Dear Grad Don T Do What You Love Analysis

Evaluation of “Carl McCoy: Dear Grads Don’t ‘Do What You Love’”
Carl McCoy writes an eye-opening article titled, “Carl McCoy: Dear Grads, Don’t ‘Do What You Love.” Carl McCoy questions commencement speakers throughout the united states on the advice provided to grads based on if it is accurate and proficient enough to lead in the right direction to choose a career path. These commencement speakers are pushing students to ‘Do what you love,’ but McCoy elaborates on how this is not the best route to take when choosing a career path. McCoy presents an understanding on how doing what one loves as a career guide does not fully bring meaning and impact to the outcome of a person's job. McCoy sees love as more of an outcome as compared to a starting

basis to fulfill a career. McCoy states that, “Maybe all those commencement speakers would send more young people into the world likelier to be happy in their jobs if the speakers talked about love as a consequence of meaningful work instead of a motivation for it” (McCoy.2013). It is clear that McCoy see’s purpose, reasoning, and impact as what a career should be based on.
The knowledge and understanding of why graduates choose a career path is key to the purpose of the path one is fulfilling (McCoy.2013).

McCoy elaborates efficiently on purpose. “Yet without such a higher purpose where all this love and ambition can be directed, we don’t have a very useful guidepost for meaningful success,” states McCoy. Utilizing purpose that is found in oneself will help sufficiently pursue the most benefiting career path. Minerva Reed composes, “If You Don’t Have A Job By Commencement” in which complies with supporting McCoy on how to find purpose in oneself to set the path for a career. Minerva states, “Maintaining a positive outlook and attitude and an openness to exploring possibilities, gathering information, and actively pursuing your goals will greatly enhance your efforts as you develop an effective employment campaign”(Reed.1997). Minerva supports McCoy by providing steps that are effective in helping students know what to focus on when finding purpose in what one is pursuing. Graduates with holding purpose provides the focus needed to succeed in a career but it also leads to reasoning with options and

interests.
McCoy explains that people do not have to be limited to one job because it is something that is loved and full of passion.

“But most people have multifaceted interests and abilities and could probably be successful and happy in several fields,” notes McCoy. Reasoning with options, interests, and abilities provides a wide range of career paths and prevents one from becoming limited to a simple passion or love desired career path. When one is reasonable with abilities and interests in different career options, it is easier to find a career especially in the economy of the United States today. Susanne Peckham states, “During the past couple of years, college graduates have faced a very challenging job market.”(Peckham.2011) This elaborates on McCoys questioning of the commencement speakers advice to students to ‘Do What You Love’ during such a “tough labor market” (McCoy.2013). Reasoning with one's interests and options leads to a well thought out career path that provides what one needs to make an

impact.
When a graduate sets out to fulfill a career, of course doing what is loved will provide a sense of pleasure and happiness, but will that love make an impact? Impact is yet another point that McCoy brings to light throughout his article. Although he does not fully state the word impact; the purpose of the job McCoy refers to makes a difference or impacts in some way, shape, or form. McCoy states that, “We don’t all have to become first responders or social workers” also stating, “And we can’t all find jobs with such obvious benefits to society” (McCoy.2013). In the article, “Building a career while making a difference” it is evident that you can make an impact through the meaningful work McCoy elaborates on. The impact a financial representative has made on someone through her work is evident on a relationship level when it is stated that, “I recently had a client call me because his wife was pregnant and he wanted me to be among the first to know” (Diversity Employers (2011)). This supports McCoy by showing the importance it is to obtain a job that maintains an impacting role and environment.
Purpose, reasoning, and impact are the key elements to building the foundation needed to set a successful career path in today's world. Purpose provides structure and focus in what the goals of the career are and in one's fulfillment. Reasoning accumulates the needed abilities to pursue a career and a wide range of interests to keep options open. Impact from the career chosen will not only be seen through the actions of work but also where the career leads life in future days to come. Carl McCoy has provided an understanding of the basis of career in which consists of making thought out plans and guidelines providing the pathway for success through his article, “Carl McCoy: Dear Grad’s, Don’t ‘Do What You Love’.”