Career One
Career Two
If you had to pick one of these careers based only on the working conditions described,
which would you choose and why?
Click on Earnings in each career profile. Answer the following questions:
How much do people in each career typically earn on a yearly basis? (If annual salary figures aren’t
available, how much do they earn per hour or per contract?)
What other kinds of compensation or benefits can people in each career receive? (e.g. health and dental
benefits, contributions to retirement savings plans, performance bonuses, etc.)
If you had to pick one of these careers based only on how much you could earn, which would you
choose and why?
Click on Education in each career profile. Answer the following questions:
What are the education and training requirements for people in each career? (e.g. high school diploma,
associate or bachelor’s degree, apprenticeship, on-the-job training, additional licensing or certification,
etc.)
Approximately how many years of training or education are required for people in each occupation?
If you had to pick one of these careers based only on the amount of education and training you need,
which would you choose and why?
Now that you have evaluated your interest in these two careers based on work tasks, working
conditions, potential earnings, and education and training requirements, answer the following
questions:
Did you change your mind about the career you chose at the beginning of the activity as different types
of information became available to you? What new information caused you to change your mind and
why?
Which of the criteria that you used to compare your career choices is most important to you and which
is the least important? Rank them in order from 1 (the most important) to 4 (the least important) and
explain why you have ranked them that way:
Criteria:
Work Tasks:
Working Conditions:
Earnings:
Education & Training:
What other factors may influence your career decision? (e.g. parents, favorite school subject, job
outlook, etc.) Do you consider any of them to be more important than the ones you ranked above?
Why?
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