My Career Path

My alternate career path is nursing. I think this would be a good career for me because in nursing you have to work with people and you help them, and I like to help people anyway I can. I didn’t pick nursing as my major because to be a nurse you have to go to school for four years and I didn’t want to do that, so I decided to do a degree that is only two years.

5. The Callos Companies is an organization that is linked with various companies to provide a broad range of human resources to businesses.

When we were little we were all asked the infamous question of, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” Back in elementary school the most popular answers were teacher, fireman, and of course a superhero. As college students we are expected to know what we actually want to be, now that we are paying for courses that will give us the knowledge to excel in the field of our choosing. Some of us still want to be a teacher like we did back in the third grade but the majority of us have moved on. Personally, I want to be a Design Psychologist and to explain myself I am going to describe my interests, experiences and my personality to allow others to understand why I picked this career path.

Landrum, R. E., & Davis, S. F. (2014). The Psychology Major: Career Options and Strategies

Experiences often have a noticeable impact on potential career paths, and I am no exception. I spent a major portion of my recent summer interning at Sanford Health, a local hospital, with Sanford Vascular Innovations, a research group located within the hospital. As part of my internship, I became involved in the patent process for novel medical devices and observed live surgery, both state-of-the-art and timeless, to increase my understanding. Observing the live surgeries provided me with a more knowledgeable position from which to write a background of current medical treatments for the novel medical devices. Even though the specific medical devices were not in the trial phase, just observing the operations afforded me a greater understanding of how the device could be used and where potential complications could occur. Performing the actual surgery would provide even more insight into how medical devices are used and where complication may occur.

Since my time in my current career field I have seen many broken processes, some that are more severe than others. When processes are broken people can get hurt or even killed. This is why the most important concept for me in module 5 is Management by Example Active. This is the most important concept to me because of the severity of my career field. Within my job we handle and load live munitions on Aircraft’s on a daily basis. Not only do we perform this task while deployed but we do it at home around the civilians we want to protect. This task requires constant active supervision and technicians that will follow instructions precisely. Per our required reading in Chapter 7, page 204 “MBE-A exists in structured system with detailed

Chapters 11 and 13 combined with information presented by Dr. Janett Naylor and Dr. Carol Patrick are solid introduction to Developmental Psychology and advanced careers in the vast field of psychology. My first impression of Developmental Psychology is that it is a subdiscipline that is vital to our understanding human growth and maturity. Secondly, through Doctors Naylor and Patrick’s video it is apparent that Developmental Psychologists could specialize various areas given that lifespan developmental is so vast. Lastly, my impression of advanced careers in Psychology is that it is good summation of the graduate careers previous introduced throughout previous texts.

have always had the passion to be a business professional. I have decided to major in accounting to get a career path in auditing. The CPA profession gives me the power to put an end to white collar crime. Through the tighter regulations by the Security Exchange Commission and the integrity and honesty of a CPA I believe this can be achieved. Also, I chose auditing because it is sort of a social career since one gets to meet with business executives, clients and other divisional auditors. I am interested in keeping track of payments, financial positions and the transfer of capital or income. My ultimate goal is to be a Certified Public Accountant and own an accounting firm. I would love to own a firm that will provide audit, tax and consulting services at an affordable price to the public. In order to own a reputable and respectable organization, you need to be a CPA. Being a CPA in today's competitive business environment, gives one an edge and a distinction over business competitors. The CPA which is a vital part of any strong business or organization is the most respected and valued credential in the financial community. Another reason for me wanting to be a CPA is the prestige and respect that comes with it. Being a CPA transcends one above

Developmental psychology is the scientific study of how and why human beings change over the span of their lifetime. Developmental psychology’s general focus was children and infants but now it has enlarged and now also focuses on adults. Although it would have been logical for me to choose a biopsychologist or neuroscientist as a specialization considering that I am pursuing college to become physician, I chose the topic of developmental psychology because the world is changing rapidly and it is significantly affecting the way the new generations view the world.

While some people have known exactly the career that they have wanted to go into since childhood, I did not. The only thing that I knew for certain was that I wanted to help people. Whether it was holding lemonade stands to raise money to build schools in Haiti or creating my own not-for-profit business selling baked goods and to buy animals for impoverished communities throughout the world. Over two years, I raised over $5,000. Although I enjoyed this, I still felt that this was not the career for me. The next summer, I spent a month in the Dominican Republic on a service trip. This was a life changing experience as it showed me how to have a global perspective on life as well as instilling in me the importance of serving a good greater than my own. However, knowing that this could not be a career, I kept exploring. Eventually, I took a Principles of Engineering course in school, and from the first day, knew that I had found what I was looking for. I will continue to follow my passion of helping people in engineering by creating new products that increase quality of life in people all over the world. However, I must first educate myself and get experience through internships and co-ops. It is for these reasons that I believe that the best city in world that I can live in to further my goals is Lawrence, KS.

Developmental Psychology means more to me than a university subject studied for a specific number of hours per week. It is undoubtedly an influential part of the society and something I am passionate about. I’ve always been fascinated by the human mind, how it works and how it influences our actions and behavior. I want to broaden and deepen my knowledge of what motivates the behaviors of children, how they develop, how they perceive and interpret their environment, how they understand the good from the bad, the factors that can influence a child’s character in the future as well as the present and in the process learn more about the developmental process from birth to adulthood.

In my Career Explorations and Opportunities (CEO) class, we have just completed a financial unit. Before this unit I didn’t understand many banking terms, I wasn't aware of the difference between savings and chequing and did not know what was available to me through banks being a student. Throughout the unit I was constantly learning new things and realized how important saving is! Savings can really be a great safety net in case of emergency. Throughout this unit I have learned a lot about savings, savings skills, savings mindset, investing, types of investments and my risk appetite. In the following paragraphs I would like to tell you on what I learned throughout this unit.

Ever since I was little I loved taking things apart especially electronics and just learning how things worked. Recently I got into computers around when I started high school and now that sort of has become my hobby. I was originally going to try to be a mechanical engineer then I started to consider computer and electrical engineering. I believe I would like computer or electrical engineering for a career choice because of my interest’s in electronics and how they

After graduating high school, I had decided to take a path that is more common now than it used to be. I will be going to school at community college first to get general education course done right away and cheaper, then I will transfer over to a public school to finish off my bachelor’s degree. I thought long and hard on what I wanted to do for the rest of my life and I decided that I wanted to major in interior design and minor in business. As this is a growing industry, more and more people are starting to enroll in interior design programs. I know many people that are currently working at interior design companies and a few people who work independently. I want to work independently, hence the business minor. I would like to pursue my future career by starting at Ivy Tech Community College and end at Ball State University. This will minimize the amount of money I need to borrow and it will also decrease the amount of time I will need to be in school. Four years later, if I average the amount of tuition, fees, transportation, and books and supplies, I will be around $35,000- $40,000 in debt. This is about $10,000 a year.

This paper will provide an outline about my future career choices, which are to be an author (or creative writer) and a professional dancer. In the following pages, I will show that my personality traits and the skills that I have are perfect for my career(s) and they will insure that I will be happy. My abilities and aptitudes that I have now will be enhanced by the training and education that I have chosen and listed.