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Crack the Code to Career Success: Expert Tips Revealed!
Expert Tips Revealed!
What are the main drivers for choosing a career?
- Interests
- Aptitude
- Personality
Interest should be the main driver for your career direction. Once you have thoroughly evaluated your interests check that they are supported by your aptitude and personality, all of these are measurable.
University or vocational training
There is a trend towards shorter skills-based learning in careers that are dynamic and rapidly developing. These are careers that offer exciting opportunities in worldwide in-demand jobs.
Considerations
- Affordability
- Access, onsite or virtual
- Flexibility
- Duration
- Relevance to your career choice
Not everybody can or should go to university, 75% of students enrolling at higher education institutions do not complete their studies and 10% are unemployed.
The vocational training landscape provides a variety of exciting career opportunities, especially in the IT/digital world which continuously evolve. These are worldwide opportunities well suited to the idea of lifelong learning. Start a hobby and build a career. Remember the key to success is 10 000 hours. Great innovators Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg did not complete their university studies.
In-demand jobs
Check out job sites and get a sense of what companies are looking for. Below are headlines currently in the media;
- “South Africa has a skills shortage of around 77 000 digital skills jobs and currently outsources 300 000 tech jobs to overseas workers”.
- “The UK badly needs to fix its digital skills gap”.
- “Australian digital skills gap approaches catastrophic levels”.
- “There are 3,2m Cyber Security open positions in the world”.
All the above opportunities can be accessed remotely/virtually, increasing the scale of the opportunity. You could be working for a company in the UK from South Africa.
Don’t delay, join the in-demand world of tech jobs, or become a tech entrepreneur!