Things That Have Helped Shaped My Career Interests

My goal in life is to pursue a career I will love participating in and commit to fully.

It’s a mindset like this that distances us from others because we believe that because our own thoughts are subjective and different to those around us, making us unique to others regardless of whether or not there’s a similar goal. By looking past this, it allows us to be less hesitant in looking at others when it comes to predicting our own future, especially in the case of those around us that may be pursuing similar goals, majors, or careers. In the case of predicting my own future in particular, I’d have to rely mainly of the adults around me in my life, as well as various older acquaintances that have shared stories of their similar interests and what those developed into. Ultimately, from this perspective I can assume in my later years I’d find much of my happiness through writing and reading, specifically in topics or areas that are more reflective of my later interests. What’s important to note here is that while numerous adults and figures in my life do enjoy and share these hobbies and find much of their happiness in them, it’s also worth acknowledging that many of their interests, jobs, and ultimately people who they surround themselves with is consistent, in my case that’s still very much subject to change. This is a very noteworthy point to raise, being that while there are some aspects that can be predicted such as what kind of hobbies I’d possibly find enjoyment in, the interests I’d inherit in my later

These three interconnected goals alongside my optimistic attitude connect me to my future because they lay the path toward its realization. During college, I plan to major in physics and mathematics, but I expect to take a wide variety of courses to maintain my well-rounded nature. With this broad background and focus on personal goals, I feel confident that I will meet my career objective and dream of becoming a physicist. How do my goals provide the means to meet my objective? My avid pursuit of volunteerism encourages me to maintain a career path on which I may develop technologies that will help people. Once I obtain employment, I hope to be able to utilize my leadership skills on the job site as an expert in my field; however, in order to obtain that employment initially, I must complete college and graduate school, which will require that I excel in my classes. If I achieve my goals, I will certainly set myself up to successfully meet my ultimate objective.

Although actual career goals were never established in college, I knew which fields I intuitively gravitated toward,

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs When I think of my future career goals, I picture myself being happy, successful, and most importantly, doing what I love.

I adore reading autobiographies like American Sniper by Chris Kyle because I enjoy learning another person’s perspective of life and what kind of obstacles they have over to get to the position that they are in. I also enjoy reading political articles from websites like CNN for example because I relish researching what is happening in the United States and around the world and how the economy is structurally running. I prefer writing argumentative essays because I savor trying to influence others why I am above them in certain topics. I am a visual learner and would like to be a part of unified environment which I can work alongside small groups in order to accomplish team tasks. My major is computer science and my goal is to be a software engineer, working at huge industries like Apple or Boeing,

Discuss the origin and development of your interest in social work; include any influences that your family, personal, educational, and vocational experiences may have had on your career choice.

While in grade school, my teachers always asked what I wanted to become in future, and I always answered, “To be great person.” With the passage of time, I got knowledge and skill background. After that, some people around me posited that I would change my career goals due to the complexities in studies and academic frustrations; however, I did not break. Instead, I found strength and relevance in my objectives, leading to my accomplishments in advancing my education to university levels.

People often ask me “What significant experiences have influenced my goal to be a PA”. I want to become a PA in an effort to practice in community health in the medically underserved populations; the proper medical treatment of these groups is what I hope to contribute to solving.

My career goals are as follows: graduate high school with decent grades, go to college and pursue the path of a Pathologist, graduate college with a major in Pathology and a minor in something else, get my dream job, and then have a steady enough income to support not just myself but my possible future husband or kids. How did decide on the career I wanted? I took frequent trips to the library, enough for the male librarian to recognize me as a regular face. Anyways, I love reading, anything about science and microorganisms and different diseases, later on I made my readings more specific, like reading on the leading causes of diseases and the opposing viewpoints on many a subject.

I had the privilege of starting my career at Union County College in July 2007 as an Adjunct Faculty member of Chemistry. For the past 10 years, I have served our students in different capacities, such as the Faculty Coordinator for American Honors Program, the Chair of the Chemistry Department, the Faculty Advisor to Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society, and the Faculty Advisor to the Student Government Association.

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

My career goals are to be a successful inspiration to the world. I want a career that will provide goodwill to the world. I want to wake up in the morning and know that I’m helping someone out, I’m making someone’s life better. To know that I’m making a positive change in someone’s life is just a goal in general. I plan to make all this possible by taking charge of my education. By filling my mind with all the possible knowledge, I’m one huge step closer to making that

The next major decision I have awaiting me is the choice of a major. I have previously declared biochemistry as a major, but have recently reopened my major on official transcripts. I am currently in enrolled Career Exploration which, in combination with Life Planning and Decision Making, has and will continue to provide me with insight on this upcoming decision. The goal of the career exploration course is to open up my awareness to other interests and major/career options yet explored, and then to funnel this new awareness back down to final decision. My results from the MBTI and CISS have inspired me to explore recreational therapy. I have realized that I value altruism and would like to incorporate that into my major. I also value adventure and would love to be able to travel and/or work outdoors alongside pristine environments. I plan to continue to expand my list of possible majors to about ten. I will then do some research into what types of careers can spawn off of that major. I want to be able to have a vision of what my life would be like ten years down the road if I choose any given major. My happiness as a value has increased in priority as of late since I learned that it takes so much effort to maintain and even more to regain. Because family is such an

Patton and McMahon (2006) developed a systems theory framework for development of careers called the Therapeutic Framework. The system categorizes the various factors that influence the choice of career into individual factors (for both the learner who is to choose their career and their counselor), organizational factors, or environmental factors (Patton & McMahon, 2006). The system also recognizes the effect of timing on these factors; thus incorporating the aspects of past, present and future (McMahon, Forde, & Dickson, 2015).