Break Free!
I teach a class that is designed to inform students of the latest employment trends and the up and coming small and large companies in Portland, OR.
Each term, I dutifully bring pages of data culled from various web sites that cite the latest employment news.
A funny thing happens about 1/3 of the way into the class. The students begin to realize that they have no interest in, or affinity with, the growing industries.
Hallelujah!
I like to visualize my students instantly breaking free from the throngs of career-seekers who bet their future happiness on something as arbitrary as a need for more health-care workers to provide services to the aging baby-boomer population.
Because whenever enough people flock to a particular profession, the market becomes flooded with qualified applicants and suddenly the hot new career is now a bust.
And it’s back to the drawing board, which looks a lot like another unwanted career change.
It’s far better to do the inner-work of discovering your perfect career sooner, rather than later!
(This is an excerpt from my new book “Fire Your Resume…and Ignite Your Career!” I’m accepting pre-orders right now. Due to be published in early October. You can order here: http://careerepiphany.com/hire-jen/book/)
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