Career choice

Finding the perfect career that you will enjoy for many years, as an adolescent can be quite an important step in life, it will follow you for a while, until your retirement. But how do they make up their minds? A lot of factors influence their career choice, such as parental influence, skills and ability, economic situation etc.

First of all, it isn’t rare to see teenagers follow their parent’s accomplished or unaccomplished dreams. For instance, some parents put a lot of pressure on their children, and in some sort, they force them to follow a certain path, which is not necessarily the one that their children wanted to go through. Usually, they are very pushy, and not easily satisfied, which diminishes their self-esteem. Also, some parents who come from a family where their descendents had a high status job will have a tendency to deny the idea of their children becoming a plumber, for example. Moreover, parents know their children very well and can give them advice according to their abilities and tell them what they would see them doing as a career. Sometimes, these teenagers only listen to their parent’s without using their judgement on what they really like.

Secondly, when making a career choice, teenagers must to a lot of research and then inner reflection. The research implies taking tests on what your abilities are, from there, it is easier to do research in a specific domain. Once the domain is found, it is a lot more simple to find careers that are based on your abilities and skills, so it is less complicated to find a job that is realistic according to your grades and what passions you most. Someone who has learning difficulties and who has a hard time in school, even if that person wants to become a doctor, there are a lot of chances that this person won’t be able to reach his/her goal.

Money is one of the most important factors for human survival, in our society. Without money, there is no food, no home, no electricity, pretty much nothing, and without these essential things, one’s life can be endangered. As a matter of fact, when teenagers make their career choice, one of the most important things about the career is often money, some choose jobs that don’t even interest them but because of the salary, they do it anyway. 

In a nutshell, it is important for teens to be careful when taking this big decision. They have to base their judgement on what they really like and not what others want for them and also on what is realistic for their own situation. Money is a big part of our lives today, but it isn't everything, love and passion is primordial.