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Name ________________________________ Date ________
Career Occupation
1. ________________________________ 1. __________________________________
2. __________________________________
2. ________________________________ 1. __________________________________
2. __________________________________
3. ________________________________ 1. __________________________________
2. __________________________________
List your three favorite careers from above. Give a pro and a con for each.
Career Pro Con
1.
2.
3.
CAREER PLAN
Directions: Go toCareerLink Inventory http://www.mpcfaculty.net/CL/cl.htm. Work through
the icons on the left beginning with Aptitude. From Your Career Inventory Result, list your top
three matches and their Percent Match. Click on Cluster Titles for the top three matches. List two
sample occupations you might be interested in from each Cluster Title. Print and turn in the results
to the inventory.
Computing/Recording
Emily Morris 10/20
Laboratory Technology
Scientific Assisting
Pharmacist
Immunology Technologist
Accounting Clerk
Auditing Clerk
Biological Technician
Chemical Technician
Pharmacist
Accounting Clerk
Chemical Technician
$100,000+ per year
Job outlook 14%
Professional degree
$35,000 per year
Job outlook 11%
Associates Degree
$40,000 per year
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Occupational Outlook
Go to the following website: www.bls.gov/oco, then click on A-Z Index (top right corner of page).
Pick two careers and answer the following questions.
A
1. What is the occupation or the career
you chose?
2. What appeals to you about the job you
selected?
3. What is the nature of the work required
of the employee?
4. What are the working conditions?
5. What isthe education or training that is
required or the occupation/career?
6. What might you expect as a beginning
salary?
7. Is there an opportunity for
advancements?
8. Do you thing this job will provide the
lifestyle needed for your future, including
retirements? Why or why not?
10. What related occupations might appeal
to you?
B
1. What is the occupation or the career you
chose?
2. What appeals to you about the job you
selected?
3. What is the nature of the work required
of the employee?
4. What are the working conditions?
5. What is the education or training that is
required or the occupation/career?
6. What might you expect as a beginning
salary?
7. Is there an opportunity for
advancements?
8. Do you thing this job will provide the
lifestyle needed for your future, including
retirements? Why or why not?
10. What related occupations might appeal
to you?
Career Plan
At this time, my career goal is to ___________________________________________________.
The schooling I need is ___________________________________________________________.
This education would cost _______________________. I expect to make $_____________/year.
Pharmacist
Accountant
Pay, working alone (sort of), repeated
actions
Working alone, flexible, repeated actions
Dispense medication, tell people how to
take the medicine safely
Grocery store, drug stores, hospitals,
clincs
Doctor of Pharmacy, 4 year professional
degree
$116,670
,
Not really
Yes, it is a high paying job and that is
what I need for the life I want.
Chemical Tech
become a Pharmacist.
4-year professional degree.
Auditor
No, though it can be a flexible, it does not pay
as much as I would like.
Yes
$40,000
GED
Office work
Organizing files, numbers, taxes
100,000
112,000