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When we are little, we are often asked the question, what do you want to be when you grow older?
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And as a child, the answer is usually something like an astronaut or a firefighter.
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Still, when it's time to make that decision in your late teens or even adult years, it can be extremely hard to find the answer.
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To help you come to the right conclusion and avoid a life slumped over a desk, here's 7 steps that you should follow when trying to find your ideal career path.
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1. Make a list of your hobbies To enjoy what you do for the majority of the day, it's essential to find a job that you love.
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So the best place to start is with your hobbies.
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What are you passionate about?
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What would make you get out of bed on a cold wintery morning to go to work?
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While your passion might not be your forte, it's a good starting point to help you figure out what career you want to pursue.
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Number 2.
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Discover what you're good at.
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What you enjoy and what you're good at can be two very different things.
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For example, you might enjoy dancing, but you're actually really good at organizing.
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So a job as an event planner, office manager, or personal assistant may be a sensible choice.
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As well as listing your hobbies, create a second list of skills that you possess.
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number three identify your personality traits in order to find the
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right career fit you're going to need to take a closer look at your personality traits
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while you might be a gifted singer your introverted personality might not let you succeed in this field
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because you're too anxious to stand on stage in front of people therefore it's important to identify and take into consideration
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your personality traits when it comes to your career path.
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It can often be confusing to figure out, so a state of the art career test like our own test,
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Career Hunter, can help you discover your most suited professions using scientific data and testing.
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4. Determine what you want out of a career.
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It's also necessary to identify what it is that you want out of a career.
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Do you want to receive a high salary, have a respectable job title, or simply work for a cause that you care about?
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By answering these questions, you can narrow down what types of roles you'd be interested in working towards
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and find the path to success.
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Number 5.
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Talk to industry experts.
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Once you've narrowed down a handful of careers, talk to industry experts and find out more about the job and industry as a whole.
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They will offer insight into the day-to-day practices, working hours, progression, and further opportunities,
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which will help you get a clearer understanding of that career.
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Number 6.
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Research the Job Market Besides talking to career experts, you should also research the job market
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and see whether there are opportunities in this field or whether it's a career that you'll struggle to secure.
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You also need to determine whether the role you are interested in has the potential for career progression.
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Otherwise, you will get bored working in the same position for years on end.
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Number 7.
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Discover Your Core Values Lastly, identify what your core values are
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use them to find a career
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that is fulfilling for you make a list of qualities
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that are important to you
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and identify companies who have the same core beliefs this will help you narrow down your search
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and discover industries that you would be a good match for as you can see it's not
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that difficult to find the right career
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when you have a good way of identifying your interests
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and strengths looking for more advice head over to careeraddict.com for additional opportunities
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 49 frases y 672 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:52. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 174 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 87 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
- discover /dɪˈskʌvə/ (verbo) — descubrir. To find or learn something for the first time.
- narrow /ˈnæɹəʊ/ (adjetivo) — estrecho, angosto. Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
- hobby /ˈhɑ.bi/ (sustantivo) — afición, hobby. An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.
- trait /tɹeɪt/ (sustantivo) — rasgo, característica. An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.
- progression /pɹəˈɡɹɛʃən/ (sustantivo) — progresión. The act of moving from one thing to another.
- belief /bɪˈliːf/ (sustantivo) — creencia. Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
- ideal /aɪˈdi(ə)l/ (adjetivo) — ideal, idóneo. Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea.
- passion /ˈpæʃən/ (sustantivo) — pasión. A true desire sustained or prolonged.
- desk /dɛsk/ (sustantivo) — escritorio, pupitre. A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a…
- skill /skɪl/ (sustantivo) — destreza, habilidad. A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.
- conclusion /kənˈkluːʒən/ (sustantivo) — conclusión, neta. The end, finish, close or last part of something.
- salary /ˈsæləɹi/ (sustantivo) — salario, sueldo. A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or…
- consideration /kənˌsɪd.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ (sustantivo) — consideración. The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).
- pursue /pɚˈsu/ (verbo) — perseguir. To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase.
- profession /pɹəˈfɛʃ.ən/ (sustantivo) — profesión, profesión de fe. A promise or vow made on entering a religious order.
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
- figure out (verbo) — averiguar, captar. To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
- check out (verbo) — investigar, chequear. To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
- do for (verbo) — hacer por. To doom; to bring about the demise of someone; to injure or harm someone.
- find out (verbo) — averiguar, anoticiarse. To discover, as by asking or investigating.
- get out of (verbo) — salirse de, ponerse fuera de. To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
- look at (verbo) — mirar, funar. To observe or watch.
- look for (verbo) — buscar, lambisquear. To seek.
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 9 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, don't, you'd. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: progression /pɹəˈɡɹɛʃən/, passion /ˈpæʃən/, conclusion /kənˈkluːʒən/, consideration /kənˌsɪd.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, profession /pɹəˈfɛʃ.ən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: consideration /kənˌsɪd.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, firefighter /ˈfaɪ.ɚˌfaɪ.tɚ/, introverted /ˈɪn.tɹəˌvɜːɹ.təd/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como discover, narrow, hobby.
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.