{"id":4134,"date":"2022-03-31T09:57:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T08:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.alison.com\/?p=4134"},"modified":"2022-04-04T10:19:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T09:19:30","slug":"find-a-career-that-is-right-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alison.com\/blog\/find-a-career-that-is-right-for-you","title":{"rendered":"Find a Career that is Right for You"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finding a career that is right for you is no small task, whether you are just starting out, looking for a change or returning to work after being away. With so many career paths to choose from, it’s easy to become overwhelmed – and post people do! If you don’t know what you want to do as a job, the task may seem impossible. <\/span><\/em>Even with thousands of Certificate and Diploma courses to choose from at Alison, we know you\u2019ll need a little help in selecting the right ones for your career path. No matter what stage of your career you are at, with guidance, organisation, and knowing your strengths, making the right career choice won\u2019t seem scary.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The Alison Career Guide<\/span><\/h2>\n

As you all know by now, here at Alison, we are all about 100% free education, with 24 million Learners over 15 years. We also know that learning without a clear objective in mind (unless you\u2019re into it, in which case we say, awesome!), doesn’t yield the best results when studying towards a career goal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thankfully, we have a solution. The <\/span>Alison Career Guide <\/span><\/a>will help you make the right decisions when it comes to deciding which career path you would like to pursue. Our career guide gives you access to everything you need to know about hundreds of career options – and on top of that, we will recommend the skills you need to be successful in any of these careers and give you access to free courses you can take to develop these skills.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Find Out Who You Truly Are<\/span><\/h2>\n

Before you can c<\/span>hoose the right career,<\/span> you must learn about yourself. Your values, interests, soft skills, and aptitudes, combined with your personality type, make some occupations a good fit for you and others completely inappropriate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Use a self-assessment tool, such as our free Workplace Personality Test<\/a> to learn more about your natural strengths and weaknesses and receive a personalised list of jobs that may be a good fit for you.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Make a List of Occupations to Explore<\/span><\/h2>\n

You probably have lots of potential career paths in front of you, keep yourself organised, and combine them into one list. <\/span>Title it “Jobs to Explore.” Your self-assessment will have \u200bindicated that these options are a good fit for you based on several of your traits, so they’re worth exploring. <\/span>Next, find the occupations on your lists that appeal to you. They may be careers you know a bit about and want to explore further. Also, include <\/span>professions about which you don’t know much<\/span>. You might learn something unexpected.<\/span><\/p>\n

Explore the Occupations on Your List & Narrow Them Down\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Once you’ve managed to narrow down your list, you can get more information about each of the occupations on your list. <\/span>Head on over to our career guide<\/a> where you will find vital information that will help you decide which career to pursue. Get more information about:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n