Information Related to "Planning Your Career -- Part 2"
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In part
1, we examined the importance of your career in God's view, and
why it's critical for you to start planning and managing your career
now. We then looked at how you can begin assessing your natural God-given
gifts as a beginning point to mapping out your career path.
Let's now take a look at the different types of jobs and where you might
best fit. There are about 30,000 job titles listed in the Dictionary
of Occupational Titles! Explore http://online.onetcenter.org to begin
to grasp the vast array of possibilities.
An easy and effective way to navigate the many job types is to look at the six general occupational themes as described by the Strong Interest Inventory. It would be a good idea to take this inventory to determine where your interests match the general career areas. Most schools, colleges and career counselors can administer this tool.
As I describe the six different career paths, evaluate yourself in light of what your values are and what you really enjoy doing. Remember one is not better than the other. Read 1 Corinthians 12 to see how we all have a valuable and distinct function within the body (church), and that each one is vital to the overall working of the body. Verse 14 says, "For in fact the body is not one member but many." Verse 18 adds, "But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased."
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