According to a recent Future Workplace “Multiple Generations @ Work” survey, 91 percent of Millennials born between 1977-1997 expect to stay in a job for less than three years, That means they would have 15 – 20 jobs over the course of their working lives.

This is a stark increase from just two generations ago when it was not uncommon for someone to work at a single career for 20, 30, or even 40+ years.

This dramatic change in the career landscape has impacted the way we think about, and seek out, employment.

Thirty years ago work was something that many people tolerated in order to make a living. Today, many people expect work to fulfill not only their financial needs, but also meet their social needs and be their creative outlet.

This places a great deal of pressure on finding the perfect career that will fill all your of needs, and this is part of the reason why people today will go down many more paths as they seek that ideal work situation.

Does the “perfect” job exist?

I’m not sure, but I do believe there will never be one job that will meet 100% of your needs, 100% of the time.

However, there are certainly careers that will meet most of your needs, most of the time, and that should be what you seek out when looking for your next job.

I love my job and I love what I do. I wake up nearly everyday excited to go to work. However, paperwork is the bane of my existence.

I love meeting new people and spending time with others, and helping them find a job that is fulfilling, but along with that comes mounds of paperwork, and that is the one part of my job that I truly do not enjoy. However, it is a necessary task that allows me to do all the fun stuff that I get to do at work.

In our quest to find the perfect job, too often, when we get bored or frustrated or things aren’t going well, we hop to a new career or a new employer without taking the time to truly analyze what path will not only be successful in, but actually enjoy.

This is not a simple question and there is not an easy answer. No 15 minutes online test is going to sort through the 12,000+ careers to find the one that is just right for you.

To find a career that matches your priorities and aligns with your values, whose corporate culture is a good fit for your personality and you have the cognitive skills to be successful at, is not an instant process.

At Breakthroughs, our goal is to help you find the career that does just that by identifying your values, priorities, and personalities in order to discover which workplace and environment for which you are best suited.

In addition, our in-depth Career Potential Analysis looks at 26 areas of cognitive functions to identify which types of careers you will not only be successful at, but also enjoy.

When combined, these two assessments are a powerful tool for discovering your ideal career,

For example, if the results of your Career Potential Analysis cognitive assessment show that you have all the skills to be an amazing landscape architect, but the your Career Passion Profile uncovers that the last you want to do is work outdoors, then you may want to look into something else (there probably isn’t a great need for an indoor landscape architecture!)

These two assessments together allow us to paint an excellent picture of who you are as a person and which skills you have to offer the workplace so you can find a career that you will not only be fulfilling, but at which you will excel.

Choosing a career doesn’t have to be a gamble. By taking the time to find out which careers you are a good fit for, you can reduce the number of careers you have over your lifetime, and thus, save yourself time, stress, and money.

About the Author

From an early age Matthew loved to talk, and now he gets paid to do just that.

Having grown up with Learning Disabilities and overcome them, Breakthroughs is an opportunity for him to give back. Now Matthew is an Educational Therapist with over 20,000 hours of experience working with children and adults with learning challenges.

When not in the office Matthew can be found seeking adventure with his wife and children, preferably on a mountain or in a kayak.

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