Walter Okpala: Good careers for the future 2

Walter Okpala: Good careers for the future 2: In my last post, I asked some questions which should be answered in order to prepare for a good career in the future. However, it will be g...

Good careers for the future 2

In my last post, I asked some questions which should be answered in order to prepare for a good career in the future. However, it will be good to firstly define what is meant by a good career. I understand that different people have different needs which when attended, gives them satisfaction. But, whatever our needs may be, there are fundamental ones that must be met. They are food, shelter, clothing, and utility bills and tax. 

     I included tax here because many people forget that one must pay tax. This is one of the barriers in financial planning of workers. For example, a worker on $100,000 salary per year should not have lifestyle of someone with $100,000 income, but a lifestyle that supports about $70,000. Other variables like shelter and clothing depend on the individual. In other words, one must determine what type of neighborhood he or she wants to live in and the types of clothes he will like to wear. In the same way, he should determine the type of car to ride. Also summing educational of children and their maintenance. 

     Through this simple arithmetic, one can estimate the minimum amount necessary to satisfy his or her needs. It is ironical that many people do not think about these factors while choosing their careers, but the should. With the exception medicine and allied courses which will always be in demand, one has to look for information about other majors before embarking on them in order not to suffer deception or depression after graduating. Think about this!      

  

Walter Okpala: Good careers for the future

Walter Okpala: Good careers for the future: What are the better careers for those preparing for the future? How are you preparing your children for their careers in the future? How ca...

Good careers for the future

What are the better careers for those preparing for the future? How are you preparing your children for their careers in the future? How can you predict that a certain career will be good in the future? How do you define a successful career? These and other questions will be dealt with in the coming posts. So, watch out!

Walter Okpala: Career plans for 2016

Walter Okpala: Career plans for 2016: I would like to ask you what your career plans are for 2016. What area of your career do you want to update? How do you intend to do that? ...

Career plans for 2016

I would like to ask you what your career plans are for 2016. What area of your career do you want to update? How do you intend to do that? Go for it and not leave it for next year. Do not postpone what you can do today to tomorrow! Investment in your career should always be at the top of your priorities since your personal success or wealth results from a successful career. Do not try to give reasons about the economy, family, lack of time, or financial situation. People who give reasons for not doing something are just procrastinating. Although you may feel comfortable with the justification, it does not solve your problem. Always look for something that will solve your problem and not something that makes comfortable, but keeps you in the same place or gives you the same result. You are the only one who can change your situation and nobody else! Once you realize this fact, you must take action and this is the right time for that.   

Walter Okpala: How you can make your skill marketable

Walter Okpala: How you can make your skill marketable: I have written some posts about the issue of marketable skills. I also gave some tips on how someone can make his skill marketable by takin...

How you can make your skill marketable

I have written some posts about the issue of marketable skills. I also gave some tips on how someone can make his skill marketable by taking additional courses or going for a different route completely. Those advice are valid if one wants to live on wage. How can one make his skill marketable when he does not have job and decided to fight for himself or herself? 

     Being an entrepreneur is a different story. One's success does not depend on the college major nor the skills acquired. The success of an entrepreneur depends on his or her ability to understand the need and provide solution for that need. The solution has to be provided in the form of a product or service that addresses the problem. Your level of success depends on how big the problem is and the subsequent solution. 

     However, your skill can be of help in providing solution if the skill is related to it. Let me use an example to clarify it. One of the least marketable skills is Religious Studies. However, a graduate of Religion can turn into a product and becomes successful as a result. This occurs when the individual can write books about the subject or can have a podcast about religion, or become a speaker on the subject, or prepare a documentary and sell it to major television channels like the one shown on History Channel.

     Therefore, another route to making your skills marketable is to turn it into a product or service and sell it to others. As a matter of fact, this concept is not limited to people with low marketable skills. Anyone can apply it. Think about it!      

    

Walter Okpala: Developing yourself

Walter Okpala: Developing yourself: Remember that self development is the best investment one can make!

Developing yourself

Remember that self development is the best investment one can make!