Often redeemed as a millennial mentality, one’s job being a lifelong passion project is often criticised. Many blame the new generation’s lethargy as one of the reasons behind always looking for a job they like because it is easy, rather than something which demands extreme hard work.
Other than the fact it is just an assumption that the new generation is opposed to hard work, it is also a ridiculous notion to normalise hating one’s job. An individual is perfectly capable of finding a job they enjoy doing and would rather willingly put their heart and soul into it than the obvious obligation of financial pressure.
For this, one needs to understand what job fits them the best!
In this excerpt below, we will cover some of the ground on understanding which job you are best suited for.
Job Role You Should Take
If you are a fresh graduate sitting at home and looking for job roles best suited for your degree, you have reached the right place. We will discuss how to combine your degree and skill to find the perfect job.
1. First, Know Yourself
This is a step where you evaluate what kind of person you are yourself. If you like talking, addressing crowds, being the centre of attention and calling yourself an extrovert, you should be well fit for a leadership role. Yes, you will have to start at the bottom, but looking for jobs that provide such team-leading opportunities would be wiser.
On the other hand, even introverts have a few choices now. Since the advent of remote working, they can sit in the comfort of their home and work with utmost concentration. Some might think it is restricting their career, but forcing someone to socialise and hamper their work with social anxiety is not the right way to get their best potential.
Why try to prove others when they can prove to themselves and their employers by making the business reach new heights while just sitting at their home desk?
2. Take An Aptitude Test
An aptitude test determines the job role best for you depending on your IQ (Intelligent Quotient), EQ (Emotional Quotient), and personality test. Psychologists theorise that personalities can determine a lot about the work someone will do best.
For example, someone with high EQ would be well fit for Human Resources, councillor, mental health advocate, or even understanding audience psychology which they will be good at marketing roles.
An aptitude test has to do less with what you are good at and more about what you will be good at when you start working around it.
3. Career Counselling
Aptitude tests are scientific and only objectively determine roles based on a singular personality type. If you wish to have a more elaborate understanding of which job you would rather enjoy, then you should go for career counselling.
The counsellor will prepare exclusive questions suited to different sample job descriptions and positions now open around the UK for you to explore.
It will take some time for them to evaluate the assessment and then find you your job role. The latest you will get a result is within 24 hours.
The best part about these assessments is they do not vaguely describe work but rather give you an ultra-objective idea of the job role or position and field you should work in. These are based on what jobs you will enjoy, be good at, and will easily crack the interview and aptitude round (if there are any).
4. Internships
Sometimes you have to test the waters in order to understand which role is best suited for you. Therefore, if you are graduating or taking a gap year and have some free time to explore, start with a few internships.
There are several advantages of internships:
- There is not much expectation on you, so you can have a few trials and errors to understand your interest area.
- You will have flexible timing if you are studying.
- Can do more than one internship during your break, exploring more job roles.
- Earn while experimenting!
