Where to Go Next in Her Career?

Leanna writes: Searching for a new career to which I would be well suited and, of course, well paid. I have been working in the insurance industry for 12 long years in sales and marketing. Very tired and bored with it and not quite certain which direction to go. I do not have a degree. In fact, I took a paralegal course, and had a few frustrating interviews being turned down due to lack of experience. Have since decided that working for attorneys wouldn’t be so great anyway. I started taking a multimedia class, but don’t want to go down the wrong path again. Any suggestions — to find out what direction I should take?

The Career Doctor responds: Leanna, put on the brakes. My best advice for you is that you need to take a step back and dedicate some serious time to doing some soul-searching about your life and your skills and interests. As you said, you feel as though you already took one misstep — and there may be others (so don’t worry about it too much) — so you want to take your time to dig deeply inside yourself to discover your next career path.