1. Career Planning Final
Exam
By: Gina DeRicco

2. ISE
 I am an investigative person
 Ask numerous questions
 Very curious
 I am a social person.
 Lively
 Energetic and love to have fun.
 Excellent Conversational and speaking skills
 I am an enterprising person.
 Organized and serious in all that I do.
 Leader
 Diligent and motivated.

3. Job Environment Interests
 Well kept, fresh, serene, and comforting
job environment.
 Psychologists
 Pediatrician
 Epidemiologist
 Social worker
 Teacher
 The jobs listed for my Holland Code
accurately reflect my personality because
I work very well with young children and love
to be the one that people look up to and obey.
I love helping people and I am very social. Lastly,
I enjoy experimenting and discovering new material.

4. Psychologist
 Study mental processes and human behavior
 Evaluate behavior
 Clinical Psychologists -assessment, diagnosis,
and treatment of mental disorders.
 Interview patients
 Diagnostic tests
 Not prescribe medication
 Natural remedies

5. Psychologist- Skills and
Knowledge
 Bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral
 On the job training.
 License
 Exam administered by the State
 Coherent
 Effectively communicate one’s thoughts
 Excellent Listening skills
 Comprehension skills
 Emotionally stable
 Speech clarity
 Knowledge of computer

6.  Median annual wages -$64,140
 The middle 50% -earned between $48,700
and $82,800.
 The lowest ten percent- earned less than
$37,900
 Highest ten percent- earned more than
$106,840.
 Expected to grow as fast as average
 12% from 2008-2018

7. Biochemistry
 Study the chemical composition of living
things.
 Analyze chemical combinations and
reactions involved in metabolism,
reproduction, and growth.
 Chemistry of life.

8. Skills and Knowledge
 Bachelor’s degree
 Masters Degree
 Ph.D
 Extensive Chemistry and Biology courses
 Mathematics, physics, engineering, and
computer science.
 Laboratory experience
 Communicate ideas and findings effectively
 Patience and self discipline
 Excellent Problem Solving abilities

9.  Employment change from
2008-2018- 8,700 or 37%
 Fierce Competition
 Many opportunities in the
science field
 Maintain jobs during recessions
 Median annual wages –
$82,840 in May 2008.
 Middle 50 percent –
between $59,260 and $108,950.
 Highest 10 percent -more than $139,440.

10. Who Will Hire Me?
Psychology
 Community Agencies
 Hospitals
 Capital District Psychiatric Center- 75 New Scotland
Avenue Albany, NY 12208-3474
 New York Presbyterian Hospital- 622 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
 American Psychological Association- 750 First Street
NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242

11. Who Will Hire Me?
Biochemistry
 Association of Medical and Graduate
Departments of Biochemistry
 American Association for the Advancement of
Science- 1200 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20005
 National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry- 1850
K Street, NW Suite 625
Washington, DC 20006