should not be taken as a call to action.
Another erroneous principle can be considered the principle "for the company", when a young man, unable to independently make a choice, goes to study with his friends, classmates, brothers. "It's more fun together" - why not an argument..? I think there is no need to say that the result in this case will be the same as in what is described just above.
And the third, which few people think about: the need to enter the university right now. Exactly. There is no obligation to choose an educational institution and enter it immediately after leaving school. If you can't make up your mind in any way, you lack some skills, or just training costs a lot of money, you can always wait a year. During this time, you can work and save money in order to pay for your studies, make new useful acquaintances or "pump up" some of your personal qualities. In any case, when a person is “on the move”, the stress caused by the need to make a choice subsides, and the choice itself becomes more obvious.
Professions in demand (labor market analysis)
As mentioned earlier, it is unlikely that those specialties that are in demand on the labor market today will be in the same demand in 5 years. But you can always make a forecast for the future. There is definitely a spectrum of professions that will always be in high demand. These are teachers, doctors, military men. We can say with confidence that in the age of modern technologies, various IT specialists will not lose their relevance. Specialists in beauty and beauty technologies will continue to help the beautiful half of humanity "save the world", and the demand for them will definitely only increase. At all times in our country, all workers and engineering specialties were held in high esteem and in great demand: electricians, turners, blacksmiths, instrumentation and automation engineers, etc.
Thus, the list of professions that will always be in demand, not only in our country, but also abroad, is not so small. And if you take into account how rapidly technologies are developing and how the bias towards improving the quality of services and services is becoming stronger, I think you can add more than a dozen professions to this list: tourism managers, designers of virtual worlds, content manager, specialists cleaning, facilitators and many others …
Career guidance test
One way or another, even taking into account all the advice, having studied your abilities and capabilities, there is always a chance to make a mistake. To minimize its likelihood or assert one's intention, you can (and sometimes just really need to) take a career guidance test. You can go through it both on the Internet and with the participation of specialists. Test-takers are usually presented with several options based on test results. Often they are not unexpected, but it also happens that they greatly surprise, thereby giving food for further thought.
Here is a list of the most common career guidance tests: EA Klimov's methodology, Holland's questionnaire, socionics test, career choice matrix. In any case, if there is a desire to be tested, it is better to use several at once - this way you will get more useful information. If you are going to spend the next 5 years on training, spend another hour visiting a psychologist who will help you sort out the test results and make your choice. Sometimes it doesn't take time or money to find the right specialist, as many schools today have in-house psychologists.
A few final words
Choosing a profession in youth, we hope that this choice will forever determine our destiny. But each of us has a long life ahead, and for various reasons people at different ages are thinking about changing their profession. Do not be afraid of this: at any time you can master a related specialty, improve your qualifications, or even radically change your field of activity. There are more than enough stories of those who successfully changed their profession these days, and they are all familiar to us. Stylist Alexander Rogov, actor Dolph Lundgren, US President Ronald Reagan and many, many others. Their stories and the stories of other celebrities can be found on the Internet in the public domain.
When you stand at a crossroads and there are many roads in front of you, you need to choose what resonates most, what is closest and most interesting. The main thing to remember is that if at some point you realize that you have made a mistake, you can always return to this crossroads and choose a new path.
I hope my advice will help you make the right choice. So go for it - choose your path to an interesting and colorful adult life. Good luck!
