my new job strategy.

I have read somewhere that the majority of women today will spend at least 25 adult years working, and the choice of their first-job plays a crucial role. Looking back, if I could've done things differently (career wise) I think the first thing to concentrate on after graduation, is getting into a field that interests you. Although this should've been done right before you get into College, but we're too young too stupid to really know (most of us anyway)- I wasn't really thinking of what I wanted to do in life up until this point. For people who grew up getting what they want, spoon-fed and served in a silver platter... the future seemed easy.
Or so I thought.

Now after you have determined what type of jobs you like, what job position you want- It doesn't matter so much whether you're a go-for or a researcher, as long as you get your foot in the door. This will take patience... As I have learned, by spending time and effort researching options and selling yourself (so to speak), you can find a position with potential.

Work for the smartest man or woman you can, but preferably someone you can become. If I work for a doctor, I'll never become that doctor-- unless I go to Medical School. Not. However, If I work for a publicist, a marketing consultant, a banquet manager or a sales-promotion director- I can learn their jobs. Skills rather then education, will be a more useful entree.

A good job will serve these purposes:
1.) You will learn everything you can about a field that interests you.
2.) You will make contacts with people who will be of crucial importance to your career as you move forward.
& 3.) You will develop your strengths-- find out that you can write captions, operate a machine, sell or organize a fund-raiser even!

Another helpful thing to do is to ask yourself (which i often have), "What is my fantasy job? What would I like to be doing ideally in three years? Five years? Ten years?" And don't discount your answers, even if they seem unrealistic... for only then will you discover what you're passionate for. That is key.

So though you may not qualify for your fantasy job today, you can work on building up your expertise so that in a few years you will.