Career Guidance councillor suggestions?

fawltyfire

Hi, could somebody please suggest a good career guidance councillor in the Dublin area who could help somebody like myself who is unhappy with my career and contemplating a career switch (in my early to mid 20's)? And how many €€'s would this set me back?

All suggestions welcome.

Thanks

damnyanks

Sorry I don't have an answer to your question. I do have my own point of view though,

I wouldn't bother with someone whois sole purpose is to advise a stranger about what career path they should take unless said person has spent numerous years in the exact industry you somehow seem to be applying for despite not knowing what you'd like to do.

What I would do if I were you is right down the top 3 things you want from a job. Do some digging on the internet. Make a short list of areas you think you'd like, find people who work in that area and ask them questions. There are thousands of message boards on the internet where you could make contact with people in different industries. Contact details of trade bodies in that industry etc.

Check out linkedin to find people in the area you are into.

Just my point of view!

scaryfairy

hi fawltyfire

i am also looking into getting some career advice from a professional. I have come across the following sites:

http://www.onlinecareermanager.com/default.asp

http://www.careermentors.ie/

http://www.careerguidance.ie/

http://www.measurability.ie/about/

I have absolutey no idea how good/bad these ones are. the first one I believe lists prices somewhere. I am thinking of investing in a session or sth with one of these: have been looking at all sorts of options etc but just about changing my mind every week (or day...)
anyhow, good luck.

AARRRGH

I agree with damnyanks. Unless a person has worked in an industry, and knows you quite well, their advice may not be very accurate.

The system I use is "what did I like as a child/teenager" and I work from there.

fawltyfire

AARRRGH wrote: »

I agree with damnyanks. Unless a person has worked in an industry, and knows you quite well, their advice may not be very accurate.

The system I use is "what did I like as a child/teenager" and I work from there.

Thanks for the advice guys. Basically my 2 main passions in life are Sport (obsessed, will talk about any sport all day, even had a 5 minute conversation with Jimmy MaGee last year about Herb Elliot and other 1960's athletes lol) and Travel (i.e. learning about different cultures/ their history/ their wildlife etc etc).

If only I knew where to go from here.

AARRRGH

Well, just off the top of my head.

Sports journalist? Independent Colleges run an undergrad and postgrad in journalism (you can specialise in sports journalism) which gives you real world experience at one of their papers.

The travel one... get yourself a CELT/CELTA qualification and travel the world teaching English?

damnyanks

Financially your tourism choice is going to be more fruitful and probably present more jobs. Getting a job in the local tourism group (Failte Ireland or whatever) in the marketing departmentw ould probablya llow you to learn about other cultures etc. and market Irelandss tourism offerings.

As for sport this isnt really the type of area which offers many obvious jobs. For instance breaking in as a paid staff member at a local sports club requires a few years of volunteering experience. Maybe check out the pro / semi-pro clubs in your area (Rugby and league of Ireland)
Oh also junior ambassadors positions would probvably interest you.