CAREER COMPARISON RESEARCH

AVID 10

As a college student, you may work to help support yourself. Although happy to get a paycheck you’ll find that the work does not
remain interesting for long. Good thing you are in college; soon you’ll trade that job for a profession, the first stop in your career.

What’s the distinction between a job, profession, and career? The students working at the local frozen yogurt shop have jobs; they do
a few tasks under the direction of others. Not hard, but also not very rewarding. In contrast, the yogurt shop owner is a professional,
creating the business plan, making the decisions, and assuming responsibility for the businesses success. Over time, s/he moves
from frozen yogurt to a restaurant, then into wholesale wine, and finally to an organic food distributorship; in other words, a career in
the food and beverage industry.

Directions: Take an interest survey and do web research (use linked resources) on professions; complete the table.

Profession Primary tasks and Total years of Average Number of Job outlook Related Careers
responsibilities college + salary AND jobs in US (projected
training + Salary growth)%
experience + Range
certifications
(degree)

Provide/manage health 4 years $48,860 125,200 17% (Much community

Health education programs that degree per year faster than health workers
Education help individuals, families, $23.49 per average)
Specialist and their communities Associate's hour
maximize and maintain degree,
healthy lifestyles. Use data bachelor's
to identify community needs degree
prior to planning,
implementing, monitoring,
and evaluating programs
designed to encourage
healthy lifestyles, policies,
and environments. May link
health systems, health
providers, insurers, and
 patients to address
individual and population
health needs. May serve as a
resource to assist
individuals, other health
professionals, or the
community, and may
administer fiscal resources
for health education
programs.
Diagnose and coordinate all Masters or $123,780 271,900 45% (Much nurse
Nurse aspects of the birthing certificate per year faster than anesthetists,
Midwives process, either after master’s $59.51 per average) nurse midwives,
independently or as part of a hour and nurse
healthcare team. May 5 years practitioners
provide well-woman
gynecological care. Must
have specialized, graduate
nursing education.
Probationary Provide social services to Bachelor's $60,250 92,700 4% (Slower education, job
officers and assist in rehabilitation of degree per year growth, and pay
than average)
correctional law offenders in custody or $28.97 per of probation
treatment on probation or parole. 4years hour officers and
specialist Make recommendations for correctional
actions involving treatment
formulation of rehabilitation specialists with
plan and treatment of similar
offenders, including occupations
conditional release and
education and employment
stipulations.