Career Preparation

Factors to consider in choosing a career:
1. Your interest, abilities, aptitude and personality
2. the career potential for future development
3. its values to you and to society.

Factors to consider in choosing a job:
1. your interest and current and future job market; 2. the abilities and educational degree it needs, the vacancies it offers; 3. payment, welfare system and benifits; 4. potential for advancement (its upward mobility); 5. work hour (whether it is too stressful or not)

Factors to consider when applying for a job:
1. All of the above;
2. How it prepares you for developing your career;
3. Your abilities and marketability.
4. How to package and present yourself.

Factors to consider when applying for school here or abroad: (See some discussion here)
1. your interest;
2. your family situation and financial background;
3. your emotinal life and health.

Words and Expressions Related to Study and Work

Study:1) Time Management and study habit: --What kind of learner are you? Do you know how you feel at different stages of learning? What's your direction/purpose in learning?
hectic life, distraction, concentrated, breathing space, spreading oneself too thin. workaholic
filing system, set/assign priorities
run out of time, schedule/budget one's time, plan ahead, allocate time for
fall behind, catch up on, 

study habit: glimpse/browse  through, peruse (read closely), review and memorize,digest  and absorb, internalize; intrinsic and external motivation, self-paced and automatic learner, incentive-driven, goal-oriented
2) feelings
overwhelmed, panicky, disoriented, overloaded, exhausted, stressful, burned out, lose the momentum
interested, intrigued, self-motivated, entertained, alleviate stress,
3) direction 
career preparation, cultivation of the mind, sharpening critical abilities, areas of concentration, specialities, marketability, versatility
 
Work: 1) Criteria to choosing a career area: 
personal interest, aptitude, high-salaried, lucrative, challenging, prestigious, sense of fulfillment, opportunities for advancement/promotion/continued education, paper pusher, stability, fringe benefits, flexibility, mobility
2) Job-Hunting 
qualifications: interpersonal skills, academic qualifications, qualifying exams, 
job openings/vacancies, head-hunter, starting salary, stiff competition, current trends in the job market
3) Career preparation -
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