Career for life

Hi Dan,

we are all Expats!

From looking at your profile it seems that you consider Malta just as a stepping stone but I might be wrong.

From the information you give I'm not sure about the advice to be given. I'm not aware of any website that will lead you to a career for life. In fact, many EU academics are without work as they studied the wrong subjects.

I would have thought that there would be advice for immigrants/expats in Malta as to their future. If not , I would be willing to meet you and give you some advice based on my experience and your background.

Let me know but be aware that I cannot make the impossible come true.

Cheers
Ricky

Hi Dan Obama

Just a quick question before the replies start trickling down - Are you looking for suggestions from the Expat members or a Career Map?

I ask because despite the Expat members' knowledge and future forecast ideas- This question might just be too big for them.

Have you tried Career guidance websites like: - www.fasttomato.com

If not - Please try to Google around.

Thanks
Meddie

ricky wrote:

I would be willing to meet you and give you some advice based on my experience and your background.

Ricky - You might just be Superman in disguise! Any chance you live on a farm?

Cheers
Meddie

Hi Meddie,

just call me Super Expat -))))

Cheers
Ricky

hmm ricky in blue lycra and red pants hmmmm fashion faux pas

Do I have to -)))

I'll create a new Super Expat outfit !

-))))))))))))
SuperRicky

Thank you Meddie for your helpful tips:) & insight:)
I am Ok now with it,I actually got further tips from others in another websites.

As you said,I came to understand that it is not really ideal to get the replies,I am looking for here on Expat.com. I was actually quite disturbed by Mr. Super-expat Ricky,to see him replying like he did.Thank you for your reply to him.

Sorry Dan Obama if the replies didnt suit you - most people on this blog site (incl super ricky) are good sensible people and offer good solid sound advice - sorry its not what you want to hear but you asked IMHO a silly question...and by that i mean a career for life, there is no such thing - methinks you need to get into the real world and experience true working life from the ground up and work though it then decide what you really want to do rather than relying on a preset set of questions set up by people who havent a clue about you personally. NB not many people end up doing what they had planned to do from the age of leaving school - most end up being guided by mentors and work experiences which will show far more about your true personality and capabilities.  Good luck anyway

Dan I think you had better learn to appreciate when people are doing their best to help you and give you realistic advice etc. You also need to learn to tell the difference between those who post for the sake of it and with virtually nil experience of what they are writing and those who have knowledge and experience.
The people to listen to on here are Ricky, Toon, George in Gozo, Tearnet, Matt and scubaboy. THEY are the ones with experience and wisdom. I would go so far as to suggest that you owe an apology to some on here. Ricky, Toon, George in Gozo, Tearnet, Matt and scubaboy are the ones who live here NOT those who you believe have 'insight'.

Also, did you know that most people have at least 2 careers in their life and very often 3?
Have you tried Google?
There are many UK sites that could help but you would need to also learn about working and etiquette on Malta.
I suggest you focus on 'transferable personal skills'.

Thank you Redmik,Toon,and Ricky. And I honestly do appreciate everyone's feedback.You seem to have partly misunderstood my question,maybe I wasn't explicit enough.However I don't believe my question was silly!I was a bit discomforted by some phrases,not the person himself! My apology if I exaggerated,it was just an impression.I haven't met or known any of you in person,yet! 

Thank you Ricky for your reply & your availability to meet me,I got already the info. I needed, including mentors.

As Ricky & Toon said, people study one thing and then find themselves doing something else. I find myself studying Draftsman in Italian school,later in my last 6 years,I did Office Clerk,Assistant Site Supervisor, Italian Teacher Adult-course, and Translating/Interpreting.Dear Redmik,I know people have at least 2 or 3 careers,I did it myself. When I said ''I want to choose a lifelong career that best suits me'',all I meant was to identify possible further careers (of course one might prevail over another)!!!

Thank you Redmik for your suggestions.

@all,my question was simple: I asked website links,where I can find 'kind of' questionnaires,which help me analyze myself through,since you don't know me,I wasn't expecting any.I used Google and I found pretty interesting ones and,I thought,since you are more experienced,you might direct me to further links.

I believe that some mismatch of Studies/real work experience can be avoided by simply sharing ideas,mentors,social networks.Thank you everyone for your time reading this and leaving helpful ideas:)))))

I appreciate what you have stated, good on you.
Now, let me do some research and see if I can come up with anything. I used to work with young people (sorry if that's patronising) in careers advice.

Ok, please bear in mind that I am used to working with younger people, though I was a team manager for many years and I used a lot of this in my appraisal of staff, myself, systems and procedures. Also what I have enclosed is an amalgam of information from UK/American sources. However, I believe you may find them useful provided you view the results/data in a combined manner. You may find some contradictory indicators arising from your data but that's OK, we're human.
And yes, I have copied and pasted information from other sites.

One major factor of course is that one MUST always consider the 'local' culture and cultural differences. Then adapt what you may learn and apply to the 'local' situation.

Also, learn to identify and use your preferred learning style - most important.

http://www.learning-styles-online.com/overview/

One site which I believe is absolutely invaluable is Businessballs.com. It hosts an absolute treasure trove of information, templates, links, explanations etc. etc.

    Ethical work and life learning -

          http://www.businessballs.com/


The motivated skills test helps job-seekers and people trying to figure out what they want to do in life identify skills that they enjoy using and are proficient in as well as skills that they do not enjoy but may be proficient in or skills they enjoy but aren't good at.

http://stewartcoopercoon.com/jobsearch/ … ed-skills/


The Myers-Briggs type indicator assessment determines your personality based on how you approach decision-making and perceive the world around you.

http://www.myersbriggs.org/

and/or

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp


Holland Occupational Themes
Psychologist John Holland developed a theory that stated there were six different personality types, six different workplace environments and that the type of personalities present in a workplace determined the environment.

http://www.truity.com/test/holland-code-career-test


The CareerLink inventory is a 36 question self-assessment that asks you to evaluate yourself in five categories: aptitudes, interests, career preparation time, temperament and physical capabilities.

http://www.mpcfaculty.net/CL/cl.htmhttp://careerplanning.about.com/od/self … values.htmhttp://careerplanning.about.com/od/care … erable.htmhttp://wagner.nyu.edu/files/Skills.pdf  a questionnaire for self assessment.

http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/skillsmenu.htm

Thank you very much Redmik for your detailed info-support. I find them interesting and I'll go through them one by one. Sorry for my delayed answer,I didn't access internet for a while.

Like you said one should always consider the 'local' culture and cultural differences and eventually adapt what one learns and apply to the 'local' situation.The motivated skills test,The Myers-Briggs type indicator assessment,Holland Occupational Themes,the CareerLink inventory, and all the links you gave me are absolutely invaluable !!! Thank you,Thank you Redmik. Talk to you in another occasion ))))