Career Certainty

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It's perfectly fine to not be sure about where your career is headed or what you want to do in your twenties, and this is due to a variety of reasons. Firstly, your first corporate or work experience will not seal your fate for the future because you're just starting to explore what it's like to work. You will learn your strengths and skills over time and what you do over the next 25 to 30 years may be completely different.

Secondly, you can spend this time learning about the various phenomena of organizations and understand things like empathy, collaboration, networking, amongst technical skills. Work on your hard skills initially that will help you apply for different jobs, and once you're in, shift towards building soft skills too - balance between working independently and collaborating. Dive deeper into research and understand the 'why' of things while also produce high quality work in a short time while meeting deadlines. Start mentoring, volunteering, and taking on more than what is expected. One way to develop yourself is by investing time and effort to develop others. As you grow, build strong connections while also working out loud by making your work visible.

Develop your Q's - EQ (emotional quotient), SQ (social quotient), OQ (open quotient), and IQ of course. Understand the basic elements of others' emotions, appreciate how emotions influence social interactions, see what actions you can take to improve harmony and productivity via teamwork, resolve conflicts effectively, be a leader.

Gaining this understanding of psychological aspects and human dynamics, especially at work, will allow you to be more effective and satisfied.