Among the reasons that students list for going to college having a good job and earning a lot of money are the most common. In that regard, the value of knowledge as a life application is not so significant if such knowledge does not have a monetary equivalent. Thus, career planning is an important step that should be approached with due care, avoiding the common mistakes that can be made during such a process. This article will attempt to briefly cover a few of such mistakes.
The Wages
Considering the highest paid jobs is a logical decision in career planning, which often can be justified. People look at various ratings that indicate the “hot” job positions and make their career and educational choices based on such a decision. Well, such a factor is not a mistake in common sense, rather than being a very limited approach that ignores other aspects. One example of such factors is students’ skills and abilities, where students considering such choice might end up always falling behind. The high salaries paid to such positions are not based solely on students’ majors, rather than on their excellence in such fields.
The Interest
Planning a career in a subject that not only a person will be good at, but also will provide a particular interest is also an essential element. Part of the success in a career is to love the thing you do, and in that sense, sometimes people overestimate the importance of such a factor. It should be noted that despite that many people can change their career path, many of them do not. For those who do not enjoy mediocre success early in their career, improving or keeping up at the same level becomes harder and harder with age. Thus, the point is to plan a career as if it will be the only job throughout the lifetime, while at the same time having a plan B.