Correctional Officer Career

The Under-appreciated career of a Correctional Officer

A career as is way to show the amount of raw talent people hold within themselves. The reason why people succeed in their career is because they enjoy their work. It can determine where a people live, the friends they make, and the amount of money a people earns. A career can also determine how a person feels about himself and how others act towards them. A career can vary greatly in the type of work involved and how it influences a person’s life. A job is where people go to make money but they are not proud of working at that job unlike if they had a career they would be proud of working. A Correctional Officer’s career carries these traits and requires much more talent from a person …show more content…
It’s dependent on a person’s dignity and characterizes how that people would be described in society. It expands their knowledge and develops hidden talents that a person otherwise would not know existed. Their strength and their weakness are visible and through training become their greatest talent. A career as a Correctional Officer not only changes the officer’s outlook on himself but also how to maintain authority he has over the inmates. Most common people in the same position would more than likely abuse the power they hold over the inmates and yet the talented person with this position creates a comfortable line between the two. ( …show more content…
They need confidence in themselves to walk into a building that houses criminals. As they use their experiences and training to watch over prisoners they learn not to trust people in general. This is one of the hardest weaknesses that the career oriented officer and the job oriented officer both share. It is discouraging that because both individuals are surrounded with such evil every day that they begin to doubt goodness in everyone. The difference between the two are although they hold the same position, deal with the same people, and are paid the same money; the career oriented officer will succeed and promote in their field whereas, the job oriented officer will always find negativity and remain the same his whole working life. (