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02A Career Choices

What three factors do you consider most important in choosing a career and why? Write in 1-2
complete sentences.

1. I consider that salary is an important factor choosing a career as it is how much the job will pay
to you, which determines your life economic level.

2. Personal interests are a very important factor in choosing a career because people should
study something related to their passions.

3. The influence of teachers and educators is an important factor when choosing a career as it
can inspire students to pursue careers related to the fields they teach along with the way they do
it, which can also influence quite a lot on your interests and career choices.

Make a list of three costs related to choosing one career over another.

1. Time and effort: Dedicating many time and energy to one career may take time and effort that
could be spent on other interests or hobbies.

2. Miss opportunities: Choosing a career could mean sacrificing chances of gain up experience,
skills or relations that you could have gained in others.

3. Losing money: Choosing a career with a lower salary will lose and and cost the potential
money you may have gained from a higher-paying one.

Write 2-3 sentences explaining WHY a person would choose a degree that makes less money
over a degree that makes more money.

A person would choose a degree that makes less money over a degree that makes more since a
degree takes less time and money to achieve, so he or she may choose to pursue one with a less
earning potential to be able to enter a job faster and with less debt. In addition, personal reasons
like interest or a desire for a better work-life balance may put happiness above money. Lastly,
people may also be frustrated by the difficult requirements for a higher-paying degree, such as
difficult exams like the MCAT for medical school, and decide to look for something simpler
without taking into financial gains.

Budget Reflection

1. Did you have enough money for all of your expenses?

2. What expenses did you have to cut out completely?
3. What did you have to budget for that you did not expect?
4. What did you learn from this activity?
1. Yes I had enough money for all my expenses as my income was higher than all of them.

2. I didn’t have to cut out completely any expenses as I had enough money for all of them.

3. Unexpected expenses that I had to budget for were car maintenance and emergency fund.

4. From this activity I have learned to create a budget, the importance of having control of your
expenses according to your job income and finally how essential it is to organize your life by
creating a budget and plan for expenses.