Career Development

Drive Of Your Life

www.driveofyourlife.org

(Create an account with your school username and lunch number.)

Make sure you get a screen shot of your ride and add it to the bottom of this document before you
post this to your website.

Step 1: Customize Your Ride

List your results:

a) __influential________________
b) ____outgoing_______________
c) ______creative_____________

Step 2: Plan Your Trip - - - - - My Style: _______

List the five careers you chose:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

_agents and business managers _

_advertising salespeople______
_demonstrators and promoters_
_judges and hearing officers___
_police and detective supervisors_

Step 3: Jump In and Drive

(List the facts from a typical day for each career)
Career #1
Tasks: (List only the first task)
______represent and promote artist performers and athletes ____
___________________________________________________

Hazardous Conditions: ___________rarely _____________________

Physically Demanding: ____________rarely____________________
Working Outside: _____________rarely______________________
Working with Others: ________always_______________________
Working with Computers: ________rarely______________________
Skill Sets: speaking/writing, getting along with others, leadership,
math_____________________________________

 Next Steps: several collages in Indiana have sports management

programs that help prepare you for the career as a sports agent.
contact some collages near you and ask if they have a sports
management majors._________________________
Career #2
Tasks: (List only the first task)
_locate and contact potential clients in order to offer advertising
services ________________________________________________

Hazardous Conditions: _rarely _______________________________

Physically Demanding: _rarely_____________________________
Working Outside: _rarely_______________________________
Working with Others: _often_____________________________
Working with Computers: _often__________________________
Skill Sets: __leadership, working great w/ others, speaking/writing,

creativity ____________________________
Next Steps: _pay attention to the type of advertising you see on
television. What techniques are they using to sell their product?____
Career #3
Tasks: (List only the first task)
__show how products work and answer questions about them.
Create public interest in buying products___________

Hazardous Conditions: _rarely___________________________

Physically Demanding: _often______________________________
Working Outside: _rarely_______________________________
Working with Others: _often_______________________________
Working with Computers: _rarely___________________________
Skill Sets: _getting along w/others, speaking/writing, creativity_
Next Steps: __demonstrators often work in retail stores and groceries
_________________________

Career #4
Tasks: (List only the first task)
__preside over hearings and trials in court _____________
___________________________________________________

Hazardous Conditions: ___rarely_________________________

Physically Demanding: ____rarely____________________________
Working Outside: _______rarely___________________________
Working with Others: ___often___________________________
Working with Computers: _rarely___________________________
Skill Sets: _math, science, leadership, getting along w/ others,

speaking/writing_____________
_____________________________________________
Next Steps: _hearings and trials are open to the public attend a trial to
learn more about this occupation

______

Career #5
Tasks: (List only the first task)
__supervise and coordinate the activities of police officers and and
detectives

________________________

Hazardous Conditions: ___always__________________________

Physically Demanding: ___always___________________________
Working Outside: __always_______________________________
Working with Others: ___always____________________________
Working with Computers: __often________________________
Skill Sets: _speaking/writing, getting along with others, leadership,

mechanical, math, science______

Next Steps: _learn about this occupation at summer____________

List the five careers you chose and the kind of degree required:
Careers

Required Degree

_agents and bushiness managers ___

4 years beyond high school

__advertising sales people_________

4 years beyond high school

_demonstrators and promoters______

high school

_judges and hearing officers________

5 years or more beyond

high school
_police and detective supervisors_____

2 years beyond high school