Spirituality in career development is about quality of life and making a contribution. Much of what gives us meaning and fulfillment is being of service to others. Where your skills serve people's needs, a likely income source awaits.

Satisfying work is rarely revealed through a burning bush. Finding suitable and satisfying work may require profound contemplation and searching. It is more often a practical nuts-and-bolts process involving introspection, transferable skills analysis, and market need.

Certain people seem to have life callings for certain vocations. "Vocation" means "to call." A "calling" is defined in Webster's New World Dictionary as "an inner urging toward some profession or activity."

Ask yourself these questions: "What goals would I set for myself today if I know I could not fail?" and "What announcements would I make if I knew I could succeed?" and "What do I want my life to look like?" Make your decisions based on the good that can be accomplished if you succeed rather than on the possibility of failure.

Faith is personal and individual. Eighty percent of those responding to a poll indicated that work should have spiritual meaning; but less than twenty percent actually found any sense of spirituality in their jobs. Although most of us do not practice personal worship in our workplace, it is through the work and people placed in front of us that we contribute. It is usually meaningless work, not overwork, that robs happiness and saps energy.

Discussions about career or job change often include a desire for "love" or "heart" in the workplace. Your right livelihood is a matter of resonance—doing work you enjoy that enables you to reveal the love you are—so that work is an expression of love, not just being "in service" to others. One doesn't so much "find" love in one's work, but "brings" love to it. The work we enjoy the most is the work where our love will be revealed.

Career crisis can be a spiritual crisis. During periods of job change and career transition, job seekers are forced to deal with financial matters, trust, self-identity, self-worth, fear, and more. Walking in faith can be scary. The same source, which gave you the desire in your heart, will also guide your steps to bring it to fruition. But, you have to do the footwork and steadily continue performing focused action to accomplish results. Aspirations and possibilities alone are not enough. Dreaming is good but the world also needs doers.

Finding your right occupation may require perseverance and patience. Walt Disney went bankrupt three times before he achieved financial prosperity. Abraham Lincoln had less than three years of formal education and met defeat and failure from 1831 until 1860–and he became perhaps the greatest political leader in American history. Ultimately, you too, can succeed.

Success happens to those who take the risk. Too often people, lacking passion and challenge, continue working in jobs in which the spirit suffers, torn between playing it safe with a proven track record and fear of taking a risk into the unknown. Especially in mid-life, people may believe that age precludes a successful career transition.

If you are experiencing career transition in your 40s, 50s or 60s, you are just now becoming the most useful and qualified to grow into new, challenging and purposeful work that is of greater service to others. You have paid your dues and it is time for a promotion. If you want to work from the heart, pursue what you want to do. Trust in your goal and the assumption that your vocational calling matches your capabilities.

If you are inclined toward a spiritual approach for finding your "calling," invest in working with a Career Counselor who is knowledgeable about work industries and career satisfaction. Bringing forth your divine right livelihood is a collaborative effort. Seek a Career Counselor who can "speak your language" in spiritual terms.