PROCEED WITH CAUTION

BEFORE HEADING INTO THE REALY WORLD MANY TEENS TRY TO AVOID MAKING MISTAKES THAT COULD EVENTUALLY LEAD THEM INTO SOME PLACE THAT THEY DONT WANT TO BE IN LATER ON IN THEIR LIFE. AS LINDSEY POLLACK WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF GETTING FROM COLLEGE TO CAREER: 90 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU JOIN THE REAL WORLD SAYS "CAREER PLANNING CAN BE HARD. DONT MAKE IT HARDER BY GETTING IN YOUR OWN WAY. BE SURE TO TAKE THE SONG VIEW IN CONSIDERING CAREER CHOICES, AND AVOID MISTAKES THAT CAN PUT PRESSURE ON YOURSELF." THE CHOICES AND HOW YOU FACE SOME OF THESE THINGS CAN AFFECT WHAT YOU CHOSE NOW AND WHAT YOUR RESULTS WILL BE LATE ON IN YOUR LIFE.

1.) SAYING " i CANT"
SAYING I CANT BEFORE YOU DO SOMETHING OR EVEN TRYING SOMETHING ELSE MEANS THAT YOU ALREADY PUT YOURSELF OUT FOR FAILURE. IF YOU NEVER TRY SOMETHING THAT MAY SEEM TO IMPOSSIBLE, YOU NEVER WOULD KNOW WHAT YOU COULD GAIN OR EVEN SUCCEED AT IN REAL LIFE. JEFF ESPOSITO 26, WHO WENT TO A SCHOOL COUNCELOR ABOUT HAVING A CAREER IN SPORTS, AND THE COUNCELOR BASICALLY PUT HIM DOWN AND SAID HE WOULD NEVER DO IT. THEN HE TRIED IT AND IN THE END HE PERSUED HIS DREAM AND LANDED AN INTERNSHIP WITH THE BALTIMORE RAVES AND THEN LATER ON LANDED A JOB RUNNING THE PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMEN OF A MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM.

2.) GETTiNG DOLLAR SiGHNS iN YOUR EYES
WHEN MANY STUDENTS LOOK FOR A CAREER CHOICE, MANY TIMES THEY JUST LOOK AT THE MONEY AND NOT WHAT THEY REALLY WANT TO DO. MONEY SHOULD BE A FACTOR BUT NOT THE ONLY ONE. DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO REALLY AND NOT REALLY THINK SO MUCH BUT SOME ABOUT THE MONEY. THERE WAS A RECENT STUDY DONE BY THE CONFERENCE BOARD, A NEW YORK ORG. OF BUISNESS EXECUTIVES, FOUND THAT ONLY 14 % OF PEOPLE MAKING MORE THAN $50, 000 WERE "VERY SATISFIED" WITH THEIR JOBS. MANY PEOPLE DONT REALLY RELIZE THAT MAKING A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY SOMETIMES ISNT THE VERY BEST, BUT BEING TRULEY HAPPY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORK AND JUST ENJOYING WHAT YOU REALLY DO IS WHAT MATTERS.

3.) DOiNG WHAT YOUR PARENTS EXPECT-OR WHAT YOU THINK THEY EXPECT
MANY TIMES PEOPLE ONLY ASSUME ONLY WHAT THEIR PARENTS WANT OR EXPECT OUT OF THEM WHEN THEY AVOID WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. THE REALITY OF IT ALL IS IT IS YOUR LIFE, AND YOU KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU AND WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY. IF YOU DONT WANT TO DO WHAT YOUR PARENTS EXPECT YOU TO DO THEN JUST RESPECT THEIR OPPINION BUT FIRMLY STATE YOUR CASE THAT YOU WANT TO EXPLORE MORE OPTIONS OR TELL THEM WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

4.) ASSUMING A JOB WONT BE USEFUL IN BUILDING EXPERIENCE
MANY TIMES PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY HAVE TO CHOOSE A JOB THAT HAS TO DEAL WITH THEY WANT TO DO WITH WHAT THEY WANT TO ACHIEVE LATE ON IN LIFE. IF SOME ONE DOES OFFER YOU A JOB TAKING CARE OF ANIMALS AND YOU WANT TO WORK IN CONSTRUCTION WOULD YOU TAKE IT!? IT WOULD BE A LEARNING EXPERIENCE BECAUSE YOU WOULD LEARN MANY THINGS LIKE BEING UNDER SOMEONES SUPERVISION AND BEING ON TIME, WORKING HARD AND MANY OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. RANDY SIEGEL A CAREER DEVELOPMENT EXPERT IN ASHEVILLE N.C SAYS "BEING OPEN TO ALL WORK EXPERIENCES. AT THIS POING OF YOUR LIFE, YOU'LL LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT BY FIGURING OUT WHAT YOU WANT AND DONT WANT. TRIAL AND ERROR IS THE BEST TEACHER."

5.) GOiNG iT ALONE
WHEN STARTING A CAREER AND GOING INTO COLLEGE IT IS VERY GOOD TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT OF EITHER FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS, TEACHERS, COACHES OR EVEN ALL OF THEM. YOUR BEST SHOT WOULD BE TO GET HELP FROM A PROFESSIONAL OR A PROFSOR WHO KNOWS THE FIELD IN A DIFFERENT PERSPECTICE AND THAT IS YOUR BEST SHOT IN BEING REALLY SURE IN WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AND MAJOR IN.