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This hub is for anyone looking for work or planning a career, including interview checklists, professional skills, pay by level and country, working hours and employment trends. Every page credits the original creator, writes out the full graphic and adds context from the source data. Readers most often use the job interview checklist, 15 essential skills for professional development, annual working hours by country, software engineer levels and pay and a career flowchart for students. Several pages compare pay and working hours across OECD countries.

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Success at School infographic titled How to Find the Right Career for Me, a grid of teal tiles with icons running from Ask yourself: what are my interests, through Explore: make a shortlist, Stop, Get practical: get some work experience, to Always evaluate
Jobs and Careers

How to Find Your Career, Step by Step

By Success at School

To find your career, start with what you enjoy and what you are good at, then compare careers that use those interests and make a shortlist.

What this collection covers

The 17 infographics here cover five areas. Job hunting covers an interview checklist, body language mistakes in interviews, a career flowchart for students and a flyer of felon friendly employers. Skills pieces list 15 essential skills and nine tools for setting priorities. Pay covers software engineer levels, minimum wages in 67 countries and the return on 30 US degree subjects. Working time compares annual and weekly hours across OECD countries and ranks US states for remote work. Employment trends track US tech jobs, healthcare job growth and workers aged 25 to 34. Two lighter pieces illustrate medieval jobs and the backgrounds of NASA astronauts.

Where to start

For interviews, the Job Interview Checklist for Before, During and After by Will McTighe sets out 23 steps, from planning to arrive 10 to 15 minutes early to sending a thank-you email within 24 hours. Common Interview Mistakes in Body Language, by Share of Bosses adds that 67% of bosses in a survey of 2,000 named failure to make eye contact.

On hours, Annual Working Hours by Country in 2023, OECD Ranking by Marcus Lu and Miranda Smith of Visual Capitalist puts Mexico top at 2,207 hours a year and Germany lowest at 1,343, with the UK 24th at 1,524. Genuine Impact's Working Hours vs Salary in 35 OECD Countries, Bubble Chart shows the weekly picture. Mexico works about 41 hours, while Germany, Norway and Denmark work about 26 to 27 hours for more than $1,000.

On pay, the Levels.fyi chart Software Engineer Levels and Pay at Top Companies, 2024 runs from $231k at entry level to $1.45M for a principal engineer at Facebook. For career planning, the USAFacts Healthcare Careers Infographic, 20 Jobs With the Most Growth shows home health and personal care aides adding 820,500 jobs from 2023 to 2033. Visual Capitalist's Degree Return on Investment by Field, 30 US Majors Ranked puts engineering first at $571K.

Questions about jobs and careers infographics

Which country works the longest hours?

Mexico, at 2,207 hours a year per person in employment in 2023, according to the Annual Working Hours by Country chart by Marcus Lu and Miranda Smith of Visual Capitalist. Germany is lowest of the 34 countries at 1,343 hours.

Which country has the highest minimum wage?

Visual Capitalist's map of 67 countries in January 2023 puts Luxembourg highest at $2,140 a month after tax, with Australia second at $2,022. Nigeria is lowest at $68.

Which university degree gives the best return on investment?

Engineering, at $571K, according to the Voronoi chart by Visual Capitalist ranking 30 US fields of study. Computer and information sciences follows at $477K, and visual and performing arts is lowest at -$104K.

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