Fuse all your fervency into your career

Do you have several diverse passions? Do you like to try out new things? If your responses are in the affirmative, then you are a special individual - a person who has multiple skills and talents. In other words, you have a multi-zealous temperament and character. But it should be remembered that if you harbour a multitude of passions, it will be difficult to continue in a single career permanently. 

The possibility of embarking on a career that blends two or more of your passions cannot be discounted at all. And if you happen to be successful in doing so, your employer will view you favourably; you could also receive a promotion or a salary hike for being skilled in several arenas. Some tips to go about in such a case are:

• Discern the quantum of multiplicity required: Do you happen to be a person who is required to utilize specific expertise on different days? For example, on a particular day you may need to prepare written reports and on another take to a leadership role. Or is it that you like better to continue working on a specific assignment till such time it is finished? If you can determine the quantitative requirement of assortment and change in your work on a periodic basis so that you remain constructively involved and contented in the process, you will be able to identify possible careers that will offer you such opportunities.   
• Find out & be in quest for multi-faceted careers:  Are your inclinations tangential or do they tend to meet somewhere? There are many arenas that entail a combination of more than one discipline. For example, journalism necessitates a penchant for photography and communication skills or structural designing that calls for knowledge of art and science are some examples. Likewise, it is ecology that places emphasis on knowledge of both zoology and botany; hospitality that requires a penchant for food-craft and people skills; and cartography that calls for a sound knowledge of geography and drawing skills.   
• Research careers that are tough and capable of being self-led:  Several careers demand multi-ardent make-ups and companies seek such people. There are organizations that are guided by the philosophy that when all employees think alike, then no one actually thinks. They prefer open-mode employees who are more receptive instead of closed-mode ones who are tunnel-visioned. Creative vision is what progressive companies seek and to achieve that, they need multi-faceted personalities. You should identify establishments that encourage innovativeness and value individuality as a trait. 
• Start with a single passion and gradually branch out: The best way to shape and get into a career of your dreams is by underscoring a single expertise possessed by you and subsequently grasping any opportunity pertaining to a different field whenever it crops up. It is always advisable to remain active, start ventures and simultaneously offer recommendations to facilitate organizational growth. The basic requirement however, is identifying a liberal and progressive set-up where your seniors are amenable to your desires and perhaps as multi-ardent like you. Needless to state, you will have to acquit yourself well in whatever tasks are assigned to you.     
• Search for careers that are objective-oriented: Simply by glancing at an advertisement, you can discern if an organization is seeking to employ a person who is going to concentrate efforts on achieving client satisfaction or effective crisis management; or on the other hand, wanting to fill up a vacancy that calls for performing mundane tasks. The latter category of jobs may not suit you, given your multi-ardent personality. If a job entails directing efforts towards advantages and not mere attributes, it will definitely go well with you and your passions.   
• Exhibit willingness to change and experiment:  It is essential that you comprehend various techniques of operations to include sales; market trends; behavioural patterns; complexities related to your work; alliances and inter- and intra-department dependencies; and client expectations, to name just a few.  When at work, there are infinite methods to perform well. You could incorporate all your passions or qualities in bringing about a better output. Being venturesome is a superb way to blend all your passions and eventually succeed in your pursuits. After all, it is the end result that matters.

It should be your utmost endeavor to make your career spirited and strong. And when you do that, you will emerge triumphant as far as application of the knowhow and inherent skills possessed by you. You will come out with novel ideas and newer methods to tackle problems related to your job. Therefore, the need to make your career a multi-faceted one needs no emphasis. However, ab initio, you should comprehend what are your basic needs and what can be done to fulfill them; thereafter you can think of pursuing a career that makes use of your multi-skills and derive satisfaction from their application to your day to day routine.