“The
biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for
somebody else. Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come
from the individual. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your
career!” – Earl Nightingale
Up to this point, I have
been learned many of the minutiae in demystifying my career path. The various
wandering-maps, wisdom builders, mindsets, and ultimately the explanatory
interview have been opened my eyes to my many career opportunities in the
future.
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If there is one thing that I
have learned so far, it is that there are no rules in achieving your destiny,
your career. It is your journey, you are free to explore all the opportunities
that you have and those you will have. Although there are no certain precepts in
pursuing your career, fortunately there are some tips or tricks that may help
you in achieving your dream job.
Wandering-map is one of the
tips. It basically needs you to draw a map about things that exist in your
mind; it could be about your major, your career or your achievements. In my
humble opinion, it would help you connecting the scatter ideas that you might
have in your mind; it would also help you making the appropriate preparations
so long that you draw your map honestly.
In order to be able to
assess yourself; you need to understand yourself first; you need to understand
how you think on things. That is way mastering and developing your own mindsets
is the next trick. There are many types of mindsets. The heart of the problem,
on the one hand, is how to identify your own mindsets so that you would be able
to know your strengths and weaknesses.
On the other hand, however, you also need to invent or at least develop
the mindsets that you think would help you in your career pursuit.
Being able to draw an
excellent wandering maps and mastering your own mindsets is a good start.
Unfortunately, however, it would not sufficient in demystifying your future
career. Knowing how to build an excellent resume is your next skill to master. I
have learned, both in class and during my time with my career counselor, that
resume is the first impression you will give to your future employer. A good
resume would describe your personality and highlight your qualification so that
your employer will know whether you are suitable to the position or not. In
addition, a good resume would also increase your chance to get the job, as your
capability in selling yourself and highlighting the skills that you have in
order to succeed in that position.
When it comes to my future
occupation, I would like to think that it is not just a matter of choices.
Katharine Brooks (2010) argued that it’s not so much about whether each is a
good or a bad choice but rather what will be the effect of your choice (p.
157).
I have learned and
discovered that I have the ability to analyze legal problems, I love to read
Supreme Court’s holdings, I love to study and compare laws among countries in
the context of international relations. With this in mind, I am positive that I
made a right choice when I decided to pursue my career in the legal field.
As of my preconceptions
about my future career, I hope very much that I would be able to finish my
undergraduate studies timely and then go to a Law school. Law, in my opinion, is the bedrock of a
nation, it tells us who we are, and also gives us the guidance of everyday
living. Moreover, there are still so many countries, including my own country,
that still struggling in enforcing the law effectively. That is way I do really
want to pursue my future career in the legal field.
However, law is a sui generis subject as it is arguably
hard to deduce from a legal prose or legal holding without knowing legal
English and some method of interpretations. This part somewhat surprised me
along with my concerted efforts to pursue my career in this field.
Another thing that also
helped me in demystifying my career path was the explanatory interview. With
regard to the chaos theory, as Pryor & Bright (2011) explained that the
chaos theory of careers construes both individuals and the contexts in which
they develop their in terms of complex dynamical systems (p. 1). Therefore, I
believe my explanatory interview has proved that there is no linear path in a
career pursuit.
Despite the facts that there
is no linear path in a career pursuit, people discern that we need to do
something to prepare our future, including our future career. With regard to
this, I personally still have many things to prepare, including, but not
limited to, legal interpretations, public speaking, French and Latin languages,
as well as a better understanding of the law itself.
Most of the people may find
themselves in the middle of nowhere when talking about their future career.
They struggle in that they typically do not have as much exposure to their
future career as expected. Fortunately, however, we could do something better
by preparing ourselves so that we would be ready when the time has come.
“You have
your bad moments in your career and your good moments. And it’s been a good
ride so far, but it’s not over yet.” –
Maria Sharapova
References
Brooks,
K. (2010). You Majored in What?. New
York: Penguin Group
Brigh, J. E. H., & Pryor, R. G. L. (2011). Journal
of Employment Counseling. The Chaos
Theory of Careers, 58, 163.
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