Review Your Favourite Work Activities
A useful career change tip is to assess what you really want by looking at your favourite activities at work.
You know there are things you look forward to doing at work and things you keep putting off. OK, all jobs are likely to have some less pleasant aspects to them. But in building up a picture of your ideal job, stop to take a look at the work activities you do enjoy.
The checklist below groups activities into four broad areas. Of course it can’t be comprehensive, so do think about some of the jobs you have done and identify the bits that you enjoyed.
If you could go to work and just do the kind of work activities you wanted all day, what would they be?
Take a look at the checklist below and rate each item on a scale of 1 (low) -5 (high).
What work activities do you enjoy?
| Data & Information tasks Administration Collating information Keeping things running smoothly Writing Planning Implementing policies Editing or checking Analysis Report preparation Managing budgets Bidding for money / projects Organising Marketing / selling ResearchCreative tasks Problem solving Designing Having ideas Speculating Strategic thinking Innovating |
People tasks Negotiating Mentoring Public speaking Motivating people Discussing Networking Meetings Managing staff Teaching / training Advising CounsellingPractical tasks Operating machinery Using manual dexterity Assembling Working with plants / animals Being physically active Repairing |
Which ones are you not interested in? You know to avoid these as far as possible when exploring new career ideas.
This career change tip can really help you pin down some of your priorities in relation to work when you are doing a major job review.Make a note of what you have worked out in your Career Change Project File.
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