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)

Anesthesio ● Problem post Average 31,130 New job - Hospitalists

logist solving/thinking doctoral salary - jobs in the opportuniti - nurse
ahead training or $208,000 US es are less practitioners
● Keeping track of doctoral likely in the - surgeon
people's well beings degree Salary future.
● Problem solving range -
● Thinking about pros $117,540 -
and cons of situations $208,000+
and picking the best
option
● Managing how well a
system is working and
knowing how to solve
it.
 ● Basic skills, problem Bachelor’s Salary 3,047,530 New job - Critical care
Registered solving skills, and degree or range: opportuniti nurses
Nurse social skills certificate 45K - es are very - Acute care
after high 430K likely and nurses
school. Average look bright - clinical nurse
salary: for the specialists
$77,600 future.
● Basic skills, Problem Certificate Salary New job
Dietitian solving skills, and after college Range: opportuniti
and social skills or master’s $42,530 - es are very
Nutritianis degree $93,640 bright for
t Average the future
salary:
$61,650