My Career Choices

Auditor Environmental Compliance Inspector Human Resources

ManagerMarketing ManagerQuality Assurance

EngineerSales Engineer

• Life Style Choices -I like to work with people-I like Stability -I like Independence

• Learning Styles -Auditory Learner An Auditory Learner learns by listening, hearing lectures, participating in discussions, and by hearing directions read aloud to them.

• Work Values-Achievement is important to me because I look for opportunities that let me use my best abilities. I also like the feeling of accomplishment after I complete a task. -Recognition is also important to me because I like possibilities for advancement in a job or for potential leadership.

ABOUT ME

Unique Qualities

-I like to work with people

-I like being given direction

-I like to read

ABOUT ME

Building Blocks-Integrity/Honesty • Acknowledging efforts • Making ethical choices -Listening • Visualizing what you hear• Taking notes -Reasoning • Using knowledge to solve

problems • Understanding

Description -Auditors prepare, analyze, and verify financial documents for

government, business and individuals. They prepare financial reports and analyze the information to help corporate leaders make sound business decisions. Auditors design internal control systems and analyze financial data.

Auditor

Day in the Life-They have to be able to analyze, compare, and interpret facts and figures quickly. Auditors that work for the Federal Government maintain records for government agencies and audit businesses and people who are subject to government regulation and taxation.

Schooling

-The schooling required for an auditor is you need at

least a bachelor’s degree in accounting or a related field. More and

more employees prefer applicants with a master’s degree in

accounting or a master’s degree in business administration with a

concentration in accounting. Also most states require auditors to

be licensed. In order to become certified you need to take a test.

And usually after you take a test companies won’t renew your

license unless you have a certain number of hours working.

Reaction-Being an auditor

seems like a good match for me because it’s the same type of routine every day, which I like, and you work with people, and have to deal with numbers and documents, which I’m good at.

Description

-They inspect and investigate

sources of pollution to protect the public

and environment and ensure conformance

with Federal, State, and local regulations

and ordinances.

Environmental Compliance Inspector

Day in the Life-They have to perform and determine the nature of code violations and actions to be taken, and issue written notices of violation; participate in

enforcement hearings as necessary and investigate complaints and suspected violations regarding illegal dumping, pollution, pesticides, product quality, or

labeling laws

Schooling

-The education required

for Environmental Compliance

Inspectors is a Bachelor’s degree,

and work field experience.

Reaction-I think this occupation is good for me because I love the

environment and love trying to find different ways to help preserve it. I also am interested in protecting the law as well, so this job seems like a good match.

Social

Enterprising

Conventional

Description

-A Human Resources Manager must

plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work

activities of subordinates and staff relating to

employment, and compensation.

Human Resources Manager

Day in the Life-A Human Resources Manager is responsible for labor relations, and employee relations, maintain records and compile statistical reports concerning personnel-related data such as hires, transfers, performance appraisals, and absenteeism rates, along with many other tasks.

Schooling

-In order to complete this job you need to

know Psychology, Personnel and Human Resources,

Administration and Management, Customer and

Personal Service, and Law and Government. Most

people who are Human Resources Managers have a

bachelor’s degree and had a work experience before

becoming one Reaction-I think this job might be good for me

because you need to know a lot of things, which I am capable of learning, and you work with people, which I enjoy.

Social

Enterprising

Conventional

Description

-The tasks a Marketing

Manager has to complete is

formulate, direct and coordinate

marketing activities and policies

to promote products and

services, working with advertising

and promotion managers.

Marketing ManagerDay in the Life

-A Marketing Manager has to coordinate and participate in promotional activities and trade shows, working with developers, advertisers, and production managers, to market products and services.Schooling

-You need to know Sales and

Marketing, Customer and Personal Service,

Administration and Management, and

Communications and Media. Also you need

a job is a four year degree and you need

work experience before you can become a

Marketing Manager.

Reaction-I love coordinating activities and being in charge of events regarding employees or promoting our product. I also like going to trade shows because they happen all over the country, and I like to travel.

Social

Enterprising

Conventional

Description

-A Quality Assurance

Engineer (QA) engineer makes sure

that all of the programs work

properly and that everything in a

Web site functions according to

plan.

Quality Assurance Engineer Day in the Life-The goal of a Quality Assurance

Engineer is to try and make things not work so the programmer can catch errors before they occur. A beginner QA will test simple applications and basic user interaction such as opening a Web page, trying different menu options, and clicking on links

Schooling

-Some majors a QA

could have are Data

Processing, Electrical

Engineering, or Engineering

Mechanics.

Reaction-I think a Quality Assurance Engineer is a really interesting career. It seems like a lot of work and this is a field I never really looked into or explored before. It seems like a career I might be interested in because I like analyzing and testing and coming up with new ideas to make things better, and this is exactly what this job has.

Description

-A sales engineer sell business

goods or services, the selling of which

requires a technical background

equivalent to a baccalaureate degree in

engineering.

SALES ENGINEERDay in the Life

-A Sales Engineer performs, and sells products requiring extensive technical expertise and support for installation and use, such as material handling equipment, numerical-control machinery, and computer systems. They also develop, present, or respond to proposals for specific customer requirements, including request for proposal responses and industry-specific solutions.Schooling

-This job requires a

technical background equivalent

to a baccalaureate degree in

engineering. Also you need to

have some experience in this field

before you can become a Sales

Engineer.

Reaction-I think this job would be a good fit for me because I am a great sales person, and I am very good at persuading people. I also am really interested in technology and like to have the latest piece of it available to me.

ReasonThe reason why I am most interested in becoming an Auditor is

because it has come up as a result of most of my career assessments, and I’m very into it. I really would like to find out more about this job, and actually try it out. Being an Auditor means you have to be able to work with people, handle documents, type up reports, and deal with numbers. These are things I am very capable of doing, and like to do. That’s why I think a possible career choice for me is becoming an Auditor.

THE CAREER I’M MOST INTERESTED IN IS…

Auditor