7.1 What’s next?

After hearing from various professionals who use Spanish at work every day, you should have a better sense of how you could use your own Spanish in a future career. The question now is, what’s next? Where do you go from here?

These questions might provide you with a bit more direction. Consider them carefully and answer to the best of your ability.

I hope these questions have shown you that narrowing down the list of possible career options based on your interests and strengths is a simple first step. Next, it’s a matter of determining what you need to do to best prepare yourself for that job.

If your language skills still need some polishing, you can consult the list of Spanish-learning resources provided in the Appendix and talk with instructors and mentors for other recommendations. Additionally, make sure to follow the advice of the interviewees in this book and, if possible, connect with someone who works in your area of interest. That person may be willing to answer your questions and offer you some words of wisdom that will help you get to the next stage of your professional journey. As a professor, I know that I would never have gotten to where I am today without the insightful guidance of people who had walked this path before me.

Now, ¡dale! ¡Sí se puede! Y mucha suerte.