Creating a Pathway to Your Dream Career

What do you want your life to be like when you're 25? 35? 55? Doyou want a job that will feed you and your family or do you wanta career that will be an integral part of your life-a career thatwill feed your passions, enable the lifestyle you choose, and be acontinual source of engagement and pride?But do you really have the luxury of even considering yourdream job in an era in which more than 40 percent of college graduatescan't even get jobs that require college degrees, much lessjobs in their field? Not only should you think about your dreamjob-you owe it to yourself to do so. You just need a plan. This bookwill help you develop that plan by first examining how the careersof the future will differ from those of the past, where these jobsand careers will and won't be, and the range of skills (many ofwhich are not taught in schools) they will require. With this context,it then lays out a three-stage, 20-step plan that will help you: Objectively assess and develop your skills and align them withyour passions Assess the career opportunities that will best utilize theseskills in pursuit of your passion Expand your career options and hedge your bets by identifyingcomplementary 'safety careers' Evaluate your post-high school education options and create aneducation plan that is best suited to you and your career choice Prioritize the factors you should consider in targeting yourcritical first career-track job and use that job to expand yourlong-term career options