What is necessary for you to make a decision on your future career? You have read numerous career guides; you have terrorized your relatives, friends, teachers, and guidance counselors. You have searched numerous websites and you have completed dozens of different career oriented tests. Still, you are not satisfied with the result. You are not sure that the choice you are going to make is the correct one. If you have doubts about your future career, just try it beforehand. We mean that you should take up a part-time job or summer job to make your final decision.

Summer job: an opportunity to be in the shoes of a real professional

Summer job is the perfect opportunity to test yourself, to get necessary practical knowledge, and to develop certain skills that will be useful for you future profession. Let us analyze a real example to show the usefulness of summer job for your career planning. Let us assume that there is a vacancy of summer playground director. What are the careers this job can be useful for?

1.Teaching or child psychology. You will get an opportunity to deal with many children of different ages. You will have an opportunity to look after them, to observe their habits and ways of behavior. You will see clearly if you can get along with them. Is not such experience invaluable for a person who is going to become a teacher or a child psychologist?

2.A coach (physical education as the sphere of activity). Playground is the place where children develop their physical skills and a future coach can get basic professional skills there.

3.A profession from the sphere of recreation. Being the director of a playground you will be able to see if you can entertain people and check if you enjoy such type of work.

Along with summer jobs, part-time jobs, and volunteer work can be very useful if you have doubts concerning the choice of your career.