In my experience (that is, 25 years worth of career counseling), I have found that many folks don’t give much consideration to their industry preferences.  Not sure what exactly I mean by an ‘industry’? Well, I’m referring here to the clustering of services or goods into categories.  A few examples include the textile, education, and information technology industries.

I dreamed up the Industry Preference Exercise back when I worked as the Career Center Director at Rivier College. I used it then, and still do, as one piece of the career assessment process. When combined with interest, personality and other assessments, we tend to see themes that come up over and over again. These themes are powerful in that they help folks to see that there are consistent patterns in their interests. These patterns can guide them as they explore their new career possibilities and as they search for work. 

My colleagues at Rivier took this activity one step further by providing links to websites that let you explore industries of interest online. I consider this to be an excellent resource to support you in identifying and exploring industries of interest…although I am admittedly biased! So, if you’re in career transition and wanting to determine one or more industries of interest, or if you just want to know more about trends in an industry of interest, this is the resource for you. www.rivier.edu/departments/cardev/IndustryPreferenceExercise.htm 

Until next time…
Sue Posluszny
www.careeroptions4me.com

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