Learning Your Way to a New Career

Millions of people feel stuck in a rut every year and turn to education to get the job they want. But, as they say, knowing your destination is critical before you start your journey. This is particularly true with continuing education. Choosing the right degree program is highly dependent on what career you want to pursue.  

The first step in a career transition, using education as the doorway of opportunity, is to understand what careers are right for you. Often people today turn to career coaches who give them assessments to determine their strengths and weaknesses to identify the opportunities that best fit their character. But, this can cost thousands of dollars. Thankfully, there are online resources that can help you down a similar path. For example, eLearners.com, in cooperation with LiveCareer, offers a free career assessment Through this tool, you can:

1. Identify the best careers for you.
An assessment tells you what jobs are out there. The test allows you to uncover the tasks, experience, education and training needed for your next career move. It''s an essential tool to make tough career decisions and find careers you might not otherwise explore.

2. Focus your efforts.
There are 36,729 possible careers in North America and 284 academic majors; with so many choices it''s hard to know where to begin. That''s where a personal assessment can help by narrowing down your search. The eLearners assessment report displays both a graphical and text based interpretation of your results and gives you access to a wealth of career information.

3. Prevent costly career mistakes.
Pursuing unclear career objectives or stagnating in dead-end situations costs you money. By taking a career assessment you find the job that allows you to be productive, happy and self-confident.

In only 25 minutes, you can identify your highest and lowest career interests and receive a workplace fit analysis. This exercise can help you find a dream job, learn about your work personality and avoid costly career mistakes.

Once you have identified your destination, it makes it much simpler to find the right educational path to get you there. eLearners.com offers an extensive database of 2,000-plus online degrees, online colleges and online universities. Prospective students can search the database to find the program that matches their career assessment recommendations.

Finding the right job is a journey; it usually doesn''t happen overnight, but there are steps you can take to speed up the process. Figuring out your strengths and weaknesses is a great first step. If you feel like your career path has led you to a dead end and you''re ready for change, but not sure where to begin, click here. It''s a free test, but the answers could pay off for a lifetime.

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