Top tips for suggestions in career that you may not have thought of yet.
Are you at the end of your school years? Do you need to decide what you want to do with the rest of your life? Admittedly, we force 17 and 18 year olds to make decisions that will impact them for all of their days to come. It’s rash and it’s a hard choice to make. You may not even know what things you enjoy in life yet, and no career will last forever if you don’t enjoy it.
Deciding what you want to be ‘when you grow up’ when you have so little life experience is a tough call to make. Here is some top advice on things to study at college, and on how to proceed through this tricky period.
Should you go into Further Education?
Once you have finished higher education, should you go on to further education? Do you want to study or do you want to work? It could be that working for a few years shows you more about yourself, allowing you to finally go to college. It could be that going straight into formal education helps you build the life you want. Soe people know what they want to do from a very young age, but most of us take years to figure it out.
Remember, you can go to college or university at any age you want. However, it’s easiest to do it fresh out of school. We can only make a few recommendations on what to study to unlock the most potential career choices in the future.
Courses with the Most Career Potential
So if you don’t know what you want to do with your life, but you think you will enjoy the experience of college or university, here are our tips on degrees which unlock the most potential career options.
1 – Engineering
An engineering degree unlocks a foundation which lets you study in a specialisation later on. You could be a civic engineer building roads, you could be an auto engineer that builds cars, you could be in manufacturing and redesign products, you could be an electrical engineer, or a gas engineer, or a sound engineer – the opportunities are endless and all stem from one basic undergraduate degree course. You can browse the engineering careers at Hays Recruitment for further inspiration.
2 – Computing
It really doesn’t matter which type of computing degree you take; it will pay back its weight in gold. If you are good with digital platforms, like to code, can build an app, or can improve network and communications, you could be invaluable to your future employer. We are in the middle of the Industry 4.0, the digital revolution. Studying computing now ensures you have a bright future ahead… especially if you understand cryptocurrency and how to make it.
3 – Environment
The next twenty to thirty years will be about sustainability practices in businesses. We are killing our planet and governments around the world are setting targets to help us prevent this. There will be hefty fines for businesses which don’t do their part for climate change. Environment and sustainability courses will make you part of the solution, instead of part of the problem. Future you could be paid handsomely for your knowledge as a result.