Where do you career

I must admit to a twinge of patriotism over the Australia day long weekend. It must of been all the Australian flags attached to cars. I did see one person who was 3 times more patriotic than the average Australian: he had 3 flags attached to his car.

But this is not a flag post. Its about Australia, about where we choose to live and, therefore, work. Location is the first decision to make in your career. It impacts on our life and the opportunities available to us. 

Richard Florida argues vehemently on the role of location in his book: "Who's Your City". While I don't agree on his belief that globalisation is overstated, I do believe that the role of location is often overlooked in making decisions about career and life.

First step: identify your preferred career directions. Second, identify the life influences on this (family, kids at school etc). Then identify where you could achieve this.