Escape from the Dead-end Job.
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Choice count: 22
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Error count: 12
Field Related Analysis
Education : 83 matches
(choice, college, course, courses, diploma, don, field, field of study, first, high school, learned, market, marks, reader, school, skills, teacher, test, university, vocational, writing)Archaeology : 17 matches
(environment, green, here, market, point, study, thing)Web development : 16 matches
(action, break, escape, field, test, types, write)Target Structure: (26 matches)
dead-end job (9 matches)
foot in the door (1 match)
fulfillment (1 match)
getting sucked up in (1 match)
internship (3 matches)
invaluable (1 match)
lack of (1 match)
learned the ropes (2 matches)
more often (1 match)
mortgage (1 match)
office politics (3 matches)
overtime (1 match)
overwhelmed (1 match)
pension (1 match)
purpose (1 match)
retirement (2 matches)
set aside (1 match)
test drive (1 match)
more often than not (1 match)
undermined (1 match)
worthwhile (1 match)
corruption (1 match)
ingrained (1 match)
theft (1 match)
volunteer (1 match)
abroad (1 match)
Escape from the Dead-end Job.
End of High School.
You finally had in hand your high school diploma. Your very proud, because you hated your course, and you had no friend. Now your done with mathematics and sciences. You asked yourself for so long about what you wanted to do after high school. Now you were there, you were feeling dizzy. There are so many possibilities, but which one to choose? At that step of your life, you didn't know much about yourself and what you wanted for your life, but you felt like college was not a place for you. You wanted to do something creative, and to work with people. You wanted to be part of the action.
Choice 1 : Work at David's Tea.
Choice 2 : Get a Diploma of Vocational Studies (DVS).
Work at David's Tea.
You chose to work at David's Tea. At first, you really loved the job. You learned the ropes very fast and your boss told you that you were a good seller. You liked being with people, and you felt worthwhile, because this job gave you a feeling of fulfillment. Tasting the new tea flavors were your favorite part of the job. You discovered you liked all types of tea: white, green, black and herbal. But after time, you realized that being a seller was not your dream job. There was a lack of sense in convincing people to buy things they don't really need. You felt alienated.
Choice 1 : Dead-end job.
Get a Diploma of Vocational Studies (DVS).
You chose to go to the professional school of your city. You learned to be a beautician. You really loved your courses: human body, hair removal, skincare, make up, manicure, cosmetology and more. Your teacher said that you were very passionate. You told yourself that you made a good choice. After one year and a half, you were ready to enter the employment market. But at this point of your life, you questioned yourself about your values. Do you really want to promote the body image as a priority? Do you really want to encourage people to thing that they are never perfect enough? Yes, you make people feel good when they receive your good cares, but when they go out and look at them in the mirror, they will always want to spend more on their physical appearance because you told them that a fifty dollars bottle could resolve all of their problems. So, they will spend more and more because they trust you. So, what should you do now? Persevere and go to work as a beautician or cosmetician? Or give up and work as a waitress in a retirement home?
Choice 1 : Work in a Beauty Salon.
Choice 2 : Work as a Waitress.
Dead-end job.
You should have made a better choice. This is a dead-end job.
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Work in a Beauty Salon.
This was a bad choice for you. You were not happy, and you had to do a lot of overtime. There was corruption ingrained in the workplace like theft of products and materials. This is a dead-end job.
Choice 1 : Dead-end job.
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Work as a Waitress.
Instead of working in your field of study, you chose to be a waitress in a retirement home. You love the elderly, and you made a good job. Serving them brought you happiness. Sadly, you realized the toxic environment you were getting sucked up in. There were a lot of office politics. More often than not, the employees undermined the others because they were jealous.
Choice 1 : Deal with Office Politics.
Choice 2 : Resign from my duties.
Deal with Office Politics.
Wrong choice. This led you to a dead-end job.
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Resign from your duties.
So, you decided to leave the job. After a month of questionings, you decide to buy a flight for Costa Rica. You want to volunteer abroad. This invaluable experience will permit you to thing thorough about your life, and find your purpose.
Choice 1 : Go to Costa Rica.
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Go to Costa Rica.
You had the courage to leave your country alone, and you were proud of yourself. But you encountered an unexpected situation. The COVID. After one week, you were forced to come back home. Back in your apartment, you were stuck for two weeks. After that bad experiences, you didn't know what to do. You didn't want to find another dead-end job. So, you considered coming back to school.
Choice 1 : Go Back to School.
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Go Back to School.
You finally felt ready to go to college. You just have to choose the program.
Choice 1 : Choose the Virtual Arts Program.
Choice 2 : Choose the Literature and Communication program.
Choose the Virtual Arts Program.
Wrong choice. You could never find a good job for you with that diploma. This led you to a dead-end job.
Choice 1 : Choose the Literature and Communication program.
Choose the Literature and Communication program.
THIS is finally something that you LOVE. But this is the beginning of a long road. You were sometimes very tired and you wished you could take a break.
Choice 1 : Skip the English Course.
Choice 2 : Do Well at School.
Skip the English Course.
Bad idea. You fell the course, and you had to wait six more months for university.
Choice 1 : Do Well at School.
Do Well at School.
You had really good marks. Congrats.
Choice 1 : Go to the University of Quebec at Montreal.
Choice 2 : Go to the University of Montreal.
Go to the University of Quebec at Montreal.
This is a really good program. You develop new skills and you have fun. You learned about literary criticism and creative writing.
Choice 1 : Do an Internship in a Publishing House.
Go to the University of Montreal.
You didn't like the university, and you decide to change for the University of Quebec at Montreal.
Choice 1 : Go to the University of Quebec at Montreal.
Do an Internship in a Publishing House.
After university, you did an internship in a publishing house to test drive the job. Even if you were overwhelmed, you knew it was made for you. You learned the ropes quickly, and it gave you a foot in the door. You found your dream job. There were no time to lose before finding a job because you were already twenty-seven years old.
Choice 1 : The good life.
The good life.
You finally had a happy life. You became a famous publisher, you traveled a lot, and you even wrote several novels. Thanks to your professional stability, you don't have a mortgage, and you live with the benefit of a good pension because of the money you set aside. Congratulation!
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