Therapist explains how to choose a career
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In this video, I explain the four things career counselors/psychologists assess for when helping you decide on a career, the different theories of career development, and what I wish I'd known before picking a career.
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
2:18 Four questions that career counselors ask themselves
7:36 Theories of career development
12:48 My own career advice
Intro music: Church of 8 Wheels by Otis McDonald
Outro music: Lensko Let’s Go
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Examples of how career assessments work:
1. Personality assessment:
Big 5: bigfive-test.com/
MBTI: www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test
2. Interest inventories:
Holland test: openpsychometrics.org/tests/RIASEC/
Another Holland test: www.truity.com/test/holland-code-career-test
3. Skills test: nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/discover-your-skills-and-careers/
4. Values assessment: www.psychologytoday.com/us/tests/personality/values-profile
Also, I’m kind of annoyed that I forgot to do a conclusion section in the video, so I’ll do that here:
- During career assessment, it’s important to ask yourself the following: What are my personality traits, and what are compatible vocations? What are my interests? What are my skills? What are my values, and what are vocations with compatible values?
- Theories of career development usually emphasize either the life stages that influence your career or your personalty traits. Developmental theories start out through exploration, then making a decision, honing in on that career, and eventually putting it behind you. Trait-factor theories focus on goodness of fit between your personality traits and the traits required by certain vocations.
- I would argue that learning is a lifelong, continuous, and non-linear process. You don’t have to limit yourself to one thing. It’s okay to pivot to something else.
- Don’t choose a career based on what you DON’T want to do-rather, choose, based on what energizes and excites you, the thing you would like to do even past the age of 65. You shouldn’t spend your last few decades on this earth letting your mind disintegrate from disuse; if you can find something you truly love, then keep doing it every single day.
my personality is split im autistic with add and also lysdexic.
Wow these assessments uncovered so much for me, thank you for these resources they’ve helped me a lot!
I am 67 years old and just about to retire. When i was a kid i was bullied at school and when i came home it was my mother's turn. To escape, i used to go to the local public library and would read books about heroes. I remember at 7 years old I wanted to be a Librarian. When i left school, i got another job and stayed there for 10 years, so scared of the boss. An encounter with a psychologist led me to go to university and eventually a M.A. in Librarianship. I have been a librarian for almost 30 years and it feels like a job i was meant to do. For mine, i think the career chooses you. Thank you, enjoyed the video
I wanted to do that as well, but apparently it’s not considered a stable job anymore like it used to be. And a lot of libraries are closing it seems… unless I’m wrong…
I wish I could work in a library
wow
Saying this as someone who almost has her master’s in I/O psych - While it’s great if someone can have a job that’s their passion, it’s important to recognize that people can also have fulfilling lives that involve a more traditional/stable career along with time to keep hobbies.
1 - Sometimes turning a hobby into work can be more stressful than a person can tolerate
2 - People can still find engagement and satisfaction in jobs that are not their “passions.” Even in a typical office job, someone can fulfill the three psychological needs from Self-Determination Theory, autonomy, belongingness, and competence. People can utilize meaning-making to focus on the meaningful aspects of their work
3 - Many people simply do not have the financial risk capacity to pursue a more risky career
So from a holistic perspective, people can still find meaning and satisfaction within their career while making time for their passions as hobbies. It’s perfectly okay if you’re working an office job - I am!
I completely agree. Law isn't my main passion, but I am very intent on becoming a barrister. I feel I can throw myself into it and it offers plenty of security as I can always pursue legal advisory, secretary work, or teaching/lecturing if my clientele list ever does dry up.
My main passion is art and film. But these things are at present unaffordable to me and sound so exhausting to work on full-time. I don't have the creative energy nor stamina to keep generating when tired, so income would end up sporadic at best. One needs a degree to teach and overall, pursuing the law degree is far more lucrative as it presents more opportunities than just practicing or teaching law, when creating or teaching art is basically all an art degree would allow me to do.
Yup, work to live, not the other way around.
The hard part for me taking career assessments it that I seem to morph my answers to whatever jobs I'm thinking I should do at the time. Like when I was in college, I took a career exploration class and I fooled myself into thinking I could be an engineer or a nurse because those were two high paying options that were constantly thrown around in my life at the time. I ended up switching majors constantly and ended up with a business degree that I still have yet to be able to use and now I'm back here trying to figure a career again.
For me, it's hard because the only subject I explored as a kid and teen was art, I thought that was what I was going to do...then I found out I don't like people telling me what to draw and that I don't want my art hobby to be my job.
But I always still get art related suggestions because that's all I really know
Choose the highest paying one that you are smart enough to do. Get fulfillment from your hoby
@@iMiilk182agreed! I don’t think it’s realistic that everyone can turn their hobbies into career. Sometimes just choose the career based on more realistic factors
You just described my life, and now I don’t know where i want to go anymore. I always always answer accordingly to my current ideas, even without doing it on purpose…
Pick a career that does at least two of the three:
1. It's easy
2. Makes a lot of money
3. You're passionate about it
People actually need a certain amount of challenge in their work to feel satisfied. An easy job can lead to boredom, lack of growth, etc
@@nattie911 bump this. Easy jobs make me want to blow my head, you really get personal with Time.
@@nattie911 Yup. Choosing law precisely because of the challenge. I already have social media and secretarial qualifications but I find that kind of work mind-numbing.
replace it's easy with it's satisfying and you're all set
days don't pass fast enough with easy/boring jobs @@nattie911
For me, it's hard because the only subject I explored as a kid and teen was art, I thought that was what I was going to do...then I found out I don't like people telling me what to draw and that I don't want my art hobby to be my job.
But I always still get art related suggestions because that's all I really know
I’m in the same boat. I thought going into a creative field would be good because I like drawing. But after going to school for design I feel like it just became stressful and I also feel like my degree is basically useless. I lose my passion when everything has to be done a certain way or the correct way and what I need to do is very vague.
But these career tests always give me art because I’ve always told myself that’s what I’m interested in and never was interested by anything else.
Maybe if drawing the types of things I like to draw could actually earn me money then things would be different. But that requires being an entrepreneur which makes me extremely stressed.
same! in my situation though, people tend to push the idea on me far more than i ever expressed interest in doing art as a job, because they think im good, completely disregarding that i think itd be miserable to make a hobby a job. So when looking at other options for jobs... it almost feels like arts the only chance of making anything, because its the only thing anyone has said im good at! wild
Have you tried looking at general roles in the creative sector? Being a part of the overall cause might be fulfilling! At least, that's how I'm framing things
I think not believing in retirement is a dangerous idea for some. Most of my life, both my parents were workaholics, and when they got home they were either too tired or too angry to engage with their children in a loving way. Once they retired, though, it's like we got new parents who are much kinder, who listen more, parents we needed as a child, and it's been so healing. Please, some people NEED retirement.
I've been in the workforce for about 14 years now. In that time, I've done a wide variety of jobs, from retail, to sales, management, even broadcasting. Went to school initially for Radio Broadcast because I wanted to do voiceover. There have only been two constants between each job: 1) Even if was something I used to like doing and I took the opportunity to do if for work, I almost immediately began to loathe it. Not dislike, LOATHE. 2) My satisfaction with the work was tied directly to the money I was making and the security it provided. My goal always has been and always will be to retire as soon as possible because being a productive member of society is not how I want to live my life.
Is voiceover that bad? :(
For the MBTI job test, I would always lie, I’m really in INFP but I know they’re not usually looking for the stuff I I am, so I do often make myself more extroverted, and seem better for the job
im also a bisexual infp who would consider myself a silly goose :)
@@g4uzysame let’s go goofy gay goose gang
This video comes at such a good time. Dealing with depression for such a long time has made choosing a career because I no longer know what I like and don't like. I have very interests but my interest in them is so fleeting that I'm not sure they would be viable to choose for a career. Might have to get in contact with a career counsellor. Great video!!
What would you say to someone who chose a career based off of what they were passionate about, but then the career made them lose their passion?
Find out what causes YOU the most problems in that career - what zaps your energy? Tasks, processes, people... Then brain storm, explore and create solutions to those problems... then teach/coach others about your solutions. You will discover a new passion about your old passion and help others along the way. Remember to track this journey! You will be amazed at what you learn about yourself along the way.
Ana, I love your content! I'm autistic and have a very hard time making friends, but i feel like you're my Internet older sister: always bringing up something interesting and giving good advice ❤
A great example of values conflicting with potential jobs. When i was a teen the most common things i was told i should look into by counselors were law and psychology. Because i supposedly at the time had good aptitude for those fields.
I upon thinking on it in my late teens decided not to because both deeply conflicted with my value systems.
Specifically decided against the mental health field because of a personal revulsion towards mandatory reporting and involuntary hospitalization of people who aren't active threats to OTHERS.
The idea of someone being held against their will when no crime has been committed has always seemed extremely morally wrong to me. Having seen many who have had lifelong traumas and a loss of ability to trust therapists ever again, thus never getting help they need as a result of such incidents later in life, ive never had regrets despite my deep interest in the subject. It's always wild to me how people can have the deep arrogance to assume they know what is better for a person than themselves.
Thank you so much for this video, Ana, it's come at such a good time for me. I'm 17, just out of high school, and I'm dealing with all these difficult questions at once. I've been thinking about my career options for a few years now. It's not a short, one-size-fits-all answer. But it's reassuring to know that I'm on the right track. I've received a few rejection letters so far, but I remain optimistic.
(Thanks again for all the videos. And I apologise for any spelling mistakes, English is not my first language)
ok... so you just explained to me why i'm struggling so much with choosing a career... i never had deep interests, i never wanted to be anything, self awareness in my family was considered evil, i don't believe that i can learn or improve my knowledge (beliefs aren't facts and can be changed, but i keep getting demoted because i'm unable to improve my knowledge and skill set). i have a lot of work experience, the things that i'm good at, i loathe because it's very basic and the things that seem somewhat interesting i can't grasp the knowledge. i'm unsure if the best route is to get a career coach, a life coach or a therapist who specializes in career. who would make more sense?
holy shit we have the same problem, idk what to do abt this at all either
I liked your summaries of the theories of career development. I'm a mid-30s grad student, so it sometimes feels like I'm arriving late to my career. It's reassuring to take a broader view, and I think I'll have the best impact in the field that I've crystallized on. Thanks for your great videos!
What are you doing a degree on?
@@JessieArt I'm studying music composition, specifically film scoring. It's a really fun field!
Ana, thank you so much for this! I went through a really horrible layoff in July (needed a career change anyway) but apart from taking care of my mental health, I’ve been seriously stuck on what else I can do. This video comes at a perfect time and I’ll be checking out that book on Ikigai for sure ❤
I'm sorry to hear that!! It's a tough economy right now but you got this 💪
Hey ana I remember discovering your channel when you were still a student, happy to see the Dr. in your name now! Cheers
Best video out here! Thanks!
Excellent explaination and presentation. You are a great guide as I am so happen to be near a major crossroad in life.
I was waiting so much for this topic! Thank you Anna I love your channel!
Thank you for your patience :)
🥰@@AnaPsychology
thank you Dr. Ana, I always learn something from your videos and this came at a great time for me :)
I will never work a career. I work to make money. I am not married to work. I was not born onto this earth to work. I will never love to work. Anyone who does and has that much focus on what they do has no life outside of their work.
I'm 41 and have been with the same company for 13 years. I am frustrated because I feel pigeonholed from the choices I made in my 20s. I started out in stereotypical admin work and I have a hard time getting taken seriously doing anything else.
I'm still interested in your book though.
Hi Ana, I'm so happy to hear you'll be publishing another book!!! Above all because I'll have acess to through the ebook!!! I was so sad when the jornal wasn't available as an ebook, because buying books in the US to ship to Brazil is very expensive, is there any chance you might release the ebook of the jornal?
This is such a good overview! I really liked what you had to say about the MBTI. I think it's really overused, and I've definitely seen the discrimination against the introverted trait. I also love and agree with your vision of a career as something that is constantly evolving--it doesn't have to be a linear path. And the advice about not choosing based on fear is fantastic advice.
Does adhd affect this entire growth process? I still don’t know what I like anymore. Is it the depression? I thought I wanted one thing and I didn’t think it out well enough as I thought and I feel trapped because I have a degree completely unrelated to the field I now wanna go into pharmaceutical related science. I don’t know what to do and I don’t wanna waste more money on school 😭
what did you pursue?
i kind of relate to you in terms of i cant figure out if i have depression or not and that is why i am overthinking so much
Just found you somehow in my algorithm and I feel you can be very helpful. You look so young and a doctor already?! Woah. I wish i knew what i wanted when i was younger.. now I’m 34 but still searching. I don’t like a lot of tests too becausei feel like they are easy to manipulate. i tested as a INFJ while working with a career counselor. I thought i was an extrovert but maybe it’s a skill i had to learn since a child as the oldest in my asian family. I didn’t go too far with her though. Life has been rough and i have too much indecision.
What do you do for a living right now? How do you get by? Im 17 and it helps hearing what other people are doing
SD story, so my grandpa worked Edison in middle management and built up the resources to retire only to find out after retirement that he had lung cancer. He died at 57.
Ur eyeliner is on point btw
You have a great video here. I hope everyone will watch it. Thank you for the good information and advice.
A video about addiction would be a good topic to see you cover!
@@dead79134 from someone who has experienced addiction. It hurts me to read this but I honestly hope everything is going well with you. Don’t let certain ideas take over, recognize and reflect
Neat, helpful as per usual.
I am so thankful many people like myself to be able to pursue our career. Cant imagine being sorted or shuffled to a pre-determined career.
Excellent video .very helpful ..much grattitude 🎉❤
Where's criminality on there? That's a career too, and often some people seem to have a personality best suited for a life of crime.
Edgy
lmao
Can relate
LMAO I'm guessing to have a successful criminal career you need to be high in Conscientiousness and low in Neuroticism
@@nairb2173 opposite way around
This was helpful, thank you. 😊
Thank u Dr Ana!
I feel like I'm behind quite a bit at 25. I didn't have many people pushing me to choose school and I ended up just going straight into the work force at 17 and been there since. I'm trying not to shame myself for it but it's hard.
What field do you work in?im 17 and hearing what others do really helps.
Such a helpful video!
This video made me want to actually take charge of my life! Thank you
I wish there was a way to know what each career entails so we know what we sign up for 😅
Thanks Ana
Great Video Doc!
Do you edit them yourself?
Im 40 and think of where things are going. Im open to changing direction alot since i am unbound.
It will be interesting to see and hear how this can help me fond clarity.
And i get that doesn’t really say much about if its even plausible, or achievable if i were to find a “i want”
In general my upbringing did a lot to discourage that kind of thinking.
🤷♀️ maybe ill get a redo
Hi, Dr Ana!!! I just want to say i’ve been watching you for a little over a year now and have appreciated your videos immensely. It has helped me implement some of your content to my life, and now I’m wondering if you could possibly make a video on something akin to New Year Resolutions or about disciple. I also want to wish you a Happy Holiday and Happy New year 🎉❤
Hi Dr. Ana! Will “A Season of Life” be available in a digital format?
i've been having an identity crisis in the last couple of months so this is the perfect timing lol
I'll buy all 3 books of yours soon! 🦇🖤
Thank you so much❤
I wanted to talk about environment as well because I am an architecture student and I wanted to be an architect but mostly the environment is quite toxic and there is always late night shift etc. Thats why I am not sure if I choose the right career for me and it is stressing me out what if I find an arhitecture job and I am not suitable for the environment. I don't know...
Can you do a video on how to learn more psychology on my own?
Good Video,I Like The"i dont Believe in Retirement" Ana Also you're Prettyyy
What would you have liked to do if you didn’t pursue your current career?
I kinda think the idea of trying to find your passion is not exactly ideal when choosing a career.
Where was this five years ago when I started college 😭
At 15:18 I appreciated your insight on choosing your career, would you say that there is a career that is like being a therapist with less public speaking? Just wondering!
writing?
Hi Dr Ana. Please make a video about hiw to deal with executive dysfunction, i am suffering 😔💔
I'm not passionate about anything. I'm a truck driver, how do you find fulfillment in something you already do?
There is a life outside career. You can find passion in other aspects of your life.
I don't see the test/assessment. Can you please send that again? Thanks!
Helpful
Seems my personality is best suited to underwater basket weaving 😊. Wish me well guys! 😃
LMAOO what
yooo 😂
13:10 My job at present is definitely not something i would do as long as i can
There it is😏 i can feel something stirring.
This topic is… painful… i think that days it well.
Could you leave the links?
Hot take, i dont like the popping noise
Its too loud lol
Doc it looks like your lens is smudged???
I might be misinterpreting but I think what you said about retirement is strangely narrow minded, and sounded a bit self-aggrandizing. I recommend you talk to more retirees about what they do and how they use their energy.
1:00 wow your new journal looks amazing! I wish I was handed something like this at birth from the nurse who delivered me 😂 would've saved years of bad decisions and having to figure this stuff out on my own
So looking T tge charts you have, they don't really include trades.
the first link doesnt work
Hey Ana...Great content...what do you think about kapil gupta md
she can fix me
ANAAAAA!
Damn this is heavy stuff, its like a months worth of homework. If you still have a 9-5 to tend
Hey Ana! What is your nationality?
My child is very interested in the music programs and classes at their school. As their parent, I am concerned that they will struggle to find employment, or that later in life they may have difficulty with low income and benefits, if they pursue a career in music performance or teaching music. Since music is their passion, I want to encourage their involvement in music. However, I also know what it is like to struggle with finding a job, even when you have a college degree that you are passionate about. I am afraid that later in life they will regret their career choice, and I will regret not preparing them for the harsh reality that good pay and benefits might not be possible in a career in music. My child does well in school, in all subjects, so I believe that they are not constrained by ability, but rather instead by interest. Can you provide advice for this specific situation?
as a child myself (the oldest one as well) i think it would be best to just have an honest conversation about it, maybe create a backup plan in case the dream career turns out to be unachievable
make your child have a strategy if music is something they want to pursue, then what steps are they taking to be successful in the music industry?
also promote the idea of a plan b, make sure they stay adaptable to reality so their well-being doesn’t depend on one life path only
I'm kinda in the same boat as your child except I'm having those concerns for myself. Glad I'm not alone
(Disclaimer: Not native speaker)
Hey ana!
Really love your videos :)
I love how you are really diligent on your research and it really gives me a feeling of trustworthiness. I really value all the work you put into researching for each video, going beyond your academics and learning about something new for every video!
However, i am not a therapist what so ever so sometimes it is a bit hard for me to filter out the information, summarize it, understand everything and most importantly, figuring out how I can apply it to my own life.
I think maybe would be better an approach more like “teaching” us something that you learned and rechearched and citing the recheares on the description for those interested instead of informing us about the research that exists. In that particular aspect, i think the way dr K from healtygamerGG organizes his videos are a bit better easier to understand. At least to me of course!
I try to say this in a constructive way, as I really like your content and would like to get the most out of it!! But this is just my experience and maybe I am missing something here.
Thank you once again for your effort and continue the great job!
I remember when you werent a doc yet
🤔
YES! retirement is bullshit
✅ good video
I wonder if she is an INFJ ?
She certainly fits the bill for an INFJ
Or an INTJ @@tracyloooo
The smartest thing that should be on everyone's mind right now should be to invest in different streams of income that are not dependent on the government. Especially with the current economic crisis around the world. This is still a good time to invest in gold, silver, and digital currencies (BTC ETH...).
Completely irrelevant but you are so beautiful
I'd say it's pretty relevant
you're so beautiful
So dum, mbti is dum. It's about goals not personality. But I guess if you have no goals then maybe it is personality. Either way mbti is dum. Big 5 FTW
meme science, glorified astrology
Why do you think its okay to give people false hopes? Optimism is a deluded ideology
Can you explain how to choose between being childfree and having children. So many women around me, including myself, are having trouble deciding and the clock is ticking 🥲
If you're not sure, childfree is awesome! IMO, kids should be wanted and if you're not passionate about it and it hasn't happened by accident, then I wouldn't bother. That's just me though. I hear almost every parent I know talk about how it was harder than they expected. I don't hear too many of my childfree friends regretting it.
If you're not 100% certain on wanting kids, you're better off not having them. It's better to regret not having kids than to regret having them and passing that resentment onto your children.
Do you have Instagram