how would you help a person to choose an occupation?
anigbrowl: What does he like to do with his spare money/time? What he enjoys most as a consumer is a good guide to what he'd like to be working on. Don't be intimidated, you might have to beat down reasons for why X isn't realistic. People were telling me what I wanted to do >10 years before I realized it myself and I didn't believe them.So maybe he loves golf but he's crap at it, bought a set of clubs once and they've been gathering dust since. On further inquiry it emerges that what he really loves is designing imaginary golf courses that would challenge even Tiger Woods, and he should be pursuing a career in landscaping.