It doesn’t matter whether you’re stuck in a rut, you want something more out of your nine to five or you’re simply assessing your career options, sometimes you need to take stock and work out how your skills are best suited to the job market. If you ache to be a philanthropist but don’t have the deep pockets to match your lofty ideals, a career in a caring profession may have to suffice. Take a look at these amazing job opportunities that could inspire you to make helping others the foundation of your career.

Nursing

When you say ‘caring profession’ to anyone, the number one role that is at the forefront of everyone’s minds tends to be the humble nurse. This is an individual who has chosen to study aspects of medicine, pastoral care, and bedside management in return for very little monetary reward yet ultimate job satisfaction. As a nurse, you can choose to specialize within a field such as paediatrics, orthopaedics or emergency medicine and see your skills help others. Every day you could be at the forefront of life and death situations. You’ll need to be highly organized, able to work quickly and accurately under pressure and have the caring and helpful personality to match. Your days might be long, you might get very little thanks for your efforts at some points, but you will be valued by those people who you care for, and you can return home at the end of every shift knowing that you have made a difference.

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Charity Work

Working in the charity sector is surprisingly competitive with many bright minds wanting to use their talents for good causes. If you are passionate about a particular charity be that child focused, foreign aid focused or medical research, you can put your skills to good use. You don’t have to be an aid worker (on the ground) unless you want to. Instead, you can put your business acumen to effective use. Management within charities attracts the finest candidates. If you feel like you could compete, why not put yourself forward?

Volunteer

If leaving your current career is too much of a wrench, you could take some time out to volunteer. You could lend your skills to a local charity needing help with marketing or a local old people’s home needing help to transport residents on an outing. While these sound like small tasks, you will be making a massive difference to people’s lives. If you take a look at the story of Cynthia Telles, you will see how her simple act of kindness volunteering at a local Costa Rican hospital helped her to become a more well rounded individual. She still had time to become a highly respected professional and a member of numerous corporate boards.

Having a career that is ethically sound, less corporate minded and doesn’t put earnings and finances at the center of everything is breaking the mold. While your friends might see investment banking or becoming a CEO the pinnacle of their chosen careers, you might have something altogether different in mind. And that’s ok. Help others and make this the foundation of your career.