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Discovering Your Dream Job

"Find a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life." (A quote by Confucius)
1. Write down as many things that come to mind under each category as you can in five minutes!

Hobbies Interests Talents

2. Now, as quickly as you can without really thinking about it long, circle two to four things in
each category that interest you the most.

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3. Write down jobs that you could do using your favorite circled hobbies, your talents and your
interests (at least 3 dream jobs). You can use these sentence patterns as examples. Try to
come up with different sentence patterns.

For example:
 I could be a lecturer because I like spreading knowledge, am very interested in
helping people, and am very good at public speaking.
 I could be working as an entrepreneur. This job is a combination of my hobby,
interest, talent, and dream.
 I could be working in a reputable IT company. I want to become an engineer because
I am interested in practical, hands-on problems and solutions.

- I could be _____________________ because I like _____________________, am

very interested in _________________, and am very good at ______________.
- I could be _____________________. This job is a combination of my
_____________, _________________, ________________, and ____________.
- I could be ____________________. I want to become a ___________________
because I am interested in ______________, ________________, and _________.

4. Then, choose one dream job from the above list. Create a short passage about your dream
job.
For example:
I want to be a biomedical engineer because I like biology and engineering. In addition, I am also
interested in sports. I am also very good at mathematics. Therefore, becoming a biomedical engineer
is the right job for me. To be a biomedical engineer, I need to pay attention to three important
requirements that includes having a degree in Electrical engineering, two-year work experience in a
hospital, and strong analytical skills. As a biomedical engineer, my responsibilities are designing
systems and products, such as artificial internal organs, as well as providing technical support for
biomedical equipment.

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