Benjamin Todd

What do those problems most need?

Can you think of any career paths you might be able to take that could help address those needs?

3.

See our list of career reviews and note down any other ideas there.

Are there any other paths that you're aware of that you might excel at?

Or are unique opportunities open only to you?

Add them to your list too.

5.

Imagine your ideal working day, hour by hour.

What jobs might fit with that?

What job would you do if money were no object?

Or if you only had 10 years left to live?

Does that give you any other ideas for fulfilling longer-term career paths?

The aim at this point is just to come up with more options.

We'll explain how to further narrow down in Chapter 8.

In generating options, err towards including more rather than less.

In particular, we often talk to people who only ever really think about jobs that are closely related to their past experience, and that's often a mistake.

For example, you don't need to have studied anything to do with politics in order to work in government and policy.

It's often possible to get a job in a new area without specific experience, and even if it takes a couple of years to transition, that can easily be worth it in the context of the rest of your career.

This is especially true if you're an undergraduate.