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The New Dream Career Model
By Shannon | February 23, 2008
The new dream career model emphasizes two major focuses: what you do (what most people call a career) and where you do it (the organization). In this model, I call the “what” your primary criteria and the “where” your secondary criteria. Both sets of criteria are important, but your primary criteria is the most critical when creating your new dream career.
The center of the model represents your primary career criteria and contains three circles: strengths, compensation, and meaning.
Strengths
Strengths are what you are trained to do or what you do well, as well as characteristics of your personality that contribute to your success in the workplace.
Compensation
Compensation is what you receive in return for the investment of your energy, time, and talent in a career or organization.
Meaning
Meaning is the emotional connection you feel to your work. It is a feeling of making a difference in the world, a sense of the importance of what you do, or the joy you feel in connection with your work.
Creating your new dream career involves first defining each of the circles for yourself, and developing a picture of the right intersection of the three circles — your primary career criteria.
Topics: Changing Careers, Choosing a Career |