4 Career Ideas for the Newbies of the Working World

I’ve been there. I was there. I might even still be there.

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Our careers are a scary subject. Gone are the days of structured, guided classroom lessons. Say goodbye to someone helping you with your homework. Wave farewell to your teachers holding you to account.

You are on your own. You’ve entered the big wide world of work.

It can be totally overwhelming to enter the world of work. 4 years ago I was doing just that and I had absolutely no clue what I was doing. Zero. No one tells us what to expect on day one, no rules on how to conduct yourself and nobody advising what are the funny interesting things to say and what might come off as a little bit stupid. As I learnt the hard way. Some people might say they don’t need that guidance, it’s just about being a human being and being yourself… and it is but I definitely could have used some help.

Fast forward 4 years later and I’ve found a job I enjoy, one that works for me. To get here though, was a right slog.

I am a firm believer that the first 5–7 years of your working life should be spent testing the waters if you don’t know what you want to do with your life. The upside of doing it now, rather than later is expotential:

1. No little feet to look after — You likely have no kids to…