Sample Career Exploration Papers
CAREER EXPLORATION PAPER
Julie Vance
Liberty University
CAREER EXPLORATION PAPER
For my career exploration paper I choice the following job Marriage and Family Therapists. That said, Most of my career information that is use in my paper will be from O*NET Online (National Center for O*NET Development, 2014).
The codes that I recived from taking the O*NET interest profiler was that my social was 23, artistic was 15, enterprising was 8, and conventional was 3.Ppeople, who are social, like interests in working with others to help them learn and grow (Holland, 2014). That I liked working with people, instead of working with machines, information or objects. Having taken both tests, I believe that the O*NET interest profiler was …show more content…
The activities for this position are 1) Establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships. 2) Assisting and caring for others.3) Documenting/recording Information, 4) Making decisions and solving problems. 5) Gathering information. 6) Organizing, planning, and prioritizing work. 7) Resolving conflicts and negotiating with others. 8) Communicating with supervisors, peers, or subordinates. 9) Thinking creatively. 10) Coaching and developing others. Typical work day 1) This job requires that you work indoors in an environmentally controlled atmosphere, sitting for prolonged periods of time. It also includes using the phones in talking with clients, prospective clients and insurance companies on a regular basis. 2) You also have to have face to face contact clients and other employees. 3) You will also be working in groups or teams, to work out conflict situations. 3) This job requires that you are able to make frequent decisions that may affect other people, financial resources, or other /or the image and reputation of the organization.Working …show more content…
This job usually requires y a master’s degree is required in order to obtain your licensure. Most of the experience comes from the internships and the intensives at the colleges. The personal traits for a marriage and family therapist is to have strong desire to help people in a respectful manner, are confident, and trustworthy which are an important characteristic of marriage and family therapists. Another important characteristic of marriage and family therapists is to be able to work with individual and have a team work skills.Opportunities and Future Outlook Employment for marriage and family therapists is projected to grow 29 percent from 2012 to 2022, which is much faster than the average compared to other occupations. The reason for this growth is that more people will have their mental health counseling services that will now be covered by their insurance policies. Because of such growth and demand we will see more marriage and family therapist see a bigger geographic distribution in large and small firms, which will give way to job security and advancement opportunities. Economic and Non-Economic Benefits As of Jan 8, 2014, for an entry-level education with a Master 's degree in marriage and family was $40,080. Also for marriage and family therapist the median annual was $46,670 in May 2012. As far as benefits goes,
Julie Vance
Liberty University
CAREER EXPLORATION PAPER
For my career exploration paper I choice the following job Marriage and Family Therapists. That said, Most of my career information that is use in my paper will be from O*NET Online (National Center for O*NET Development, 2014).
The codes that I recived from taking the O*NET interest profiler was that my social was 23, artistic was 15, enterprising was 8, and conventional was 3.Ppeople, who are social, like interests in working with others to help them learn and grow (Holland, 2014). That I liked working with people, instead of working with machines, information or objects. Having taken both tests, I believe that the O*NET interest profiler was …show more content…
The activities for this position are 1) Establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships. 2) Assisting and caring for others.3) Documenting/recording Information, 4) Making decisions and solving problems. 5) Gathering information. 6) Organizing, planning, and prioritizing work. 7) Resolving conflicts and negotiating with others. 8) Communicating with supervisors, peers, or subordinates. 9) Thinking creatively. 10) Coaching and developing others. Typical work day 1) This job requires that you work indoors in an environmentally controlled atmosphere, sitting for prolonged periods of time. It also includes using the phones in talking with clients, prospective clients and insurance companies on a regular basis. 2) You also have to have face to face contact clients and other employees. 3) You will also be working in groups or teams, to work out conflict situations. 3) This job requires that you are able to make frequent decisions that may affect other people, financial resources, or other /or the image and reputation of the organization.Working …show more content…
This job usually requires y a master’s degree is required in order to obtain your licensure. Most of the experience comes from the internships and the intensives at the colleges. The personal traits for a marriage and family therapist is to have strong desire to help people in a respectful manner, are confident, and trustworthy which are an important characteristic of marriage and family therapists. Another important characteristic of marriage and family therapists is to be able to work with individual and have a team work skills.Opportunities and Future Outlook Employment for marriage and family therapists is projected to grow 29 percent from 2012 to 2022, which is much faster than the average compared to other occupations. The reason for this growth is that more people will have their mental health counseling services that will now be covered by their insurance policies. Because of such growth and demand we will see more marriage and family therapist see a bigger geographic distribution in large and small firms, which will give way to job security and advancement opportunities. Economic and Non-Economic Benefits As of Jan 8, 2014, for an entry-level education with a Master 's degree in marriage and family was $40,080. Also for marriage and family therapist the median annual was $46,670 in May 2012. As far as benefits goes,