My Top careers By Lindsey O’Brien

(In no particular order)

Lifestyle Choices

• I like working with people• I have decided that I want to

be able to have a family and be there for him, and have a full-time career.

• Commuting to the city daily or very often is not something I want to do for my career.

• I value being treated as a respected and substantial employee.

Work Values

• I could try out my own ideas.

• I make use of my abilities.

• I would be treated fairly by the company.

• My job provides steady employment.

• I would never be pressured to do things that go again my sense of right or wrong.

• I could make decisions on my own and be recognized for it.

• I would rather not be alone at work, all the time.

Learning Styles

I am a Visual Learner!

I learn by seeing and doing or copying. My memory is very good and when I take tests, I can see the textbook in my head. I remember the way that things were written or done in order to utilize this for my own needs.

About me

Unique qualities:

• Skilled debater• Very critical eye• Analytical • Good memory• Very good at problem-

solving

Foundation blocks:

• High school education, up to 10th grade, basic core classes

• 4 years of Italian language education

• Music for 3 years, in the Oboe

I hope to achieve foundation blocks in the areas of Psychology and Forensic Science, before leaving high school.

Placement Tests and My Results

Career Clusters

HollandCode

Birkman Personality

TestI = Investigative

A = Artistic

S = Social

• Education and Training

• Hospitality and Tourism

• Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security

Forensic Science Technician This career is described as: Someone who can collect, identify,

classify, and analyze physical evidence related to criminal investigations. Perform tests on weapons or substances, such as fiber, hair, and tissue to determine significance to investigation. May testify as expert witnesses on evidence or crime laboratory techniques. May serve as specialists in area of expertise, such as ballistics, fingerprinting, handwriting, or biochemistry.

To me, this career is beyond interesting and it taps into my interest in science. I am a very good student at biology and I genuinely enjoy the subject, however I will not know how well I do in Forensic Science until next year. If I do as well as Biology, and I enjoy it as much as I expect to, this career may be for me. Working with machinery and hard equipment is no problem for me, after I learn. Crime scene investigation is also a huge “plus” for me, as would testifying in court. Not only does it apply heavily to my interest, but it would allow me to work with people and still have my own individual work. As long as I can be home to get my children off the bus at the end of the day, I would love this career. Bring it on.

Trial Lawyer

Lawyers represent clients in criminal and civil litigation and other legal proceedings, draw up legal documents, or manage or advise clients on legal transactions. May specialize in a single area or may practice broadly in many areas of law. This career involves actually carrying out a trial in front of a jury and judge, in defendant of your client’s area of the argument.

Being in a court room and debating on a regular basis is a dream to me. I love the entire court system and its functions, while this career really works with my skillsets as well. I am very analytical and a quick thinker, both of which is required for a trial lawyer. There are many branches the lawyers are divided into, yet I find myself leaning toward Criminal Law. It would give me lots of variation in my work while also upholding my desire to work with people, and independently. The only downside to this career is that I am hesitant to go to Law school. Something about it seems very weary to me; when I look at the title of “Trial Lawyer” I am left with a blank page.

AnesthesiologistAdminister anesthetics to patients for, during, or

after surgeries. These doctors play an integral role in keeping patients alive, and asleep, during surgery no matter how long it may take. Their handsome paychecks reflect the responsibility and risk involved in their jobs. You don’t often hear about Anesthesiologists making deathly mistakes, and with the correct schooling it can be prevented. That does not worry me. This entire career really has gotten me thinking, and heavily considering. Doctoral Level degree is required and I do not mind going to school that long at all. I have never considered this career so I am unsure if it is a perfect fit, yet the work seems very interesting. Personally, I have had very limited experience with anesthetics being administered to myself. From outside sources, I know that having this as my career is very impressive and that is definitely important to me. It is not as important as the fact that I need this career to match my skills and values. It seems that I would be able to have a family and this is a huge plus. Schooling would be long, but I do not mind going to school for this. But, this career may be too “big” for me.

GeneticistThe mere title of this job got me immediately interested: therefore, I looked further into

it and found it to be a career in which I would enjoy doing on a daily basis. In biology class, I highly enjoy doing these labs and being able to interpret data for myself is a skill I possess. Going to college and further schooling for genetics would be very possible and enjoyable for me, along with finding employment. This career involves heavy attention to detail; I have always possessed this and use it with everything I do. More than interest, the job skills and values are all matched to my personal skills and values. This information gives me a positive outlook on the career. It seems that I would be able to have a family at home and go to work every morning as well, something crucial to my career choice. This job had a Bright Outlook mark, and this makes me feel a lot better about it due to the fact that job security is very important to me. Working in a lab every day, analyzing data, advising patients, and dealing with biology are all things I could see myself doing when I get older.

Geneticists are the people who do tests on individuals carrying a genetic disorder and they test them in order to make discoveries and lab advances. They research and study the inheritance of traits at the molecular, organism or population level, also may evaluate or treat patients with genetic disorders. Requires a doctoral or professional degree and usually receives $70,790 annually for pay. This career and the genetics field, as a whole, are exploding as technology advances everyday.

Mental Health Counselor

Mental Health Counselors counsel with emphasis on prevention. They work with individuals and groups to promote optimum mental and emotional health. May help individuals deal with issues associated with addictions and substance abuse; family, parenting, and marital problems; stress management; self-esteem; and aging. They also help patients with expressing their feelings and discussing what is happening in their lives, helping them to develop insight into themselves or their relationships, assessing patients for risk of suicide attempts, and guide clients in the development of skills or strategies for dealing with their problems.

This job seems to be very reoccurring for me, during my placement tests, and I can’t help but look into it. I really do enjoy helping people with mental issues, I already do so today. I like getting to know someone and adapting to the way that they think and how they respond to things I say. I am very good at adapting to people’s different situations and this career seems to be a very good fit for me as an individual. Have the type of personality that I do not filter out things that I am thinking, in a positive way. If I feel that you are nervous or holding something in, I am not afraid to put it out there that I see it in you. It is a lot easier to get everything out in the open and really help people in coping with their problems and living happier lives. Psychology is a huge interest to me and this career would uphold my values and major interests. I look at “Mental Health Counselors” and the cogs start turning.

Editor

As an editor, it is required that, on a daily basis, you use analytical thinking and critical views in order to edit someone else’s work. Editors have significant input in the final product. They analyze work for quality of content, grammatical correctness, and stylistic consistency. It also involves meeting daily with others to work on how a passage will be directed to an audience and so on. People who wish to progress in this field nearly always read manuscripts in their spare time or stay late to do extra work.

The present and future of editing really is endless. Authors would work with printers and sell their work to booksellers, who soon realized that they needed someone in between to assure the quality of the product. Technology has affected and will continue to affect the field of publishing. More written work is produced each day in the United States than was produced in the world before 1700. Material online will continue to need editing, as well. The position of editor should remain, but the skillsets needed will change.

The quality of life involves some late-night work within the first few years, yet seems to pay off at the ten year mark. By ten years, an editor becomes substantial in the writing world. All through networking, by ten years an editor can really explode in the field.

Editing has always been a strong suit of mine and having an analytical eye is too. This does not directly refer to book editors. I could get a degree and then go on to edit magazine, or blogs, or any source of writing. Could I successfully raise a family? Possibly. Does this meet my values of having individual work and working with people? Yes. This career is endless and a solid possibility.

In Summary…Finance and

business are not for me

WORKING IN THE MEDICAL FIELD IS PROBABLE FOR ME

My 11th grade education in Psychology

and Forensic Science will guide me further to which

career field I should pursue

I SHOULD PURSUE AN INTERNSHIP TO GAIN MEDICAL EXPERIENCE

I do not need to decide what career I would like, yet. I HAVE TIME

To Conclude:

Editor: not probable

Geneticist: most probable

Forensic Science Technician: very probable

Mental Health Counselor: undecided

Trial Lawyer: undecidedAnesthesiologist: not probable