Choose The Right Career In Seven Simple Steps

Use your interests, values, passions, personality, and more, to uncover your perfect career choice.

What you'll learn

How to choose a career in 7 simple steps

Determine your interest personality type and apply it in your career choice.

Discover the pros and cons of using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI).

Applying geography and labor markets to your career choice (USA Focused).

Understand the total compensation of different occupations, not just base salary.

Determine your values in many different dimensions.

Apply your interests, financial ambition, personality, and values to choose a single career.

Requirements

You will be using a Google Sheets or Excel document to manage your list of possible occupations.

A desktop computer or laptop is highly recommended.

Description

Choose The Right Career in 7 Simple Steps!We believe that every person has a specific career that not only matches their personality, but harmonizes with their values, compliments their personality, and utilizes their skills. We’re here to help you discover the career of your dreams to give you the life you deserve. Our complete course contains hours of educational videos, matching with over 1000 careers, hours of useful content, personalized assessments, and the 7 Steps with everything you’ll ever need to:Choose the perfect career on your first try by using an individualized approach that analyzes your personality, values, and preferences.Be financially successful by finding a career that you excel at using your own skills and education.Boost your satisfaction by aligning your job with your passions and values.Reduce stress because you will look forward to work every day instead of hating work.Eliminate doubt and fear by clarifying your choices and progressing past analysis paralysis.Provide security by showing you a career with a bright future and expected growth.Use your preferences for salary, geography, commute, and more to narrow down potential options.Reinforce your strengths and disregard your weaknesses by choosing a career that fits your skillset.Make career searching fun because finding a meaningful career shouldn’t be so boring, stressful, and frustrating Our course can help you if you are:Struggling with narrowing down a list of hundreds of potential career opportunities.Going in circles watching videos, taking generic aptitude tests, and weighing pros and cons.Unsatisfied with your current career but don’t know how to select one that will be more meaningful.Worried about making a wrong decision that will cost you time, money, and well-being.Searching for clarity on one of life’s hardest decisions.Doubting your own choices because you feel unsure of yourself and anxious.Confused by so many options with no resources and tools to simplify the selection process.Looking for a happier future with a meaningful career that aligns with your persona.Choosing the Wrong Career Can Be DetrimentalHigher education and trade school are expensive, putting you into debt. It can all pay off in the end…but only if you choose the right career. Otherwise, you can end up wasting thousands of dollars and countless hours.Even without a formal education, selecting the wrong career can waste years of your life. When you finally decide its time to switch to a career that suits your personality, it may feel like it’s too late. Everyone your age is already successful and happy. Plus, you must compete with jobseekers who are already dedicated to the occupation you’ve just discovered.Despite the importance, “47% of older millennials wish they had chosen a different career path” and wasted time, money, and well-being in the wrong position.The best way to avoid it is to make a superior career choice right now!

Overview

Section 1: Welcome!

Lecture 1 Welcome to the Course!

Lecture 2 The Choose The Right Career Process

Lecture 3 Course Assumptions

Section 2: Step 1: Determine Your Interests

Lecture 4 Interests are Important

Lecture 5 The RIASEC Hexagon

Lecture 6 What are Holland Codes?

Lecture 7 The Realistic Theme (The Doers)

Lecture 8 The Investigative Theme (The Thinkers)

Lecture 9 The Artistic Theme (The Creators)

Lecture 10 The Social Theme (The Helpers)

Lecture 11 The Enterprising Theme (The Persuaders)

Lecture 12 The Conventional Theme (The Organizers)

Lecture 13 Strengths and Weaknesses of Interest Inventories

Lecture 14 Download Career Worksheet

Lecture 15 RIASEC Assessments and Worksheet

Lecture 16 O*NET Interest Profiler

Lecture 17 The Dick Bolles Career Interest Game

Lecture 18 University of Hawaii RIASEC Assessment

Lecture 19 The Strong Interest Inventory (Optional)

Lecture 20 Determine Your Holland Codes

Lecture 21 Introduction to O*NET

Lecture 22 Download Career List

Lecture 23 Start Your Career List

Lecture 24 Wrapping Up Interests

Section 3: Step 2: Considering Careers and Compensation

Lecture 25 Compensation is Important

Lecture 26 Types of Compensation: Overtime

Lecture 27 Types of Compensation: Commissions / Tips

Lecture 28 Types of Compensation: Bonuses

Lecture 29 Types of Compensation: Equity

Lecture 30 Types of Compensation: Entrepreneurship

Lecture 31 Types of Compensation: Pensions

Lecture 32 Types of Compensation Unrelated to Careers

Lecture 33 Career Paths and Future Earnings

Lecture 34 Filtering by Compensation: Process Overview

Lecture 35 Updating Your Career List

Lecture 36 Wrapping Up Compensation

Section 4: Step 3: Research Barriers to Entry

Lecture 37 Barriers to Entry Are Important

Lecture 38 Age as a Barrier to Entry

Lecture 39 Criminal Record as a Barrier to Entry

Lecture 40 Education and Certification as a Barrier to Entry

Lecture 41 Financing Education

Lecture 42 Lack of Citizenship as a Barrier to Entry

Lecture 43 Physical Requirements as a Barrier to Entry

Lecture 44 Updating Your Career List

Lecture 45 Wrapping Up Barriers to Entry

Section 5: Step 4: Consider Geography and Labor Markets

Lecture 46 Geography and Labor Markets are Important

Lecture 47 Certain Occupations are Growing, Others Shrinking

Lecture 48 Career Opportunities Might Only Be in Certain Places

Lecture 49 Researching the Geography of Certain Occupations

Lecture 50 Cost of Living and Geography

Lecture 51 Updating Your Career List

Lecture 52 Wrapping Up Geography and Labor Markets

Section 6: Step 5: Figure Out Your Personality Type

Lecture 53 Personality Type is Important

Lecture 54 References for this Step

Lecture 55 Strengths and Weaknesses of Myers-Briggs

Lecture 56 Introduction to the Myers-Briggs Framework

Lecture 57 The Extroversion - Introversion Dichotomy

Lecture 58 The Sensing - Intuition Dichotomy

Lecture 59 The Thinking - Feeling Dichotomy

Lecture 60 The Perceiving - Judging Dichotomy

Lecture 61 Worksheet for Determining Your MBTI Type

Lecture 62 The Humanmetrics Myers-Briggs Personality Test

Lecture 63 The 16 Personalities Myers-Briggs Test

Lecture 64 The Truity Myers-Briggs Test

Lecture 65 The Official MBTI (Optional)

Lecture 66 Determine Your Myers-Briggs Type(s)

Lecture 67 Myers-Briggs Types in Different Occupations

Lecture 68 Finding the Myers-Briggs Types of Different Occupations

Lecture 69 Updating Your Career List

Lecture 70 Wrapping Up Personality

Section 7: Step 6: Consider Your Values

Lecture 71 Values are Important

Lecture 72 Respect, Prestige, and Trust in Different Occupations

Lecture 73 Sex Appeal and Different Occupations

Lecture 74 Is Entrepreneurship For You?

Lecture 75 Gender, Race, and Career Choice

Lecture 76 Work-Life Balance and Career Choice

Lecture 77 Deaths, Injuries, and Illnesses in Different Occupations

Lecture 78 High Stress Occupations

Lecture 79 Family Friendly Careers

Lecture 80 Updating Your Career List

Lecture 81 Wrapping Up Values

Section 8: Step 7: Think About Your Life's Purpose

Lecture 82 Purpose is Important

Lecture 83 Purpose and Holland Codes

Lecture 84 PayScale's Meaningful Jobs Survey

Lecture 85 Jim Collins Good to Great Framework

Lecture 86 IKIGAI: A Japanese Purpose Framework

Lecture 87 There Is No Perfect Career

Lecture 88 ONET Career List Check

Lecture 89 Compensation and Inactive Careers Check

Lecture 90 Choose The Right Career

Lecture 91 Wrapping Up Course

Young adults struggling with narrowing down a list of hundreds of potential career opportunities.,Career changers going in circles watching videos, taking generic aptitude tests, and weighing pros and cons.,Employees unsatisfied with their current career but don’t know how to select one that will be more meaningful.,Overthinkers worried about making a wrong decision that will cost you time, money, and well-being.,Amateur philosophers searching for clarity on one of life’s hardest decisions.,Overwhelmed adults confused by so many options with no resources and tools to simplify the selection process.