Choosing A Career In Human Services

Choosing a career is easy, but sticking with that choice is one of life’s greatest challenges. I was never able to choose a career, because poverty and abuse tricked me into believing that I wouldn’t have a future anywhere. Once I sought shelter at a local non-profit organization in my free time, my volunteer work made it all change, and led to my decision for a career in human services.
My first discovery of the human services field came when I volunteered at a community center for teenagers. These kids were mostly at-risk students in Howell, and they quickly noticed that I stood out from the volunteers who only stuck around to fulfill community service requirements. Rather than come and go, I stayed for years to better the lives of these