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Job Hunters: Discover Your Life Path
Job Hunters: Discover Your Life Path
I enjoyed your article Over 40, Seeking New Career very, very much. It really resonated with me. I have been in the software development field for 20 years and I am ready to do something else, I just do not know what to do. It's very overwhelming. How can I even start to identify what my next path should be? Is there anything specific I can do to help myself figure it out?
In my book, How to Earn What You're Worth
(McGraw-Hill, 2004), I go through a number of exercises that can help you to identify your strengths and different lines of inquiry that you can pursue. I would start there to organize your thoughts and go through the process step by step. Try to think of this as a long discovery process rather than a source of huge anxiety. Also know that there are many things that you can pursue and that you don't have to choose only one thing to really focus on. Cast a wide net first, and then you can narrow the field.
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