Several decades ago, finding the best career for you was seriously limited by the lack of the Internet and the traditional values of finding a decent profession with a decent wage to support your family. My therapist, for whom I have the utmost respect, and I laughed about my career path and the way I made my decisions: I studied whatever I found interesting and came up with something I thought to be loosely related. She laughed that most people choose first, before doing all the hard work to get there only to arrive at the very bottom. I obviously didn’t have access to the tools available now, or at least I was blind to their existence back then.

Lots of students for example will make use of personality testing methods to try to find the best career path for them, right at the outset of their college years, or even before! There are loads of different personality and aptitude tests which are designed to help you save time and effort by picking courses you'll like and feel passionately about. This can save you from that day where you wake up three years in and think you don't want to study marketing anymore, but you'd rather pursue music and biology as your main passions in life.

A really handy tool for guiding you towards career choices is the Index to Careers Guide which is maintained by the government and available in both online and offline formats by the Department of Labor. If you are struggling to find the right career path for you, or if you think you would benefit from info about salaries and overall working conditions, or if you want to know more about what the job involves, the number of openings, or the qualifications needed, visit .dol where you will find any information you could ever hope for relating to your prospective career.

Another really good tool comes in the form of a workbook and accompanies certain books by Richard Bolles. They aim to take you on an interesting and fun journey through puzzles and quizzes, which by a process of elimination lead you to your ideal career - the career most suited to you, rather than those around you constantly offering you their two cents as to what you should do!