Planning for your future with a good career is a very important step to take. In the work world today, you usually have to have some form of college education to have an established career to even get a good paying job. Work experience is not what it used to be in the past where many businesses considered the work history as a bonus. Now to get a nice paying job you need a degree or diploma to even start at ground level at most businesses.

The importance of the formal education is the cause for many to go to college. You realize to have the job security means having the piece of paper stating you know about their chosen career. The question for the younger people is what career they should choose.

It takes careful planning and thorough decisions to make the career selection. You know you want to do a job that you will enjoy for the forty plus years you will be working so you want to make the right decision from the very beginning.

The beginning of the planning stages includes figuring out the type of person you are. There are different personality types that will direct you into the right career choice. You may take a personality assessment that will help you decide on the career. These tests are generally given while still in high school. The tests break down the different personality traits into categories, and then list the career paths within the categories.

There are chances you will fall into several categories so you have more options for selecting the right career based on your personal preferences.

The tests start by asking specific questions as to the things like to do in the categories of verbal/linguistic, musical/rhythmic, logical/mathematical, visual/spatial, bodily/kinesthetic, intrapersonal, interpersonal, and naturalistic. The variations of each will direct in the different career choices.

The categories are broke down as follows for the careers:

Musical: composer, singer or musician, voice coach, music teacher or critic, record executive, conductor, radio DJ, sound engineer, and entertainment lawyer.

Logical/mathematical: doctor, dentist, veterinarian, accountant, pharmacist, chemist, physicist, systems analyst, investment broker, financial analyst, and computer scientist.

Verbal/linguistic: author, playwright, journalist, TV/Radio producer, literature teacher, speech pathologist, business executive, and copywriter or editor.

Visual/Spatial: graphic artist, photographer, architect, cinematographer, art therapist, designer, cartoonist/ illustrator, art museum curator, and art teacher.

Bodily/kinesthetic: carpenter, draftsman, recreational therapist, physical therapist, mechanical engineer, massage therapist, dancer or acrobat, exercise physiologist, and actor.

Intrapersonal: research scientist, motivational speaker, engineer, physicist, sociologist, computer scientist, economist, author, and psychologist.

Interpersonal: social worker, PR Rep/ Media Liaison, Human Resource, Travel Agent, Sociologist, Anthropologist, counselor, therapist, teacher, and nurse.

Naturalistic: forest ranger, botanist or herbalist, geologist, ecologist, marine biologist, archaeologist, astronomer, adventure travel agent, wildlife tour guide, and landscape architect.

Based on your personality type you will find the right career designed to fit you. Take the time to be evaluated for your personality assessment to find the career of your dreams.

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