How did you choose what career you're going into

[Shar]

or planning to go into.

I needed a bit of steering to the right direction before I figured out what I wanted to do, but it was really obvious to me after I made the decision.

[Jake]

Tbh with you im 22 and i have no idea what i want to do with my life. I dont really have a career i want to get into, Which is why i refused to go to uni to study something which was totally irrelevant to me and end up being in debt for it.

[dirrty]

well i'm picking careers that i think i'd have an interest in/enjoy doing/will be good at. so i think you should start there. what do you enjoy doing? how can that translate into the realms of employment? do you have any transferrable skills that can be applicable to other industries? idk what else to say really.

Tbh with you im 22 and i have no idea what i want to do with my life. I dont really have a career i want to get into, Which is why i refused to go to uni to study something which was totally irrelevant to me and end up being in debt for it.

ones degree doesn't necessarily dictate what graduate job/industry someone goes into. especially since the quite a lot of companies don't require specific degrees (accepting degrees from all disciplines).

[lawrawrrr]

I always wanted to be a teacher, right from when I was in primary school. I've always loved learning and the feeling of teaching someone something is amazing to me!

Although recently I've been involved with the newspaper here and I'm loving that too :/

[Jake]

ones degree doesn't necessarily dictate what graduate job/industry someone goes into. especially since the quite a lot of companies don't require specific degrees (accepting degrees from all disciplines).

Possibly not but when i left school most people in my year wanted to go to uni so they didnt have to work & just mess about for a couple more years. They picked literally any course they could get on and went for the experience of getting smashed & student life rather than because they wanted to progress further in what they were studying. That is why i didnt want to go to uni. (I understand what i mean :p)

[Shar]

@Hollyoaks I get what you mean. Some people know what they want to do from an early age and others don't even at a later age. Tbh I don't think it matters that much because people always change their mind, its nice going in different directions until you find something you genuinely like.

[Munex]

I went through a lot...

1. I began wanting to be an actor in year 7. I did drama and I loved it. One day I thought, "what could I do help me become a successful actor?" and decided to teach myself the piano - in case I had to act a pianist!

2. I wanted to become a musician. I became pretty good on the piano and began to love music. I wanted to compose music, preferably for video games and films and what not.

3. I decided that it would be most logical to teach music and try to break into the music industry on the way. I loved the idea of controlling a class of people - slightly megalomaniacal of me.

4. I did well in my English AS classes and decided to be a writer. I had always loved writing throughout the years but never really stopped to consider it as a career.

Sent my UCAS form off today for uni. I've applied to five, all creative writing. I hope to become a screenwriter.

And that's my story, in just four bullets. Lots of details missed out!

[Mr-Trainor]

Tbh I'm 17 and I've applied to uni but I still don't know exactly what career I want to go in to. I'm keeping my options open by now applying for a very specific uni course (e.g. applying for dentistry), and choosing a career isn't something I want to rush .

I went through a lot...

1. I began wanting to be an actor in year 7. I did drama and I loved it. One day I thought, "what could I do help me become a successful actor?" and decided to teach myself the piano - in case I had to act a pianist!

2. I wanted to become a musician. I became pretty good on the piano and began to love music. I wanted to compose music, preferably for video games and films and what not.

3. I decided that it would be most logical to teach music and try to break into the music industry on the way. I loved the idea of controlling a class of people - slightly megalomaniacal of me.

4. I did well in my English AS classes and decided to be a writer. I had always loved writing throughout the years but never really stopped to consider it as a career.

Sent my UCAS form off today for uni. I've applied to five, all creative writing. I hope to become a screenwriter.

And that's my story, in just four bullets. Lots of details missed out!

Good luck ! Mine was just sent off by my college a few days ago.

[dirrty]

Possibly not but when i left school most people in my year wanted to go to uni so they didnt have to work & just mess about for a couple more years. They picked literally any course they could get on and went for the experience of getting smashed & student life rather than because they wanted to progress further in what they were studying. That is why i didnt want to go to uni. (I understand what i mean :p)

yeah, i get you. i thought you meant something along those lines, but thought i'd just mention that companies accept a general degree anyway . i know so many people who just went to uni to prolong going into full-time employment, or doing courses just for the sake of it and it really is a waste of time if they don't put a lot of effort into it. i still don't even know what i 100% want to do (and i'm a third year), but i'm just going with the flow, applying for everything that's within my capabilities and not limiting myself in what career path i end up in.

[BreakfastBacon]

want to go into military as an officer my mum (believe it or not) was in army and she went to the officer training place she has all these badges and it kinda inspired me