Your Career

Defying the common Myths

Ask the carrer counselor for the hottest job prosfects, and you will hear that the future belongs to those who can command the computer.that's great news fot anyone who cottons to modems and megabytes. The computer thus indeed stand to create more carrers than any invention sincethe wheel. But if you follow the herd to high-tech when your heart lies elsewhere, you may be making an expensive mistake. The wisest counsel in looking for a job is to pursue your own desire.

A surprising number of determined men and women are finding exellent jobs in the fields that the carrer prophets have written off.They are doing it by challenging some of the common myths of job hunting.If you are determinedto get into even the most glutted occupation, you cannot allow yourself to be daunted by common carrer myths.

do not,for example, let the Labor Department job projections be your guide. They are full of occupations that no longer exist and fail to mention many new fields, such as robotics or hazardous-waste management.National labor forecast often obscure opportunities in your own community.

Don't fret about getting caught in so-called female ghettojobs.
Don't accept the nyth that a high-tech boom means a low-tech boom bust. far from it,. there is a surge in demand for personal services. As the population ages, one of the fastst-expanding carrers will be geriatric nursing. But the real sleeper among service occupations may well be teaching. millions of computer buyers will need instructions , and so will millions of semi-literateworkers. Hundreds of corporations already run remedial english and math classes.

Don't fall for the line that it is better to be a specialist than a generalist. Ph.D.'s are broadening themselves by enrolling in intensive short-term introduction to business courses and becoming everything from factory managers to security analysts.Among the best-paid generalist are the so-called issues managers. They scan the horizons for developmentsthat could affect a corporation's business. Issues managers have diverse background in the social sciences, hard sciences, finance, law, journalism and public relations.

Don't thinl you have to have a M.B.A. - a master's degree in business__to get ahead. The degrre may get you in the door, but after that you will have to scramble like everybody else.

Don't assume that big corporations offers the nost opportunities.

Don't be afraid to start your own business. The hours are long and pauperoutnumbere princes, but working for yourself gives you the chance todo things your way.

Don't figure you have to go to the big city to find your fortune. The most plentiful jobs are in construction, transportation, finance and wholesale trade. One reason for these new opportunities is that long distances between city and countryjust are not what they used to be. Telephone computer networks and improved trucking routes have shortened them. And many of the goods being produced such as products of microchip technology are often ligh, compact and perfect for long-haul trips to market.
If you want to find employment and are willing to pick up and go.small towns and rural areas may offer your best chance.

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