Next step: Your life after school!

Your performance in the classroom impacted you alone, while at work your performance impacts the organization as a whole, your bosses, and your co-workers. The transition from school to work isn't a simple process. Starting a new job can be very stressful. More will be expected of you when you're no longer a student. You'll have to form new relationships, learn where everything is, and who you can trust, in addition to learning how to do your new job.

Making informed career decisions requires reliable information about opportunities in the future. Opportunities result from the relationships between the population, labor force, and the demand for goods and services. Population ultimately limits the size of the labor force—individuals working or looking for work, which limits the goods and services that can be produced. Demand for various goods and services is largely responsible for employment in the industries providing them. Employment opportunities, in turn, result from demand for skills needed within specific industries. Opportunities for medical assistants and other healthcare occupations, for example, have surged in response to rapid growth in demand for health services.
So, be prepared to face a new step in your life!