Name: Shadimon Tarrance School: Southside High School

Date: February 11,2020 Facilitator: Mrs.Jones

1.05 Consider Other Factors

Total Points: 50
Answer the following questions about each type of factor that you should consider during
career planning.

Self-Employment
1. Are you interested in owning your own business?
Yes
2. If yes, what would you be doing? If no, why not?
Yes, owning your own business you can make your hours and also can hire other
employees to work for you.

Location, Population, and Climate

3. Where do you want to live?
South Carolina, Charleston
4. What factors have influenced this decision?
The factors that have influenced this is that it ranked 47th in property crime and 41st in
violent crime.
5. What is the climate like in the area you want to live?
A humid subtropical climate.
6. What is the population in this area (small town, city, big city)?
Charleston, South Carolina is the biggest city

Lifestyle
7. Describe what your adult life will look like. For example, will you have a family—how
big/how small; what type of housing will you live in; will you mostly eat out or cook at
home? I will have a big family as in totally of 2 kids. I’ll most likely go out to eat so I can
give my kids something to explore while they are young. But on days I don’t feel good I will
cook still. The type of housing I will have a big size house with 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. With
dining room/living room, and also a game room.

8. Describe what your adult life will look like. For example, will you be part of a certain
social crowd; what types of things will you do for entertainment; will you travel a lot, a little

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 or not at all? I will take my 2 kids on trips to explore the world maybe a lot. What will me
and my kids will do for entertainment? We will have family nights, shopping days, park
days, and also looking at the stars on camping days .

Employment Trends
On the task page, visit the Career One Stop, Alabama website to see the state profile for
Alabama. Use the information to help you complete this task.
Alabama Trends
9. What is the fastest growing occupation in the State of Alabama?
Home health aids
10. How many jobs in this occupation will be available in 2026?
7,750
11. What is the percentage of change for this occupation?
39%
Fastest Growing Occupations in Alabama
Look through the entire list of fastest growing occupations in the State of Alabama and see
if you can find one that interests you or one that you have already listed in previous
assignments as one of your favorites.
12. What career/occupation is it?
Physician assistants
13. How many jobs in this occupation will be available in 2026?
970
14. What is the percentage of change for this occupation?
37%
Declining Careers in Alabama
Now, look at the declining careers in Alabama. Choose Occupations with Declining
Employment and click Search. (use the back button to return to the option for declining
employment).
15. What is the largest declining career in Alabama?
Respiratory therapy technicians
16. How many jobs in this occupation will be available in 2026?
100

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 17. What is the percentage of change or decline for this occupation from 2016 to 2026?
-58%
18. Look through the remainder of declining occupations in Alabama. What do you notice
most of them have in common under the “Typical Education” column? High School Diploma
or equivalent
Fastest Growing National Trends
On the task page, visit the Career One Stop, Growing Careers website to see the fastest
growing careers.

Look through the list of fastest growing occupations and write down three careers that
interest you in the list and the numbers of job openings in 2026 for that career in the
United States. If you aren’t sure what the career is, you can click on its name for a
description and profile.
19. Job A- Personal care aids, 3,302,100

20. Job B- Information security analysts, 147,700

21. Job C- Nurse Practitioners,

Declining Careers National Trends

On the task page, visit the Career One Stop, Declining Careers website to see the careers
with declining employment.
22. What is the career that will decline the most in the next 10 years?

23. By how much?

24. Why do you think this job will have the biggest decline?

25. Choose one more job in the list and explain why you think it is in decline.

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