How to Choose a Career
The only problem was that none of those dream jobs paid a living wage.
Luckily, before it was too late, I discovered this short video on How Bill Grundfest Created the Comedy Cellar and learned that to make a living doing something I loved, I’d have to start my own business doing something that nobody had ever done before.
But that’s just me. If you’d rather do a job that already exists, you can use the US Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook to figure out the job prospects for any field you can imagine, plus a whole bunch more that you didn’t even knew existed.
Here’s how to choose a rewarding career in five simple steps by combining Grundfest’s business advice with US jobs data:
- Make a list of stuff you love doing.
- Make a list of ways to make money.
- Make each list longer.
- Make a list of ideas for connecting stuff you love with ways to make money.
- For every overlapping or connecting idea, use the Occupational Outlook Handbook to figure out whether you can make enough money doing those jobs.
Now go get that work!