My Career : My Life As A Career

Since the fourth grade, I have been drawn toward a career as an attorney, though I never truly understood what fascinated me about it. The TV is plastered with stories of people from all backgrounds who have been exploited at the hands of our judicial system. As I have witnessed the injustices in our country unfold, I now know why it is important for me to pursue my dreams.

I began using computers when I attended South Puget Sounds Community College (SPCC) in 1980. I completed and passed Data Entry classes. Utilizing the skills I learned, I went to work for the State of Washington Labor and Industries and Department of Revenue as a Data Entry Operator, from 1981-1983.

My journey to my career development has been a roller coaster ride to say the least. Everything I 've learned in this class and throughout the years has shaped me into who I am and has played a major role in my career decision making process. Ever since I was little I was always interested in acting and had dreamed of being in movies. Many kids probably had a similar dream, but for some reason I had a strong desire to follow through with it. Whenever I watched a movie I would always catch myself saying the lines along with the characters, and changing my voice to fit each role. No one ever really knew that this was something I was interested in because I never admitted to it. I never told anybody because every time I would bring it up, everyone seemed to have the same opinion about it. They say that being an actor is not a reliable career and that being successful in that industry is a long shot. As I got older I started to agree with them. I pushed aside my dream of becoming an actress and decided to focus on “more reliable” career choices like lawyers, teachers, doctors, etc… When I tried to find interest in these jobs, it always failed. They just didn’t fit my personality and after taking this class I learned why.

From an early age, I have always dreamt of being a lawyer. When I expressed my interest, people would respond “that suits you, because you like to talk and argue.” I would brush the comment off and continue to ensure that I did everything I felt was necessary to accomplish my dream. The common misconception that lawyers are argumentative in every aspect of life quickly dissolved when I learned more about the profession. In high school in my criminal justice magnet program, I was required to complete an internship at the state attorney’s office. As a graduating senior, completing these hours seemed impossible to complete, those hours could have been spent with friends, hanging out at the beach, or picking up an extra shift at work so I could pay for all my final senior activities. Nonetheless, I was able to get exposure to the law and the criminal justice process.

During my lifetime, I have had my fair share of hardships with money. Being from a family who had 4 kids and was constantly taking care of sick elders in the family, we were very strapped and conservative with money. My family didn’t like to spend money on anything and we didn’t buy anything that wasn’t necessary. That is why I am conservative and cheap with money, always looking for cheaper options and better deals. Because of having a childhood where I didn’t spend money, this made me rather good with money, and interested me enough to decide that this would be my future profession.

Throughout my life, I never really knew what I wanted to do as a career. For a while, nothing special stood out enough to make me change my mind. When it comes to choosing a career, it can be extremely challenging. There are so many different options to consider such as education requirements, pay, and the benefits. Education plays a major role, but I do not want to be spending my whole life paying off student loans after I graduate from college. My goal is to be able to have as little debt as possible when I am finished with school. Finding a career that pays well is important to me. I want to be successful by living a financially stable life. Also, a job that provides benefits such as insurance coverage and retirement plans. Overall, I want to ensure that the job I decide to have is something that I love and can be very passionate about doing. Due to my past experiences with my health and others around me, I have found a genuine interest in becoming an ultrasound technician also known as a medical sonographer.

As I entered high school I used the same mindset of you have to work for what you want. All through high school I have worked very hard to maintain a high grade point average while maintaining a job

Going into my junior year of high school, the dream of me going to college was always a goal of mine that was quickly turning into a reality. I was gaining scholarship offers to play at select universities and colleges to play basketball but one big question stood in my mind “What do I want to have a career in for the rest of my life, am I good at anything besides sports?” Not knowing which way to turn for ideas I began conversing with teachers, coaches, family, and administrators about different fields and even took a career personality test. All in search of some direction for the next step in my life. Plenty of different ideas came about but none that I felt that I could really make a difference in and love to do.

I decided on The Marine Corps and being a Firefighter as my two careers because I’m really passionate about both of them. Most of my family has been in the military. Since I was a kid I have always wanted to join the Marine Corps. I also really like Firefighters because just like the marines they risk their lives almost every day and i have much respect for everyone that serves to help others in the line of duty. No one really inspired me going into any of these career paths except for my family because they try to push me to my full potential. I feel like these careers can push me to have higher and better goals then what i have now. Although becoming a Firefighter would be amazing I feel that joining the military would be more satisfying as a career path.

When you think back to your childhood and what you wanted to be as a child, most people recall having several options or being able to make up their minds. I, however, was not one of those children. For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be an attorney. When I think of the word attorney or lawyer I think immediately of a courtroom. I picture a large room, full of people waiting for a nail-biting verdict. I picture a judge, high above those around him, making the room silent with a single look. I see a jury of ordinary people, peers to those in question of breaking the laws set up to keep the peace between everyone in this world around us; coming together as one united force to help make a difference in their society.

Careers are some of the most important journeys of everyone’s life. Careers change in order to be accommodated to the person’s lifestyle and sometimes if we are lucky enough, we may have found the best career choice very early in our lives. This might not be the case for everyone but it happens. What makes a company so compelling that it would be considered the best place to start a career with and possible stay with for a long time? “The combined promise of job security and personal advancement within corporate hierarchies has constituted the major reward of the twentieth-century middle-class career” (Wajcman & Martin, 2001). This illustrates that for a company to be considered a good choice for a career, it would need to provide job security and advancement in the career as well. I feel these are two most important factors for the job seekers.

Having many options in choosing a career is good to do because you may find out some interesting things that you may like or may not like about the career that you would like to take part of after high school. It is always good to see the careers that catch your interest because that can benefit you, and you can plan out what you want to do in college or in a university. I have been truly interested in being a veterinary ever since I was in 8th grade. I always wanted to do some kind of job that involves animals because I do not want to get a job that is not something I am interested in at all. In the self assessment quizzes I came out to be in the realistic , investigative, and enterprising. Those traits are required to do in most of my job that I selected.

As a college student one is longing for the day they get their degree and start their career. A career for me is something I have worked so hard to obtain. When asked the question “What role do you want your work to occupy in your life?” my answer is simple. I want my career to allow me to provide for my family, and be something that I am proud of. My career will be something that I am proud of because it took me so much schooling and hard work to obtain it. I selected my career path because of the many opportunities it has to offer. These opportunities come with great pay, with the pay that I receive I will be able to support my family comfortably. They won’t have to worry about not affording college, or any other financial stress. Throughout my career there will also be many opportunities to move up, however, no matter how much I move up, I don’t want it to change the type of person that I am. I want to remain the same humble, hard-working employee that I was when I first started.

I first stumbled onto pursuing a career in pharmacy in grade nine during my technology and communications class when we had to make career pamphlets. Pharmacy, NOC number 3131, was the first career I chose since I like science and wanted to go into that field (). Researching this career, many aspects of this job had similar values which persuade me in to pursing this career. I was always been fascinated by science throughout high school and later on pursued a specialization in organic chemistry at the University of Waterloo. The one thing that stood out when researching this job was that this career deals greatly with working with the public. My occupational research paper will be done investigating a career in pharmacy, where I can help get a better understanding of this career and allow me to choose which area of pharmacy I would like to focus on closely.

When you ask most kids what they want to be when they grow up, they say they want to be doctors, firefighters, astronauts, or billionaires. These are all careers which guarantee a nice, steady, sizeable income and financial stability. Most kids don’t really want to pursue a career that almost guarantees poverty. I guess that’s what makes me special. The career of my dreams is a career that will make virtually no money. The career of my dreams is a career that will have me living with housemates for the rest of my life; the first time I’ll get a room to myself is when I am in my coffin ready to descend into the ground. The price of pursuing the career of my dreams will forever exceed my earnings from it. The career of my dreams is to