Helping Field BSHS 305
"Helping Field"
Evelyn Ward, Maria Sauceda, Laura Lopez, Ana Escarcega
BSHS/305
September 29, 2014
"Helping Field" Why would one choose Human Services, also commonly referred to as a “Helping Field”, as their career choice? We sat down and discussed it and we have agreed on 3 primary reasons that we believe people choose this particular field as a starting point to jumpstart their careers. First, working in a helping field provides a great deal of job security. Second, being in a helping field is like building a foundation to a career, but what gets built on top of the foundation can be any of a vast number of career choices. Finally, we agree that a lot of people get into a helping field out of a profound desire to help others. Working in a helping field provides a great deal of job security. If you work in a helping field you are often employed by city, county, state or federal governing bodies which provides a great deal of job security in and of itself. Let’s say you live in an “At-Will Employment” state, job security becomes a known point for concern, but working in a helping field you will often be employed with some sort of an employment contract which helps to protect you and your job security. Along with the job security, as a side note, working for any governing body also comes with phenomenal benefits for the employee and his/her family. When working in a helping field, you have many different doors that become open to you for different career paths that are all considered to be “Helping Fields”. A person with a degree in Human Services (Helping Field) can easily go on to become everything from a social worker that works with at-risk teens, to a drug and alcohol abuse counselor working for a state or federal penitentiary. With a degree in Human Services as the foundation for your career, the doors that can be open to you are virtually limitless. One of the most important and non-materialistic of reasons to enter a helping field, is out of
Evelyn Ward, Maria Sauceda, Laura Lopez, Ana Escarcega
BSHS/305
September 29, 2014
"Helping Field" Why would one choose Human Services, also commonly referred to as a “Helping Field”, as their career choice? We sat down and discussed it and we have agreed on 3 primary reasons that we believe people choose this particular field as a starting point to jumpstart their careers. First, working in a helping field provides a great deal of job security. Second, being in a helping field is like building a foundation to a career, but what gets built on top of the foundation can be any of a vast number of career choices. Finally, we agree that a lot of people get into a helping field out of a profound desire to help others. Working in a helping field provides a great deal of job security. If you work in a helping field you are often employed by city, county, state or federal governing bodies which provides a great deal of job security in and of itself. Let’s say you live in an “At-Will Employment” state, job security becomes a known point for concern, but working in a helping field you will often be employed with some sort of an employment contract which helps to protect you and your job security. Along with the job security, as a side note, working for any governing body also comes with phenomenal benefits for the employee and his/her family. When working in a helping field, you have many different doors that become open to you for different career paths that are all considered to be “Helping Fields”. A person with a degree in Human Services (Helping Field) can easily go on to become everything from a social worker that works with at-risk teens, to a drug and alcohol abuse counselor working for a state or federal penitentiary. With a degree in Human Services as the foundation for your career, the doors that can be open to you are virtually limitless. One of the most important and non-materialistic of reasons to enter a helping field, is out of