Are You Thinking Of A Career In Medicine?, Part 3

In part 2, we discussed the importance of understanding how your learned skills and natural talent play a part in the career you choose. Today, we’re going to discuss your dreams and goals.

Yes, your overall dreams and goals should play a HUGE part in the career you choose. After all, how much money you make, in a given year, determines which of your dreams and goals get fulfilled and which of them don’t.

If you have dreams of taking a yearly vacation, raising a family of four, owning an SUV, and living in a white picketed fence, a yearly salary of $20,000 isn’t going to get you there. A high school education simply won’t be enough and neither will an office job as a receptionist or a day laborer in a factory, but a career as a radiation therapist earning $45,000 to $274,000 per year can!

But let’s say that your dreams are to remain single, living a modest life that allows you to “make a real difference” in the lives you come in contact with. The career you choose still matters, even if the pay doesn’t. A career as a member of the medical staff—where your decisions help change lives on a daily basis—can help you feel as though you’re doing more with your life and the added benefit is the money you earn can be used for good, too.

Come back on Monday as we finish up our series on “Choosing A New Career”.