LOVE WHAT YOU DO AND CALL IT WORK
Choices, choices, Find what you love, love what you do… and let the money find you Your career defines what you do and, to some extent, who you are. Ideally, your job should be financially and emotionally rewarding and make your life more meaningful. In essence, career decisions matter, writes Margarethe Booysen.
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teve Jobs – former chairman, CEO and co-founder of Apple Inc – said: “You’ve got to find what you love. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” An inspirational and moving sentiment, but how realistic and attainable is Jobs’ view in a country with a staggering unemployment rate? Between the idealistic view that anything is possible and the pessimistic view that nothing matters, there might just be an attainable middle ground. Finding this point of agreement starts with the way we think about careers. Raj Naran, a career development educator at Wits’ Counselling and
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Careers Development Unit, says: “It would be useful to come to some understanding that careers are usually developed rather than chosen. When looking at career development this way, it would usually be good practice to think of career development as a series of goals that one sets throughout life.” As such, career decisionmaking is an ongoing process. The first goal is to decide what to do after completing your secondary education.
How do I go about choosing a career? 1. Know yourself The starting point of choosing a career is YOU. When considering your career
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