Choosing work
The following list of occupations will help you decide what sort of work is right for you. Assume that you have the necessary qualifications and training and can do the work. Take pairs of occupations and decide which one you would prefer. Make a note of why you have chosen it. Continue for as many pairs as you wish. When you have finished look at the reasons you have given to discover what is important for you in choosing work.
When you make your choice, try to choose the positive reason why you prefer one occupation to another. This will give you more useful information than focusing on rejecting the one you don’t like. Choose fairly quickly, it is OK to have several criteria of choice, so don’t force yourself to be consistent.
You can download the list as an editable Word table in alphabetical or random order by clicking the links.
A brief example should make this clearer.
Occupations | Choice | Reason(s) | Comment |
Bookmaker or Bricklayer | Bricklayer | Adding real value | |
Politician or Post person | Politician | Challenge | |
Shopkeeper or Singer | Singer | Producing something beautiful | |
A random list of occupations | |||
Occupation | Choice | Reason | Comments |
Actor/Actress | |||
Baker | |||
Bookmaker | |||
Bricklayer | |||
Burglar | |||
Bus driver | |||
Butcher | |||
Candlestick maker | |||
Car salesperson | |||
Clerk | |||
Computer programmer | |||
Croupier | |||
Dentist | |||
Doctor | |||
Doctors receptionist | |||
Farmer | |||
Electrician | |||
Fashion buyer | |||
Fighter pilot | |||
Film Producer | |||
Financial Analyst | |||
Footballer | |||
Forester | |||
Gardener | |||
Graphic artist | |||
Grave Digger | |||
Hairdresser | |||
Holiday Rep | |||
Journalist | |||
Lecturer | |||
Machine tool operator | |||
Management consultant | |||
Market Gardener | |||
Marketing manager | |||
Mechanic | |||
Member of Parliament | |||
Model | |||
Nurse | |||
Painter | |||
Plumber | |||
Police Officer | |||
Politician | |||
Post person | |||
Priest | |||
Publican | |||
Publisher | |||
Racing car driver | |||
Refuse Collector | |||
Restaurant Owner | |||
Sailing instructor | |||
Sales representative | |||
Schoolteacher | |||
Shop Assistant | |||
Shopkeeper | |||
Singer | |||
Soldier | |||
Spy | |||
Stockbroker | |||
Surgeon | |||
Taxi Driver | |||
Thatcher | |||
Trapeze Artist | |||
Undertaker | |||
Vet | |||
Welder | |||
Wrestler | |||
Writer | |||