Career Essay Outline - Tamaqua Area School District



Your Name

Mrs. Bittner

Language Arts

Date

Career Essay

Choosing a career can be difficult. Researching a career helps to determine the direction a student takes after high school. It is important to understand the education or training requirements, skills or talents needed, salary and benefits offered and the duties for a particular career when making this decision.

Education/Training

There are several different ways to obtain the training and education required to be a ___________________. (3-6 sentences about how to receive the required education/training) One way is to__________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ is another way to receive the appropriate training needed. ______________________________________________

_______________________________________________ is another option. It will take a person approximately _______________ to receive the education/training.

Or

To begin, the education/training for _______________ will take approximately _________________________. The education/training involves __________________ _____________________________________________________________________.

(5-8 sentences describing the steps to take to receive the required education/training)

Job Skills, Talents and Experience

As far as skills and talents, they are (varied? numerous?). (give information here about the skills and talents a person needs to do well in this career) To be a _______________ it is important to _________________________________________ __________________________________________._______________________________ is a good skill to have to be a ________________ because ________ ___________________________________________________. Also, _____________

____________________________________________________________________ is a helpful talent to go into this particular career due to ___________________________ ___________________________________________________________________.

And/ Or

It is important to have experience with ________________________________ to be a successful _________________________________. Most ___________ are required to have experience with ___________________________ to be successful. ________________________ are classes that a student could take in high school to gain experience needed. Another way to gain experience is to ____________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Earnings and Benefits

Regarding income, the (quote your source here, Example: Bureau of Labor Statistics) reports ________________________________. (4-6 sentences about money that you can make, include whether the amount goes up or if there is advancement within the company)

In addition to the income, benefits are also included with this career. (3-5 sentences about the health/medical benefits, retirement plans, vacation time, perks)

Health Factors (If your career is not dangerous, you do not need this section!)

There are health and safety factors involved with being a __________________. (give several health or safety issues involved in this job)One example is __________________________________________________. Another safety issue is ___________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________. A good way to avoid these safety factors is to _________________________________ ____________________________________________________________.

Employment

___________________________ is a growing/ is not a growing field to get into. (give several factors that influence the availability of jobs in this field) The reason for this is____________________________________________________. Another reason is because ________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________. This makes it a good/ not good career to go into.

Typical Day

On a typical day, a ____________________ can deal with a number of (interesting? exciting? frightening? creative?) situations. (give details about the duties for this job. What are the usual hours?)

There are many challenges as well as benefits for a _____________________. (write 2-4 details about the challenges of this job and 2-4 details about the advantages or best parts of this job) One challenge a ____________ must deal with daily is _______________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________. Another is _____________________________________________________________ _______________________. However, an advantage to being a _________________ is ________________________________________________________________. They also _____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________.

Conclusion

After researching ____________________ as a possible career, I believe it is/is not suited to my goals and interests. (give details about skills or talents that you have that would/would not make you suited for this job. Give details about your future goals and plans and how they are/are not suited to this career.) All in all, after completing the research about this career_______________________________ ________________________________________________________________.

**Make sure to double-space your essay and use MLA heading. Read your paper aloud to yourself to self-edit and then ask someone else to proofread it

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