Career Research Project

PAS 1000
— Career Research Project
Before you
can write a career research report, you need to conduct research about the
career you plan to pursue. Use the following sources for information: CareerCoach, and O*Net to complete this
assignment. Answer the following questions to conduct complete and meaningful
research on your career.
Step 1: Complete the 60-question
detailed assessment in Career Coach and review your career matches.
Step 2: Use Career
Coach assessment results to explore and answer the following questions using
CareerCoach and O*Net for further exploration of your chosen
career.
Step 3: Use complete
sentences to answer each question below.
Each response should be at least a paragraph. Please include reference
to your source(s) whenever possible.
Step 4: Make sure that you:
• Type your responses in a professional font and double space
your work.
• Include a heading on the top left side of the first pages
with the following: your name, the course name, my name and the date.
• Include a title (centered below the heading).

Choosing the
right career is a very important step in your life! Take this exercise
seriously! Good research here may save you a lot of unhappy hours at a job you
don’t like or in a college class that you don’t need in order to attain your
career goals!
1. A) What
is the title of the occupation you plan to enter? And why? B) What soft skills are necessary for success
in the specific occupation (critical thinking, communication, empathy, etc)? Explain why each is necessary.
2. A) What
education and training will you need to begin this occupation? B) How
are you planning to pay for this education and/or training (loans, grants,
scholarships, cash)? What steps do you
need to take to secure any/all of them? C)
Name a specific private scholarship or grant for which you qualify (i.e.
agency or organization offering the scholarship not the government). D) What
steps do you need to take to secure this scholarship or grant?
3. What are
three related occupations? And how do each of them compare to your chosen
field? What are the possible fields of specialization?
4. What
tasks are performed for your chosen career? What equipment or tools are used? What
does a typical day look like for a person in your chosen career? Using a current job posting for your chosen
occupation, describe the necessary skill levels and responsibilities?
5. A) Where
is your job/career performed (hospital, government agency, school, etc.) is the
work usually performed? B) What are the working conditions? Are job tasks
performed indoors or outdoors? Describe the daily and weekly time schedule as
well as any health hazards, travel requirements, or stressful
responsibilities.) In what region are workers in this career employed
(geographical location, office vs. lab, etc.)?
Describe the work environment of the occupation (travel, time, etc).
6. What are
the projected earnings? What is the beginning and average expected income
according to geographic location? Research and explain what other, non-monetary
rewards and satisfactions will (or won’t) this career provide?
7. Research
and explain what are some of the things you can/will need to do in order to increase
your salary (ex. write grants, obtain more experience or education, side-work,
etc.)?
8. What is
the outlook for employment in this career? Research and explain the trends that
are likely to affect employment growth or decline for this occupation during
the next ten years? What is the projected number of annual openings? What
future changes are expected in your career field? What are the opportunities
for professional growth in your chosen career field? Use a current job posting
for your chosen career field to determine what the possibilities for advancement
are (not just raises but promotions and/or leadership opportunities) and will
additional education be needed? What is
the timeframe to complete any additional education?
9. What are
the diversity issues among those currently working within your chosen career
field? What group(s), if any, typically
dominates this career field? What do the statistics show?
10. Create a
long-term SMART Goal for your career of choice. Describe and explain at
least two additional important pieces of information have you discovered in
your research about your chosen occupation? Now that you’ve conducted your
research on your chosen profession, explain what do you think you may need to
consider in terms of your personal goals?

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