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Career Research Guide Worksheet

Make sure you have completed the career exploration and have a good idea of the career that interests you!
Use point form or sentences. Make sure it is in our OWN words! Do not copy
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Your job title (be specific: professional hockey player
!ob o"er"ie#$What they do (%ro"ide a para&raph description of the job' What #ould a typical day on the job
look like(:
)hey play in professional hockey lea&ues' *n the mornin& your team #ould &o and practice and then you #ould
&o and sleep then you #ould #ake up and ha"e a bi& meal and then prepare for your &ame later that ni&ht
Workin& conditions (+ours you can e,pect to #ork( Risk of injuries( )ime of day$time of year(
*ndoors$outdoors( Clothin& re-uired( .tc/:
)here all a lot of injury risks playin& the sport like concussions broken bones ect' )here isn0t really a set
amount of hours that you #ould #ork' *t0s an all1day thin& e"ery day' You play and train all throu&hout the year'
*t is indoors and you need a suit to #ear to the &ames
2alary (#hat #a&e can you e,pect to earn(:
3"era&e salary of an N+4 player is 5'6 million but there are many other professional lea&ues that pay a lot less
Future outlook (#ill this job be in demand in the future( Why$#hy not(:
Yes because player in their professional lea&ue #ill end up retirin& or bein& hurt and forced to -uit' )his #ill
open up opportunities for other players to come in and take their sport makin& this job be a demand in the
future
Post-Secondary Institute!rainin" Pro"ram
Uni#ersity or co$$a"e if you "et a scho$arship
%ocation and name of pro"ram& there are many di" 7 and di" 8 school that ha"e &ood colla&e pro&rams * don0t ha"e a
certain school that appeals to me because * #ill ha"e no idea #hat school #ill offer me a scholarship until it actually
happens
'ost& throu&h hockey you can &et a full scholarship to a colle&e or uni"ersity after that you can &o play pro some#here'
)here only reason you #ould need to pay to play hockey #ould be if you &ot a half scholarship and you #ould ha"e to pay
the rest
Pre-re(uisites of pro"ram& there isn0t a re-uired course in hi&h school for this career
What are 8 related occupations you could take if this one didn0t #ork out for you (#hat #ould you do if you
don0t end up doin& this career and #hy(: coach9 trainer9 and scout' 3ll these jobs #ould still mean that * am
around hockey
3nd most importantly/
Why are you interested in this career( (+o# lon& ha"e you been interested in it( What led you to #antin& this
job( +o# does it suit$fit your personality9 interests9 characteristics9 stren&ths9 etc/(: * ha"e been interested
in this career my #hole life * lo"e playin& hockey' * #as led to this career since the first time * e"er played'
."erythin& about this career fits my personality9 interests9 etc'
)hey play in professional hockey lea&ues' *n the mornin& your team #ould &o and practice and then you #ould
&o and sleep then you #ould #ake up and ha"e a bi& meal and then prepare for your &ame later that ni&ht'
Workin& conditions #ould be there all a lot of injury risks playin& the sport like concussions broken bones ect'
)here isn0t really a set amount of hours that you #ould #ork' *t0s an all1day thin& e"ery day' You play and train
all throu&hout the year' *t is indoors and you need a suit to #ear to the &ames' )he a"era&e salary of an N+4
player is 5'6 million but there are many other professional lea&ues that pay a lot less' )he future outlook on
this job is that it is promisin& because player in their professional lea&ue #ill end up retirin& or bein& hurt and
forced to -uit' )his #ill open up opportunities for other players to come in and take their sport makin& this job
be a demand in the future' %ost1secondary institute #ould :ni"ersity or colla&e if you &et a scholarship' )here
are many di" 7 and di" 8 school that ha"e &ood colla&e pro&rams * don0t ha"e a certain school that appeals to
me because * #ill ha"e no idea #hat school #ill offer me a scholarship until it actually happens' )here isn0t a
re-uired course in hi&h school for this career' 8 related occupations are coach9 trainer9 and scout' 3ll these
jobs #ould still mean that * am around hockey' * ha"e been interested in this career my #hole life * lo"e playin&
hockey' * #as led to this career since the first time * e"er played' ."erythin& about this career fits my
personality9 interests9 etc'