Have you chosen your career based on your strengths?

Hi,actually i am really bored with the field(biotechnology) i have chosen,i am trying to develop interest but fail many times..the field itself is not boring but i feel that i cannot give best in that because i am not happy studying that and happiness is what matters to me a lot...

no, my career has been thrust upon me rather than take into consideration my aptitude and strength. Academically, my interest always lay in history and English…I wanted to pursue these in higher studies but my parents thought that pursuing science would be better so I pursued science in college. Thereafter, my mother who was a secretary herself, got me inducted to a secretarial course in the hope that it would better my chances of a good job. Well, nothing of that sort happened either…I am working but not as a scientist nor a secretary but rather as an office assistant, doing all and sundry work for everybody around me.

I think I have totally wrecked my life for choosing a wrong discipline of studies in college. I end up in multiple jobs from being an executive secretary, lecturer and finally a business lady. My personal best did not shine on all the jobs that I held. I was confused and unsure what I wanted when I was in my prime age. I discovered that I have a penchant for cooking/baking and writing. I could have ended up being a chef if my parents were not adamant in wanting me to have a noble and respectable career. My dad was an auditor in the Government and he insisted that I become an accountant or a lawyer but non of these careers strike the right code with me. I did have my own restaurant running for a few years but decided to quit to take over this present business from my dad who has gone to eternal rest. Well, am quite happy running this pub because I have a flair aptitude in public relations. But my passion for cooking and baking still hold strong in me but now I cannot fully practice my inborn talents and only satisfy myself writing it out in blog all the delicious cakes that I love and sharing it to the world outside.

I am a self employed design consultant (SOHO) and I took this choice based on my own aptitude and strengths (and weaknesses too!). I am quite satisfied with my career. But it looks my customers are bored with me and are looking for a desperate change and are yearning that things change some day dealing with me!!

I believe that you must not rely on your strengths alone. For me, i would love to have a job where i enjoy, the one that won't bore me. In that way, I would be able to work without regrets and worries.

Hello Kalav56, I have to say yes, I did choose my career based on my strenghts. I chose a career in education because I have alway being an energetic positve responder the young children. I enjoy motivating them with entertaining and creative ways to learn. I have to say that I really enjoy my job an elementary school teacher. I am presently working on my master degree in education. I do have other strengths such as canvas painting. I never purchase art for my home because of this talents, but I enjoy teaching more than I enjoy painting.

I have chosen a career based on my strengths but i face failures in the middle.I always think of solutions to overcome it.Now i am doing studies and job at the same time.I want to do both equally well as i can move ahead in life fast.I too have taken writing as a profession there are times my work is rejected but the main thing is not to give up,we must try hard till we succeed.

I have had a love of writing since I was a child and was determined to pursue my passion with a degree in journalism until we moved from Italy to Australia and I had to learn English and a brand new way of life. As the years passed I put my passions on the back burner and wasted a lot of time in jobs I did not enjoy until I became a stay at home mother and after five years at home it was time to work again; it was then that I decided to finally do what I dreamed and did a course in freelance journalism and had a few pieces published here and there. Aside from my loved ones there are two things I love in this life and they are writing/reading and animals; careers in either field would mean utilising my best points. I am still writing, the money is not great but I feel a lot more satisfied than ever before.

Hi Kala It is a great post. Well it was a deliberate action on my part to chose accounting as my career because i knew that medicine was not my cup of tea as the very thought of blood and injury make me feel nauseated. I am glad that i had done remarkably well in whatever i had chosen.I always topped the university and accounting subjects were just my passion and i found them very interesting.After i graduated from my college my family supported me and i enrolled myself for professional degree of C.A.and completed it. Before marriage i worked as an accounts officer in a real estate company and i was given the best employee award for three years.I just loved my job.My interests became my strength and on professional front i became very confident and strong . After marriage i had to take up a job and my previous employer arranged for me the job i am doing .I got highest increments during my very first year.I am more than happy that professionally i have achieved so much love,respect and encouragement.

For me, my friend. I would choose a career base on my strength because will be productive enough. I don't want to try something that is really don't know about. I to perform a jobs that is actually base on my knowledge... have a great day! http://adf.ly/NiB

My career path is not what i have studied in college. It was completely different from the course i have taken but there's no regret, i am happy with what i do now. I applied to a government agency just to satisfy my mother and because i was also already discouraged applying in the offices where i thought my educational qualification is best suited. Little did i know that i'll find my niche here. I did not even recognize the strength that emanated within me but my superiors noticed the potential. And it is in this career that i met my husband. We have the same way of running an office, the same principles, we have the same wavelength and we have the same concern for the present financial situation of our company. We may be facing difficulties in our careers now due to global crisis and we are not even at that retireable age yet to safe we are safe, but the fact that both of us have our demanding and challenging careers thrusted upon us and at the same time being trusted with the responsibilities, we hope the strength that lies within us contribute something for the good of the company and the people that we work for.

Hi kalav, I chose my career based on my interest and skills, and I am quite happy with what I have accomplished. But I know that there is still a room for improvement and that life is a continuous learning, and as such I take advantage of every opportunity that will add to my knowledge and enhance my skills. My discovery of myLot has made me rekindle my passion for writing, something I thought I've lost and has gone forever. It's like I'm at square one again, but it's okay because I like the view right here at the starting point. Have a good day!

actually i choose my career base on my needs lol... my job right now is not related to my course.. but they offer me bigger salary than ordinary employee so its alright with me. i was just thinking that my course will just serve as my ladder for success.. what matter is i am contented and happy with my new job.

The most important thing to choose a career is start from something you enjoy doing. You are a graduate of economics majoring in accounting,but you don`t like working with numbers so don`t force yourself!I don`t like working behind the desk all the time that`s why i don`t work as a secretary:)I am a sociology graduate and i have been an English teacher for almost 6 years..Of course,i still want to teach social science in schools but so far i always get projects as English teacher so enjoy it!I meet lots of people from different background as i teach in different places (mostly offices)so you`ll know how to handle people,solve problems at work..I enjoy it and i still keep on learning to improve my skills as well.. Secondly,choose a career when you can develop your skill..of course you don`t want to get stuck,right?If you can enjoy what you do and you feel comfortable and motivated to develop yourself,then it`s perfect

The carrer I chose when I finished school was not really me (I realize that now). Though I was always interested in psychology and kids...I didn't think of it as a career option while I was growing up. This, despite the fact that I took an aptitude test in high school! Not that it was of much help because the result of the test was that I could be any career I chose except anything to do with mechanical field. Coming from a family of engineers and being relatively good at Math, I followed in the same line. I wasn't bad at what I did...but I now realize that wasn't what I REALLY was...if you know what I mean. Now, that I am with little children, it feels like I am home and this is what I CAN do. I'm satisfied and happy. I don't want to make the same mistake for my children. Though the older one is academically bright, I can see that his inherent strength is in music and drawing...and I am giving him full encouragement to take either one up as a career. The younger one is too young for me to decide now...but I can see he is interested in music and sports.

I think it is career that I wanted to have. But may be I am not at all that successful as I wanted to be. I wanted to be in field of IT. I have done my Engineering and have joined IT.

No, I'm helping people clean and that is my worst ability! I'm also house sitting and starting a truck once a week, a standard. Had to learn how to start a standard, so not even knowledgeable in that area.

I chose my career based on being hired by the first legitimate company that offered me a job, but through that process I discovered strengths and interests that I did not know I had, wish I had discovered a long time ago before my health got to where it is now. I do now do some work that I can say I am passionate about, but I am not physically able to do as much as I want to.

I have chosen as my graduation point as I was good in maths and bio both.Luck had it actually as I did not had enough marks to get a breakthrough in medical career.Have a good day

When I was still a student,I thought i can rely on my strength,because I did believe that to use my strength in work will make people and myself see how well I could perform my task. But things was just totally different after I got to work since years ago,you can not only rely on what you have learnt,it is not practical,as you got to find a career that you finally find the most interesting and suitable for you. So,now,I am not an English teacher.Instead,I am a sale.