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Saturday, April 30, 2005

Career Planning

I'm about 3 months into my traineeship and I have about 5 more months to go before I head back to Atlanta.

Lately...Well at least the past month, I've been thinking about what I'm actually going to do when I get back home. I talk to Sharath about this topic as he already had 2 great offers from companies directly related to the industry he's planned to be in. I also talk to my roommate as he asks me questions like "What are you good at?" and "What do you like to do?"

At first I thought, a great strategy would be to look into my AIESEC network. My first step would be to identify AIESEC's Global Development Groups and Global Exchange Partners. Then go through these company websites to see if they have positions that are a good match for me. Since I've been involved in AIESEC for almost 3 years now, I firmly and passionately believe in it's Mission & Vision. Therefore, many if not all of these global partnerships also not only support what AIESEC does, (by allowing us to provide diverse talent to their company), but I'm sure that they also uphold similar values & objectives.

Next steps would be to identify AIESEC's National Partnerships in the US and research the same as above...

Then I realized that having a better idea of what I want to do can better steer me in the right direction on my career path.

I thought since it's a long weekend, I would spend some time to identify things I love doing, I'm good at, and passionate about. Ultimately, I want what everyone else wants. A rewarding career doing what I love and getting paid for it.

To further expand on my last post, (after taking the personality test)...I also looked at the different industries that ENFJ's find most rewarding and are successful and thrive in.

Careers for ENFJ Personality Types

career planning to be continued...

2 Comments:

Blogger Andy said...

Well, you've got a great start and at least when you go home you'll hopefully be halfway to a job. I like your idea with AIESEC networking and hopefully you'll find something you like through it.

9:41 PM

 
Blogger Devrim said...

The websites will give you only basic information; go through the people you know and leverage your network. It's the only way.

10:36 AM

 

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