Recognise your value before choosing your career path

Know your worth, skills and capabilities before entering the work industry.

Certain things are unknown to people who enter the work industry right after graduation or those searching for new career opportunities. For instance, a fresh graduate would want to get an internship but might be less aware of what to expect. Fresh graduates are always told to be active and differentiate themselves from other graduating candidates with the same degree. The only way to do so is by taking different projects and other extracurricular activities. I cannot say for sure that these might actually work or attract the recruiter during the hiring process. It forms a question what does the recruiter expect or look into the candidate's resume?

The answer would probably be someone to achieve and do well on the tasks that the company is currently looking to progress in or even complete. 

We all create resumes to apply for jobs. Still, the question is, do the recruiters evaluate the skill sets in your resume or is the recruiter's only interest is to ensure you get the job done? In today's world, the primary purpose of a business is to make profit and to satisfy the shareholders. Therefore, the recruiter will probably hire you for fulfilling the shareholder's needs but might not look into your skill sets and capabilities. Your skill sets will only be looked into when they are needed, and sometimes they could be ignored too.   

Companies hire talented individuals who have accomplished so many things but are given jobs that do not match their skill sets. This is all because of saving costs, and they fail to progress an individual skillsets for higher future profits.
The point is no one can see the value and skills that you have and can contribute to their organisation. People will only see the tasks that you have to get done no matter your capabilities. So the only way for you to use your abilities and skillsets wisely is to get out there and dare to be your own boss and be an entrepreneur. If you know your talented and are ambitious to do something great, then use your passion to create something of your own! The more time is wasted the more energy and passion will decrease.

Note: I have written this based on my opinion. However, it is not meant to judge all companies are the same. Some companies invest in their people first and make their employees love what they do. Some companies do not invest in their people and provide jobs that do not meet their abilities and skillsets.

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