HOW TO DECIDE ON YOUR NEXT CAREER STEP


It’s never too early to start thinking about your future career. Whether you have a dream job in mind, know vaguely what industry you want to work in or have absolutely no idea what you want to do, there a few key stages you should complete before deciding your next step.


Identify what motivates you Fact is, you are going to spend


an


portion of your life at work, and the only person that is going to make you turn up every day is yourself,


so


it’s important to know what motivates you.


Everyone is different, and studies by organisations such as UCAS and HESA have found that only 44% of last year’s school leavers were motivated by money when making career choices, so what else may affect your decision?


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66% of last year’s school- leavers stated that wanting a particular career helped them decide whether to go to university or straight into the world of work, whereas 43% were motivated by


just wanting to go to a prestigious university.


Only 20% of last year’s school-leavers


their choice on wanting to minimise regardless tuition fees.


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student debt, the rise


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All of these factors have a different influence on different people, so you need to identify whether you are money-motivated, education –focused or more akin to the 69% who just want to follow their personal interests.


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