Comparing Careers!

Log in to Career Cruising.

Underneath your name, click My
EDP to view your list of saved
careers. (If you havent already saved at least three
careers, go back to last weeks lesson plans and follow the
directions for saving careers to your EDP).

List your Top 3 Careers (from your
EDP)
1. Professional Athlete (WNBA)
2. Obstetrician-Gynecologist
3. Registered Nurse (R/N) (N)

Click on the first career on your list.
Youll be directed to a page that lists
information about each career. Please
note that, depending on the career,
some of the information might not be
available/listed. If this is the case,
skip it and move on to the next step.

Career #1:
What are some of the Core
Tasks involved with this job?
Being physically active on your feet
Being involved with sports and
recreational activities.


Why is this a job that is suitable
for you?
Its suitable for me because I like
sports very much, and I like to move
around and learn new skills for this
job and feeling the adrenaline inside
me makes it suitable for me.


Describe this jobs Working
Conditions.
You have to stay in top shape ,
your on the road a lot ,and you
might get lonely.




What are the earnings like for this
job? (Whats the starting wage?
The median wage? Benefits?)
20k-90k
You can gain muscles.





What type of education do you
need to get this job?
Either high school education ,2-
year college or technical training,
or 4-year college or university.



What do people who do this job
generally like about it? What do
they dislike about it? (To find this info,
click photos and interviews on the gray sidebar.)
What they like about it is working
out. What they dislike about it is
the simplistic nature.




Career #2:
What are some of the Core
Tasks involved with this job?
Providing medical care and treatment
to people. Being interested in human
biology.


Why is this a job that is suitable
for you?
Because Im curious about things ,
and I like taking care of people , and
interested in human things.

Describe this jobs Working
Conditions.
There is going to be long hours
and you have to have clean
delivery rooms, we often make
life or death decisions and we have
to able to deliver babies either day
or night.





What are the earnings like for this
job? (Whats the starting wage?
The median wage? Benefits?)
The entry wage is $88.26 an hour,
the median wage is $90.00








What type of education do you
need to get this job?
A 4-year bachelors degree.




What do people who do this job
generally like about it? What do
they dislike about it? (To find this info,
click photos and interviews on the gray sidebar.)
People like being their own boss, and
like to help patients.




Compare and contrast Careers #1 and
#2:
1.Career 1 involves a court, career
2involves a hospital.

2.Carrer 2 is medical, and career 1 is a
gamer.



MY PICK: Between Careers #1 and
#2, which is a better fit for you?
Why? (Please base this off MORE
than JUST income/earnings!)
I would choose career 1 because I like
to move around and get excited and I
like to run, and have fun.

Career #3:
What are some of the Core
Tasks involved with this job?
Providing medical care and treatment
to people, and being interested in
human biology.


Why is this a job that is suitable
for you?
Its suitable because I like to take care
of people.

Describe this jobs Working
Conditions.
You can work in prisons, schools,
hospitals, and clinics and other places;
it requires physical activity, and there
is a great deal of standing, bending,
and lifting.

What are the earnings like for this
job? (Whats the starting wage?
The median wage? Benefits?)

The entry wage is $26.24 and
hour, and the median wage is
$30.69 an hour.


What type of education do you
need to get this job?

You must earn a high school
diploma, and then complete a post-
secondary nursing program, and
graduate from high school with a
senior level science, math and
English; you also need a 4-year
Bachelor of Science degree in
nursing and a 2-year associate
degree in nursing.


What do people who do this job
generally like about it? What do
they dislike about it? (To find this info,
click photos and interviews on the gray sidebar.)
People like it because they can look
after a patient the way they want to.
People dislike it because they dont
like shift work and working on
holidays.



Compare and contrast Career #3 and
Your Pick between Careers #1 and
#2:
Career 1: the work is on a basketball
court.
Career 2:I deliver babies.
Career 3:I take care of sick people.
Career 1,2,and 3, it requires being
physical.



MY PICK: Between Careers your first
pick and Career #3, which is a better
fit for you? Why? (Please base this off
MORE than JUST income/earnings!)

Basketball is the better pic for mew
because like to feel the rush and like to
score points and win games and also run.
I like to compete and have fun= while im
dong it.