I'm almost 30 years old. How can I determine my career development direction?

One day, I talked to a friend about her new colleague, Xiao Bai, who just graduated and entered the workplace. She has the common problems of newcomers in the workplace, especially girls. Stumbling at work, I always feel that I have no direction when I want to work hard, and I am confused and anxious.

Another colleague, 28 years old, has been working for four years, but he is still engaged in the most basic cashier work and is "busy" every day. Seeing that I am almost 30 years old, I still haven't found my career direction, and I feel very confused and unhappy.

However, stepping into society is really a cruel thing. Entering the workplace, real learning has just begun.

When Bawangjun first entered the workplace, he also experienced confusion and made many jokes. Despite this, he did not give up his efforts, and later slowly found his place in the workplace.

So how do people in the workplace find their own direction? Step 1: Know yourself.

Seven famous sayings are engraved on the temple of Apollo in the ancient Greek city of Delphi. Among them, there is only one sentence that has the widest spread and the deepest influence, so that it is considered to have ignited the spark of Greek civilization, and that is: "Man, know yourself".

The life of each of us is actually a process of knowing ourselves. Whether you are a confused newcomer looking for your place in the world or you are no longer young, you need to know yourself if you are on the right track.

How does a person know himself?

Take action, try actively, toss yourself in real life and see yourself in the process of interacting with the world.

Knowing ourselves and what we want may not completely relieve our confusion about life, but it will reduce our confusion and blindness. The more a person knows himself, the more he knows where to go, and the less likely he is to be influenced by the outside world and lose himself, so that he can be a more real and powerful self, thus harvesting the richness and happiness of life.

Step 2: Do the things in front of you and do your best.

Why do you want to do the immediate work?

(1) In order to cultivate your working ability, you should enhance certain skills, such as customer communication and coordination ability and proposal ability.

(2) In order to let you see your own shortcomings and deficiencies, when you try your best to do a certain kind of things, you are still inferior to others.

(3) In order to let you know, the first thing you need in your work is professionalism and the ability to try your best to solve problems.

Step 3: "Request" as many other roles as possible within the scope of work.

For example, when I first entered the workplace, I took the initiative to assume the role of host at the first annual meeting and made every effort to help prepare for the annual meeting. In the second year, I became a "director" and was fully responsible for the annual meeting. After that, every time I go to some activities, naturally I will be the protagonist.

This is very helpful to exercise my organizational planning and coordination skills.

So you can also take on some unclaimed short-term tasks or long-term tasks that you are interested in outside your post, and don't care too much about the return of money, which is very helpful for expanding your ability and exploring your ability boundary.

Step 4: Keep a wide range of interests, exploration and study habits outside of work.

Of course, you may say that you don't have time at all, so take time to play games, play dramas and brush WeChat, and cultivate some beneficial hobbies, such as reading, writing, speaking and painting.

On the one hand, let yourself have something to say when chatting with other people, "I like …", and everyone will think that this is a very interesting person; On the other hand, I also explore my interests outside of work. Who knows if those interests will come in handy one day?

For example, I have always liked writing, and I have been writing for several years in the blog era. Who knows that now I actually write some professional articles on the official WeChat account for work reasons? It's really amazing, and I'm happy to do it.

For example, I also like to tell others things since I was a child. Mistaken as a teacher after work, talking about micro-classes. I enjoy it when I talk about it. These are unexpected, I unconsciously did what I like.

Step 5: Keep in touch with the outside world and pay attention to the outside world.

In the workplace, many people have worked in the original company for many years. Although the salary is not so ideal, they never thought about quitting. Why? After understanding, I found that these people seriously lack attention to the changes in the external workplace.

Of course, service enterprises should maintain their loyalty, but we should always observe our "price" and the opportunities available in the market. The advantage of this is that you can observe your position in the whole industry environment. Is it a best seller or a slow seller? Think about why? What other aspects need to be strengthened?

Newcomers who have just entered the workplace can keep in touch with their classmates and observe their development. After two or three years, people will start to fall behind, who will develop better? Go and talk about how to do it.

People who have been in the workplace for many years can also talk to headhunters to help you evaluate and explore the market. In case of some changes in the enterprise you serve, you won't be at a loss when you have to find a new job.

How can you break without a career direction? Share a specific method: social trend+rigid demand.

The so-called social trend is the general direction of social development. Follow the trend, obviously you will save a lot of energy. My first job after graduation was as a new media editor. In fact, my ability was not strong, but the trend of new media was in full swing at that time, and the recruitment gap of various companies was very large, so it was easy to find a job. So Ribes said, "If you stand in the wind, pigs can fly." .

How to ensure your direction, there will be a lot of continuous demand in the market?

You just need to analyze the human society, the long-term unchangeable needs, and the things that people will spend a lot of money to buy today.

For example, internetization is obviously the most obvious trend of our time. And sales is the number one demand position in the job market. Then Internet marketing is social trend+rigid demand.

The demand for enterprises to make money still exists, but the times have changed and the previous model is no longer applicable. Do they need new methods?

This is called structural talent shortage. It seems that there are many marketers, but few people are qualified for the new situation. Therefore, it is difficult for the elderly to find good jobs, but on the other hand, enterprises are in urgent need of new talents.

Since it is for sale, it is obviously much better to choose one with "supply less than demand".

If you still don't know what you like and what you want to do today, my suggestion is:

Take out a piece of paper and draw a coordinate axis. The vertical axis lists the general trend of social development that you have observed. The horizontal axis lists those persistent rigid requirements.

When the rigid demand is listed, in addition to the survival categories such as food, clothing, housing and transportation, there are also "three types of just-needed" frameworks: health, wealth, love and relationship. Since ancient times, many industries have been designed to meet this demand.

Health: health care products, medical care, sports ... wealth: investment and financial management, marketing, insurance ... love and relationship: beauty, children's education, marriage, social interaction ... the opportunity to see the intersection of horizontal axis and vertical axis.

For example, no matter how the times change, women will probably love beauty and are willing to spend a lot of money on beauty. In the Internet age, there should be new ways to meet their needs. Mushroom Street, Meitan and other enterprises are the products of social trend (Internet) and rigid demand (women love beauty).

After doing this, if you still can't determine the direction, there is another suggestion: master the skills of Internet marketing.

Why? Internet (social trend first)+sales (market demand first), isn't this the first market gap?

Finally, I'll give you a suggestion. Don't lie where you are when you are confused. Get up and do anything. Maybe any action will bring hope!