Transcript Career Information

Career Information
By Cedar Parrott
5/21/06
Piute Mountain School
G.A.T.E.
How to Choose a Career
• Different careers require different skills
• Not all people can perform each skill
required for a specific job
• In order to choose a career you must
find out what skills and interest you have
and seek out a career that will fit your
specific skills and personality
• Taking a Career survey or test can help
you to discover what kind of job is best
for you.
Categories for Different
Interests
There are so many jobs in the world but all
jobs come together to make six
categories that take six different kinds of
skills.
• Realistic
• Investigative
• Artistic
• Social
• Enterprising
• Conventional
Realistic Jobs
People with Realistic interests like jobs
that are practical or hands on. People
that fall into this category enjoy outside
work. People that like Realistic interests
don’t like jobs with paperwork or working
close to others.
Some examples are:
• A maintenance worker
• A carpenter
• A factory owner
Investigative Jobs
People with Investigative interests like
activities that have to do with thinking
more than physical jobs.They like to figure
things out mentally rather than lead
people.
Some examples are:
A Geologist
• A Biologist
• A Scientist
• A Historian
• A C.S.I.(Crime Scene Investigator)
Artistic Jobs
People with Artistic interests like work
activities that deal with the artistic side of
things.They like self expression in there
work and like the side of things that they
don’t have to follow clear directions.
Some examples are:
• An author or illustrator
• An actor or script writer
• A D.J.(Disk Jockey)
• A singer
Social Jobs
People with Social interests like to assist
others to help learning development.
They like to communicate more than
work with objects. They like to help,
teach, and give services to other
people.
Some examples are:
• A nurse or doctor
• Work with mentally disabled people
• A teacher or aid
Enterprising Jobs
People with Enterprising interests like
activities to help start up and carry out
projects. They like to lead people and
make decisions.
Some examples are:
• Owning a business or be an employ in a
business
• Be a manager at a supermarket or
department store
• Sell refreshments at sports event or at a
movie theatre
Conventional Jobs
People with Conventional interests like
to set procedures and routines, work with
data and details more than ideas, and
they like to work where lines of authority
are clear.
Some examples are:
• A technician
• Keep accounts for offices or businesses
• Keep records of financial transactions or
of inventory
So when you want a job make
sure the job fits your personality
or what category you are
interested in or want.
Bibliography
• Career Locker. 2006 .
<www.careerlocker.com>