What is your career?
A question senior students can hardly answer. It is becoming more and more difficult to identify your own career path. There are now more than 1,800 university majors and 12,000 careers in the world today.
The purpose of MyBritePath website is to guide you through your journey to explore your career pathway by providing you with the proper tools, base knowledge, and personal support. If you are sincere and genuine, then you will be able to discover your own right path. Remember that taking the right path is not always the easiest but for sure it will lead you to your Brite Path.
It is very essential to differentiate between a job and a career.
Job
- A job is a task or series of tasks performed in exchange for money.
- It's a specific position of employment that can be full-time, part-time, or temporary.
- It may or may not require special skills or training.
- The primary motivation for undertaking a job is to earn money.
- A job is something that is given to you.
Career
- A career is the entire sequence of jobs you hold throughout your lifetime.
- It encompasses all the training and experiences that help you advance toward a larger aim, such as greater knowledge, increased satisfaction, higher earnings, or more responsibility.
- Building a career requires setting goals and often involves getting formal education or special training.
- A career is something that is created by you.
Watch this video on Job vs Career.
When selecting a career, the following key factors should be also considered.
Interests
Skills
Values
Personality
- The more we learn about our interests – what we are passionate about - the more we can place our choice of employment in the context of the type of life we want to lead.
Skills
- Your skills are what you are good at — in short, what you can do. They’re often broken up into two groups: hard skills and soft skills.
Values
- Your values are the things that bring purpose, meaning and passion to your life. Identifying your values can help you feel more connected and committed to a major or career.
Personality
- Our personality influences how we do things – interact with others, plan our work, use our leisure time and tackle problems to name but a few.
When your career choices are aligned with your interests, skills, values, and personality, you will be happier and more productive at work!
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES
“Find out what you like doing best, and get someone to pay you for doing it.” — Katharine Whitehorn
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." — Confucius