What to work if you don't know what you want? Choice of profession. Business Ideas

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

Quite often, after graduating from a university or a secondary specialized institution, young people face a dilemma: who to work with if you don’t know what you want? The speci alty indicated in the diploma is far from always the ultimate dream or was completely chosen by chance. Let's try to find out in this article how to find an occupation to your liking and abilities that will bring a decent income.

The most demanded and highly paid professions in Russia

It is quite logical to start by clarifying the question: what kind of specialists does the Russian labor market need today? According to official data from the Ministry of Labor, the leaders in the list of professions with the highest salaries are such romantic speci alties as the captain of an ocean ship (with a monthly salary of about half a million rubles) and an aircraft commander (about 360,000 rubles). The third place belongs to the chief technologists in the field of gold mining, their income is about 320 thousand rubles.

In addition, professions are in the top ten highest salaries:

• coaches of hockey teams - about 300thousand;
• heads of construction sites - about 250 thousand;
• dentists and risk managers – up to 200 thousand;
• electrical engineers - about 195 thousand;
• IT specialists – up to 190 thousand;
• pilots – 180 thousand rubles.

Top Ten Needed Jobs

The most demanded and highly paid professions in Russia are not always the same thing. We have already de alt with salaries a bit, now let's look at who employers are most in dire need of today.

First of all, "working hands and minds" are waiting for the field of information technology, the need for specialists here is extremely high, whether they are system administrators, programmers, web programmers, etc. The IT field is developing more and more every day, consequently, demand is growing.

Russia badly needs design engineers, architects and designers. Unfortunately, technical speci alties are not very popular among university applicants due to the more complex learning process compared to the popular economic and financial areas. Higher education institutions lure students into these speci alties with low passing scores.

The shortage of teaching staff is becoming more and more acute every day. The lack of qualified teachers is explained by low salaries. Experienced teachers eventually go on a well-deserved rest, and young specialists do not come in the right numbers, because they cannot provide a normal standard of living on a teacher's salary.

As it turned out, the legal sector also suffers from a shortage of specialists. It would seem that for the last 20 years, young people have only been studying to become lawyers and economists, but the lack of serious experience gained over the years creates a shortage in this profession.

Another public sector that lacks "hands" is medicine. Here the problem is the same as for teachers - wages, or rather, their small size. Especially there is a lack of "narrow" specialists in the medical field: nutritionists, speech therapists, ophthalmologists, otolaryngologists.

Next Five

If the previous list did not help in answering the question "who to work if you don't know what you want", you should pay attention to the second half in the top ten most demanded professions in the domestic space.

We live in an age of advertising that haunts us everywhere: on radio, television, the Internet and even on the streets - in the form of banners, leaflet distributors, etc. The oversaturation of the market with goods and services has created a need for competent marketers who can monitor it and make a forecast for the required product or service today.

Also on the list of in-demand professions are HR specialists involved in the selection of qualified personnel, testing and concluding contracts with them.

Regardless of the time, the country has always needed professional workers. Qualified machinists, mechanics, electricians, a welder with a high level, extensive experience and an arsenal of skills and abilities are constantly in demand.

Modern girls and women always wantlook good and take good care of yourself. This trend has led to the growth of beauty salons throughout the country, and, accordingly, the need for specialists in this industry.

But the profession of an ecologist has become relevant in Russia and around the world due to the steadily deteriorating environmental situation.

Gender division

It has long been much easier for a man to find a job than a woman. This is due to the difference in strength and endurance. Professions accompanied by hard physical labor are not suitable for the beautiful half. Of course, there are ladies who have made successful careers in construction, raw material extraction, automotive manufacturing, but in the general mass - this is a drop in the ocean.

When asked "what should a girl work with?" professions of a secretary, a salesman, a hairdresser immediately come to mind. Of course, because it is for them that truly feminine skills are needed: stress resistance, sociability, the desire for cleanliness and order. But the developed technical process lured some of the ladies into the IT-sphere, which, in addition to being in demand, implies the perseverance and attentiveness inherent in just women.

The next most popular industries in the women's "My Future Profession" ranking are: medicine, PR, psychology, marketing, ecology, chemistry, service and nanotechnology.

The right choice

When you ask a small child what he wants to become, you often hear in response: “I will work like a mom (dad) - a driver, a doctor, a teacher”, etc. If you ask the samequestion to high school students, they most often shrug their shoulders in response. True, who to work with if you don’t know what you want? To determine this, you need to understand that incapable people, in principle, do not exist. Everyone can do something, sometimes better than others, the main thing is to understand what he gravitates to more. If some teenagers are interested in speci alties with a technical component, then others prefer humanitarian ones, others feel communication skills in themselves, and fourths are only interested in the world of creativity.

Everyone in his place can achieve good results if he accurately and timely recognizes his inherent skills in order to develop them professionally in the future. Therefore, when choosing a profession, self-determination is so important.

But no less significant aspect here is the family, with its help and support in all vital circumstances. It is the parents who should prepare the child for the moment of independent steps on the path of professional development. After all, every day, watching their child, like no one else, they notice the features of development, inclinations, interests and behavior. Another question is whether the teenager himself will listen to the opinion of the family, deciding on the concept of "My future profession", but the point of view of the parents must be expressed by all means.

Work for yourself

In the case when it is difficult to decide who to work with, if you don’t know what you want, you should think: maybe try your hand at your own business? Such a choice is very tempting, becausehere:

• work for yourself;
• income is not limited to a fixed salary and can grow;
• you can choose your area of interest.

On the other hand, owning a business requires initial capital, certain organizational data, constant improvement: market research, legislative changes, etc. In addition, there is always a risk of “burning out” and being left with nothing.

But who does not take risks does not drink champagne: as people choose a job, so you can choose a business that you will do on your own. And it’s not always necessary to risk big money: it can be a small start-up capital or none at all.

Low Investment Business Ideas

Even with financial constraints, there are many directions for starting your own small business, they can even be categorized:

1. Home-based business attracts by the fact that you do not need to rent a separate room for work, and you can also combine activities with household chores. This is especially convenient for young mothers on maternity leave. Activities here can be very different: from organizing a business using your own garage or garden plot to handicraft profitable activities (sewing, knitting, cooking, crafts, etc.).
2. Business in the village (village) - this direction is connected with agriculture, within its framework you can start breeding domestic animals, growing agriculturalcultures, ecotourism, breeding of exotic animals.
3. Business in a resort town - in this category you can start opening a mini-hotel, attractions, catering outlets, night discos, organizing excursions.
4. To do business in a small town, it is preferable to focus on trade and services (hairdresser, shoe repair shop, appliances, etc.).
5. Real estate is a very attractive and reliable business. One of the most popular directions, available even for beginners, is the sublease of apartments, when you rent an apartment for a month at a reasonable price, and rent it out by the day, as a result, making a profit.

Internet business

Today, everyone can earn online if they wish, and already the stability and amount of income will depend on the abilities of a particular person and the efforts made. Internet business is convenient because you can do it everywhere: both at home and in parallel with your main job, both in a metropolis and a small provincial or resort town. In this sphere of ideas, there is an “unplowed field”, if you wish, you can always find something to your liking. Do you feel like a trader in you? Open an online store or organize online fairs.

If you have literary abilities or a philological education, you can do copywriting, web design will be close to artists. Advertising, website promotion, sales, exchanges, cryptocurrency - this is not a complete list of areas in the Internet.business.

No money

If you have a solid initial capital, which is not critical to lose if the business does not work out, it is easier to open your own business. And what about those who do not have money or are not ready to part with the latter, so that in case of failure they can go around the world? For such situations, it is acceptable to start a small business from scratch. Oddly enough, there are quite a few ideas in this direction, the most common of them are:

• tutoring services, conducting trainings in various areas: foreign languages, dance, photography, art drawing, culinary skills, etc.;
• manufacture of handmade goods and their sale;
• travel agency organization;
• children's parties;
• courier services;
• private accounting and legal advice;
• psychological services;
• assembling furniture at home.

Result

You can always find a life's work that will bring both pleasure and a stable income. You just need to correctly and in time recognize your own abilities and talents and move towards the fulfillment of your goals.