Career Research

Name: Thu Hoang

Occupation: Philosophy Professor

Holland Code (can be found on ONet): 25-1126.00

Nature of the work:

- I need to work, evaluate, and teach my students with related knowledges.
- I need to public academic book, research and article relating to my major.
- I need to accompany with my colleagues about academic articles, books, and research.

Typical skills necessary:

- Philosophy major asked strongly for academic writing in which all my ideas should be clear,
comprehensive and logic.
- Critical thinking and open-mindset are typical skills needing to this major.

Education, Training, or Qualifications required of this career/ length of preparation:

- For most evaluated job zone research, Philosophy professor job is asked extensive preparation needed.
- Most of job for Philosophy field require graduate school: Master degree and a Ph.D, M.D or J.D.
- It takes more than 4 years for preparation.

What is the typical career path to this occupation- how long does it take to train or work your way up? Is
this field competitive to get into? If so, what’s needed for successful entry?

- First, I need to have major BA (4 full-time-year college) , then Master (2 years), and Ph.D. In addition,
gaining Ph.d requires different steps taking more than 7 years which called post-doc -- through the
positions by rank: assistant professor, associate professor, and professor.
➔ to sum up: it takes 15 years for teaching at university.
- Postsecondary teachers requires a license, certification, or registration.
- Obviously, academic environment is always competitive to get into.
- For successful entry, post-doc requires a lot of skills: Critical thinking, writing skills, and
resourcefulness…. Furthermore, I need to bear for different stressful types: Stress tolerance,
cooperation, and persistence…
- In addition, adapting and updating new knowledge and what happens around the world is asked
continuously for this job. Never forgetting to learn new information from variety majors is a
way to see the world in different views.

Average Salary (specify monthly/ annual)?

- In California, Workers on annual average earn $120,470 → 10,039/ monthly.

- In the US, workers on annual average earn $77,610. → 6,467/ monthly.

What do you think are the advantages/ disadvantages of this career? To what degree does this career give
you what you want from the world of work?

Benefits
- The first important advantages of philosopher help me to live with who I am.
- The second advantages for this major is contained my valued desire: high salary, discussing about my
favorite topics and discovering the world through abstract ideas.
- The final advantages is that, with all real values and benefits that I mention above, it helps me to live a
meaningful life. In addition, to be a philosophy professor gives me my own pride and social benefits –
academic environment.
Drawback
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Name: Thu Hoang

- It takes so long to get post-doc; it means I will own a giant loan.

- Philosophy jobs ask the high pressure for thinking, analyze and wringting.
- The market job is intensively competitive.
- People who are different background may think I will be crazy sometimes.

What are some related occupations in this field (or those sharing the same Holland Code?)

• 25-1061.00Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary

• 25-1062.00Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary
• 25-1122.00Communications Teachers, Postsecondary
• 25-1081.00Education Teachers, Postsecondary

• 25-1066.00Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary

• 25-1067.00Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary

What are the future employment projections (will there be jobs?) for this career?

- According to ONET Online, the labor market is faster than average (10% to 15%)

Where can you get additional information about this career (Professional Association/ Professional
Journals etc.- hint- this information can be found using the OOH):

- I got the information from O*Net Online website and U.S Bureau of labor statistic

What resource(s) did you use to complete this (be specific)?

- I got the information from O*Net Online website and U.S Bureau of labor statistic

Did this occupation (or something similar) appear on your assessment results? If so, which one?
- It does not appear specific title job on my assessment results, but it shows up as a staff college. For
example, the related Psychology jobs appear in different occupations. However, the interests is the same
with what I am interesting: SAI.

Do you think this occupation is a good fit for your skills and/or personality? Explain why or why not.
- I am confident to say that my personality is sharp with the require of philosophy major. Of course, for
my personality, I cannot depend the MBIT test or different tests to believe who I am. It should come
from different resource: Myself, my family, and my manager.
- With required skills, I need to practice and improve more, so I can adapt and be suitable for the job’s
requirements. Now, I am a college student, so I cannot gain a huge of knowledge that the job
requirements; hence, the more I learn, the more I am confident with the knowledge that I have.