Am sure today's topic would ring a good bell in your ears. I have heard overtime people misplace the word career with course of study. It would please you to know that these two are miles apart.
Your Course or Course of study is what you went through the four walls of a classroom, preferable a higher institution.
While a Career is a chosen 'Course' of 'WORK' or 'PRACTISE', if you like professional Practise. i.e. a chosen path to follow.
If this foundation is not properly laid, you might have to pay for it for a a better path of your life.
For Example;
The fact that you studied Banking in a Higher institution does not qualify you as a 'Banker'. You having studied Banking only qualified you as a graduate of Banking. A career in Banking is a different ball game. As much as the Banking sector is a large industry you can have a career in different aspect of it.
The question now is, as a graduate of Banking which aspect of Banking do i want to pick a career in?
Same error goes for most graduates in the sciences and engineering.
Just as in project managements with inputs and outputs, a course of study is an input into a career path, a means to an end and not the end in itself. Your course of study should assist in choosing a career but not necessarily. Your Career is that which you believe you should be doing with respect to your educational background, exposure and most importantly your passion.
It would be great injustice if you choose a career because of what you have studied in school without considering the the niceties thereof.
My advice is thus;
1. Consider your passion before choosing a course of study.
2. Know and choose a career path.
3. Find the similarity and difference between your course of study and career. (most times this is wide apart. BE CHEERFUL!!
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Solid post!
This brings us to the big question of how do you find your passion!? :)
i see passion as an emotional anger to solve a particular problem, which in turn would have +ve impact on peoples lives!
Many times is advisable to have enough natural and self-developed resources to solve that problem. e.g ur talent, ur traits, ur personality, ur skills/knowledge etc. in summary YOUR ABILITY!
The search for your PASSION and your ABILITY is what we call the journey of self descovery. i.e knowing whom you are and what you want to do!
i wish all the readers the best!
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