Comparing Careers!

Log in to Career Cruising. Underneath your name, click My EDP to view

your list of saved careers. (If you havent already saved at least three careers, go back to last weeks
lesson plans and follow the directions for saving careers to your EDP).

List your Top 3 Careers (from your EDP)
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2.
3.

Click on the first career on your list. Youll be directed to a page that lists
information about each career. Please note that, depending on the career,
some of the information might not be available/listed. If this is the case,
skip it and move on to the next step.

Career #1:
What are some of the Core Tasks involved with this job?



Why is this a job that is suitable for you?



nurse
surgeon
director
Perform physical exams and collect patient information
Keep patients informed
Monitor results of treatments
Being physically active and on your feet
Providing a service to members of the public (e.g. customers, patients)
Considering the feelings, views or behavior of others
Providing medical care and treatment to people
Describe this jobs Working Conditions.





What are the earnings like for this job? (Whats the starting wage?
The median wage? Benefits?)






What type of education do you need to get this job?




What do people who do this job generally like about it? What do they
dislike about it? (To find this info, click photos and interviews on the gray sidebar.)




Concern for peoples well-being
Able to calm people who are scared or in pain
Communication skills
Able to accept responsibility and supervise others
Decisive
registered nursing/registered nurse
nursing administration
nursing science
nursing practice
palliative care nursing
clinical nurse specialist
Nursing requires a lot of physical activity. There is a great deal of standing, bending, and
lifting. It can be emotionally demanding as well. Most full-time nurses work between 35 and
45 hours a week.
entry: $54,590
medium: $63,840
alot of extra money to spend

Career #2:
What are some of the Core Tasks involved with this job?



Why is this a job that is suitable for you?



Describe this jobs Working Conditions.





What are the earnings like for this job? (Whats the starting wage?
The median wage? Benefits?)






Specialize in a particular kind of surgery
Analyze patients medical histories
Order and interpret tests, such as x-rays
Plan and perform surgery
Arrange for post-operative care for patients and check on their
progress
Providing medical care and treatment to people
Learning new hands-on skills
Being interested in chemistry
Considering the feelings, views or behavior of others
Surgeons work in hospitals, clinics, and private practices. Patients are often referred to them
from family physicians or other medical centers.
The procedures they perform can be relatively straightforward, such as the removal of
tonsils, or they can be complex and involve higher riskfor example, open-heart or brain
surgery.
Entry: $187,200
Medium: $187,200
have extra money to spend
What type of education do you need to get this job?




What do people who do this job generally like about it? What do they
dislike about it? (To find this info, click photos and interviews on the gray sidebar.)





Compare and contrast Careers #1 and #2:






MY PICK: Between Careers #1 and #2, which is a better fit for you?
Why? (Please base this off MORE than JUST income/earnings!)



Medicine
pre-medicine
biology
biochemistry
chemistry
Surgeons are doctors with highly specialized training. They perform all types of
surgical procedures to correct deformities and problems caused by injury or
disease.
There are many different kinds of surgery. Neurosurgery involves operating on
the brain, nerves, or spinal cord, possibly to remove a brain tumor or to repair
damage after an accident.
nurse #1
surgeon #2
*easier to learn
*more interested
*im better at it
*colleges around me
*better earnings
*less years
Career #3:
What are some of the Core Tasks involved with this job?



Why is this a job that is suitable for you?



Describe this jobs Working Conditions.





What are the earnings like for this job? (Whats the starting wage?
The median wage? Benefits?)






What type of education do you need to get this job?
*Analyze scripts and decide what sort of visual style productions should have
*Oversee the hiring of actors and work with them to bring out their best
performances
*Make all production decisions, such as lming locations and costume designs
*Oversee editing and the creation of sound and visual effects
Being involved with music, drama or dance performance (including lm and
television)
Explaining ideas and information to people
Having your own creative ideas about designs and styles
Considering the feelings, views or behavior of others
*Directors normally work under contract for production companies, TV studios, ad agencies,
independent lm producers, and theater companies. Their work may be done in a studio and
on location, both indoors and outdoors. Outdoor shoots can take place in all kinds of weather
conditions.
*Although directors may get to travel to exotic locations, this can sometimes be under
physically and emotionally challenging conditions. There is a lot of stress involved with
meeting deadlines and staying within budgets. Working with difcult actors can be especially
draining.
Entry: $38,120
Medium:52,630




What do people who do this job generally like about it? What do they
dislike about it? (To find this info, click photos and interviews on the gray sidebar.)




Compare and contrast Career #3 and Your
Pick between Careers #1 and #2:






MY PICK: Between Careers your first pick and Career #3, which is a
better fit for you? Why? (Please base this off MORE than JUST
income/earnings!)




directing and theatrical production
cinematography and lm
documentary production
lm/cinema
drama and dramatics
When you think of a director, you might picture someone in a baseball cap and jeans,
barking orders into a megaphone. While this may be a part of the image, it is far from a
complete picture of what directors do. Directing is an extremely demanding and
complicated profession that requires a great deal of technical knowledge, storytelling skill,
and leadership ability.
carrer #3
i like what you do as a director
i think im skillful enough for it
you make a good amount of money