The first thing to do is list out all of the activities and hobbies that you enjoy. It may be sport related or you may love to take photos when you are travelling or even walking the dog! The main thing is to just empty your mind by writing everything down that you love to do. Try to get at least fifty ideas so you stretch yourself rather than just putting two or three ideas onto your list.
The next step is to look at your list and go through each option one by one. When you look at the first option let's say for example it is playing football or hockey and decide if you would love to work in this area as a career. If you have a gut feeling that you would not enjoy this a s a job then cross it off your list.
Try and whittle your list down to just ten options at this stage. Now look at those ten options and pick the top three ideas from them.
Now here comes the interesting part, write each of the three options as a heading on a sheet of paper and try and think of all the types of jobs you could do in this field. For example if your first choice is golf then you could choose sub categories such as golf professional, golf course maintenance, ranger, golf shop staff, catering and hospitality and so on.
As you can see once you get started you can open up the options to work in the area you are passionate about and also use your skills or strengths to build a great career. If you follow our careers advice for young people then you will not go far wrong.
Give it a try and you will soon be working in your dream job.
If you need some inspiration to find some interesting careers then watch one of our 2,200 videos about careers across more than 40 different sectors on our careers advice for young people website.
If you have already decided on the job you want then look through our listings on ourjob search website.
Best of luck with your career choices!
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