Yes, it is getting on for 3AM and I am here writing this blog! No I am not mental, I am in fact in a buoyant, optimistic and strangely positive mood! Yes these are outlandish feelings for me (especially when “career-thought” is involved) and so I am unsure as to how to deal with them other than to let you know all about it!
Earlier tonight, whilst waiting for some Jerry Seinfeld stand-up to download, I decided to fill in that ‘What Next?’ brochure I was rattling on about last post. The one that asks questions about your interests and skills with the aim of hopefully narrowing down what kind of job is suitable for you yourself!
I have discovered a definite area of interest, so hold your breath and I’ll come back to it later.
Since going through this process I have realised that there was a key issue I had to deal with before I could make any real progress in my search for a befitting career.
My problem has always been being amazing at EVERYTHING!
Well not exactly, of course not. But I do like to think I’m multi-talented. However, this, my friend, is a curse! I’m good at most things… to a ‘good’ standard. I don’t excel at anything 🙁 I’m highly skilled in NOTHING!
Lots of my friends have done a ‘specialist’ degree, automatically condemning them to Nick’s Most Despised Creature Crew (Hitler is in there aswell), simply because they are sorted in life (doctors, town-planners, graphic designers… you know the sort…). They’ve made the decision to pursue a particular profession and have got on with making it a reality. I’m still stuck here with my hands in my pockets.
This, really, is where “The Brochure” comes into its own! I was able to identify my skills with my interests and out came possible jobs I might like. This was achieved via the recommended Prospects Planner (www.prospects.ac.uk), which is like those ‘Career Finders’ you did in Secondary School, for which you’d answer a billion questions, only for your perfect-match, dream-job to come out as Deforestation Officer! It’s that kind of thing, only this one helps.
As it turns out, my ‘profile’ (which took 15 mins max to set up) does actually match-up with certain vocations. This is big news my friend!
Before i was a lost puppy, now I am still a lost puppy BUT my owner has decided to get off his ass and plaster a load of ‘LOST’ posters about town (with a very accurate personality and skills description… LOST: 6ft4in shaggy terrier, introspective and risk-taker, £4 reward for safe return… alive or dead)!
So at last I have a bit of direction and am now able to start thinking about an action plan with my Careers Advisor! And because you’re all on the edge of your seats and have obviously been holding your breath, I’d better cut to the chase! I should be looking at ‘Publishing, Media and Performing Arts’.