How to Pick the Right Job

1. How to Pick the Right Job

2. Picking the right Job • Think of: • Something you would enjoy doing. • It can get you a step forward towards a career. • Something you are good at. • Keeping this in mind. • How much do these careers pay.

3. Something you would enjoy doing • What makes you happy? • When finding the right job, you need to look into your likes and dislikes. • If you like to help others but don’t like to see a broken bones or blood…. Then you should not be a doctor in an emergency room. • If you like helping kids and you have tons of patients…you should look into becoming a teacher.

4. It can get you a step forward to a career. • When picking a job try to get in the field that you would be looking to have a career in : • If you want to be a Chef • Working in a restaurant or a hotel would be beneficial for you. • If you want to be a Teacher • It would be beneficial to work as a teachers aide/Campus Supervisor to learn the way a classroom is ran. • If you like to work in technology: • You would find it important to work in a computer lab or an entry level position in a technology based company.

5. Jobs that you are good at or want to become good at • When applying for a job you need to look at your abilities to perform the job. • If you don’t like to talk to people then a customer service job would not be ideal for you. • If you like computers and find it easy to navigate through these, then I would highly suggest you become a computer technician.

6. Keeping this in mind When you like what you do…. You are not really working because you enjoy it so much…..going to work is never a chore. Sometimes making money is important but you may find it more rewarding to make less money and have a blast at work every day.

7. How much do these careers pay? • When looking for a career you must take into consideration a few things: • Where do you want to live? • Who many kids (if any) do you want to have? • What type of car do you want to drive? • Making sure you are in the field that will allow you to live the life style you wish to have.

8. How much do these careers pay? • Chief Nurse $181,000 a year • Fire Fighters $50,000 a year and max after 10 years $95,000 • Teacher $41,000 a year after max after 12 years $108,000 • Personal Trainer $60,000 depending on the amount of clients or GYM you work for you can make $89,000 after your 5th year.

9. Your assignment for this week • Write 2 paragraphs telling me about the career you want to be in and why you picked that career. • Go on Salary.com and look for the salary information on the job you have chosen. • This will be graded as part of your project grade (25%)