Older Workers - The Age Advantage!

Personal vision is what your imagination and dreams can do with your particular combination of values, interests and skills. It is a means by which to help you assess job or business opportunities.
A job or career based in your personal vision is the cornerstone of a satisfying and purposeful life.

Chances are you had your first personal vision experience before you started school. You knew then what you'd be when you grew up-you might have envisioned yourself as a fisherman or a school teacher, as these were the jobs that you had information about and which interested you then.

Bringing It All Together

Now that you have had the opportunity to become much clearer about your values, interests, and skills, you can create a personal vision that is a more accurate reflection of who you are today by looking at these three aspects of your life and who you are as a person.

It may take some time and research to figure out what will work for you now. Be as generous as you can be in giving yourself permission to take the time to think about and explore a future that is consistent with and enhances your personal vision. Believe that it is possible to have a job, career, or business that is a good fit with your personal vision.

Things to think about

Your personal vision changes over time as you gain new skills, develop interests, and gain clarity about your values.
You have a range of skills and interests and can use them in different ways at different times in your life to create or update your personal vision.
The more carefully you explore the match between your personal vision and a job or business idea, the better prepared you are to make decisions that are right for you.
Your life and work have a greater meaning and satisfaction in direct relationship to how well it matches the values, interests and skills of your personal vision.

Things to do

Using your lists of values, interests, and skills, do some 'what if' thinking. Remember, you're not making a commitment by just thinking. "What if I became a." baker, a long haul truck driver, ran a community day care, or raised alpacas?
Check each idea on your list against your personal vision. If you don't have enough information about the job, do some research at a Career or Job Resource Centre, on the internet, at your local library, or by talking to people who do the work which interests you.
In order to make a decision regarding a job or business idea you will need to know if the idea is a good fit. Does it 'check out' with your important values? Do you have the skills you need or will you require further training? Will the job or business idea keep your interest or will you become bored just as soon as you know you can do it.

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