The document provides information about the author's interests, skills, personality traits, and potential career options. It discusses results from assessments indicating the author likes working with people and information, is a visual and auditory learner, and values achievement and relationships. Potential careers explored include general pediatrician, clinical psychologist, physician's assistant, pharmacist, elementary school teacher, and pediatric occupational therapist. The author indicates general pediatrician is the most appealing option as it involves helping people through science, working with children, and allows using skills while feeling a sense of accomplishment through relationships.

3. About Me
• Lifestyle Choices:
– “What Do I Like?” assessment: I got that I like to work with
people and that I like to work with information.
– People who like to work with people enjoy:
• caring for and helping others
• persuading people
• working in teams
• leading/supervising others.
– People who like working with information like to:
• express themselves through writing, art, or music
• do experiments or research
• solve puzzles/problems
• study/read
• Learning Styles:
– I am a visual or auditory learner (I got the same score for both)
– A visual learner learns best by:
• asking for written directions
• visualizing spelling of words
• working with pictures and color
• creating vivid mental images
• using graphics like films or illustrations to reinforce learning.

4. About Me
– An auditory learner learns best by:
• Listening
• using tapes for reading and class lecture notes
• participating in discussions
• having test questions read aloud
• hearing directions.
• Work Values:
– I got that my top two work values are achievement and relationships.
– People with “achievement” as their highest work value usually look for
jobs where:
• they can use their best abilities.
• they can see the results of their efforts.
• they can get the feeling of accomplishment.
– People with “relationships” as their highest work value like jobs where:
• their co-workers are friendly.
• their work lets them be of service to others or help others.
• they do not have to do anything that goes against their morals or their sense of right
and wrong

5. About ME
• Personality Traits/Unique Qualities:
– Persistent and hard working: I don’t give up and I keep trying
until I achieve a goal I have.
– I enjoy experimenting and learning.
– Motivated: I always try my hardest to reach my goals.
– Social: I find it easy to talk to people.

6. General Pediatrician
• From Career Clusters research
• General Pediatricians: medical doctors that work with children to diagnose diseases or
treat injuries.
• Median Wages (2011):$76.04 hourly, $158,170 annual
• Employment (2010): 691,000 employees
• Estimated growth (2010-2020): Faster than average (20% to 28%)
• Projected job openings (2010-2020): 305,100
• 89% of people with this career have their Doctoral or professional degree. 9% have
their Associate’s degree. 2% have their Master’s degree.
• Job Zone 5, or extensive preparation needed.
• Related occupations: Coroners, Healthcare Social Workers, Health Specialties Workers
(Postsecondary), Nursing Instructors and Teachers (Postsecondary), Family and
General Practitioners, Hospitalists, Physician Assistants, Nurse Midwives and Nurse
Practitioners.
• I feel that this job would be a good fit for me. One of the most important work skills in
this career is using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. My two best
subjects are definitely science and math, and I am in advanced classes for both. This
year, I am taking AP biology, and I am really enjoying it. Pediatricians work with
children and I love working with children. Now, I babysit for cousins and family friends

7. Clinical Psychologist
• I got this career from the Holland Code Test. My code is ISC.
• Clinical psychologists diagnose or evaluate mental and emotional disorders
of individuals through observation, interview, and psychological tests, and
formulate and administer programs of treatment.
• Median wages (2011) $32.64 hourly, $67,880 annual
• Employment (2010) 154,000 employees
• Projected growth (2010-2020)
• Faster than average (20% to 28%)
• Projected job openings (2010-2020): 82,300
• This career is in Job Zone 5 (Extensive Preparation Needed)
• 84% of people with this career have their Doctoral or professional degree.
• 16 % of people have their Master’s degree.
• Related majors are Psychology, Biopsychology, Cell Biology, Clinical
Psychology, Communication Disorders, Developmental Psychology,
Educational Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Human Development,
Industrial Psychology, Neurobiology, Physiological Psychology, and Social
Psychology.
• This job would be a good fit because a psychologist has to have knowledge
of psychology, which greatly interests me. I am taking AP psychology next
year in school. Also, a major work activity is caring and assisting for others,
which I like to do. “Relationships” was one of my highest work values. I try
to help people as much as I can.

8. Physician’s Assistant
• result of the Birkman test
• interest color: red
• usual style: yellow
• They provide healthcare services typically performed by a physician, under the
supervision of a physician, conduct complete physicals, provide treatment, and
counsel patients.
• Current # of jobs: 83,000
• Predicted # in 2020: 108,000. This is a growth of about 30%. It is growing much
faster than average.
• considered a “bright outlook” career
• 50% of people with this job have their Master’s degree.
• 29% have a Bachelor’s degree, and 21% have a Doctoral or professional degree.
• Median wages (2011): $42.62 hourly, $88,660 annual.
• It is a career in Job Zone 5, or extensive preparation needed.
• Related Majors: Circulation Technology, Dietetics, Medical Technology, Diagnostic
Medical Sonography, and Physician Assistant
• I like the idea of this job because there is less training required for this career as
opposed to a Physician or other type of doctor. This seems nice to me because I
don’t want to spend 10 years in school. I feel like I would get very stressed and I
would not enjoy it as much. Also, you need knowledge of biology and psychology, two
courses that I am greatly interested in. I want to be happy doing my career, and
having a job that incorporates subjects I enjoy learning about would make the job
enjoyable for me. In the “What Do I Like?” assessment, I got that I like working
with people. Jobs where I could work in teams would be good for me. This job does

9. Pharmacist
• I got this job from the Holland Code. My code was ISC.
• dispense drugs prescribed by physicians and other health practitioners and provide
information to patients about medications and their use, may advise physicians and other
health practitioners on the selection, dosage, interactions, and side effects of medications
• Pharmacists make $54.51 hourly, $113,390 annual. Major employers are CVS, Walgreens,
Rite Aid, and Genovese. Majors associations are American Council on Pharmaceutical
Education, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, and American Pharmaceutical
Association.
• Related Majors: Molecular Genetics, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Pre-Medicine, Biology,
Chemistry, and Toxicology.
• Current # of jobs: 274,000
• # estimated in 2020: 344,000 jobs.
• This is a growth of 69,000 jobs, which is 25.4%. This is considered to be growing faster
than average. Also important to the projected growth in the profession is the increase in
the elderly population —the primary consumers of medicines—as the average life
expectancy of Americans rises every year. This is considered a “bright outlook” career.
• 68% of people with this career have their Doctoral or professional degree.
• 17% have their Bachelor’s degree.
• 13% have their Master’s degree.
• I like the idea of being able to work hands on with medicine. It is an interesting career
because it is not a career where you just sit around and do paper work; it is hands on. I also
love science and math, and for this career those subjects are important. I would probably
prefer to work in a hospital setting with this job rather than in a community pharmacy. The

10. Elementary School Teachers
• I got this as a result of the Career Clusters research.
• Median Wage is 2011 was $52,840 annual
• 75 % of people have their Bachelor’s Degree
• In 2010 there were 1,477,000 employees
• Its growth is average (10% to 19%)
• It is a career in Job Zone 4 (Considerable Preparation Needed)
• Elementary school teachers teach students basic
academic, social, and other formative skills in public or private
schools at the elementary level.
• 75% of people with this occupation have their Bachelor’s degree.
• 25% have their Master’s degree.
• I think this job would fit me because I love working with
children, and this job allows for that. From the self assessments
I took, I got that I like to work with people and train/supervise
them. That is what this job involves. Also, I like the idea of
being able to help students grow and learn by creating my own
lesson plans. I got “relationships” as one of my highest work
values. These people look for careers where their work lets
them be of service to others or help others, and elementary

11. Pediatric Occupational
Therapist
• Pediatric occupational therapists work with children with disabilities to help
them learn daily skill for life as well as to help them achieve some
independence.
• 86% of people with this career have their Master’s Degree. 9% have
Doctoral or another professional degree. 6% have their Bachelor’s degree.
• This career is in Job Zone 5.
• Median wages (2011): $35.49 hourly, $73,820 annual
• Employment (2010): 109,000 employees
• Projected growth (2010-2020): Much faster than average (29% or higher)
• Projected job openings (2010-2020): 57,100
• Related majors are Nursing, Communication Disorders, Occupational
Therapy, Music Therapy, and Kinesiology.
• 86% of people with this career have their Master’s degree.
• 9% have a Doctoral or professional degree.
• 6% of people have a Bachelor’s degree.
• A major employer is Carondelet Health Care Corporation. Occupational
Therapists are primarily employed by hospitals and social service agencies,
and work in conjunction with therapists and counselors.
• I think this career fits me because I think this career fits me because I
got that I like to work with people. People who like to work with people tend
to enjoy jobs where they can care for others and help others. This career
is all about helping people. You work one on one with disabled children to

12. Most Appealing Career
• The career that I found most appealing out of all 6 I researched
was a General Pediatrician.
• I think this career really fits my personality.
• In the “What Do I Like?” assessment, I got that I like to work
with people. It says people with this result tend to enjoy jobs
where you help people, and in this job you definitely help people.
In my experience, I do really enjoy helping people and I find it
fulfilling.
• I love children and working with children.
• I love science, and especially Biology. Knowledge of science is
essential for this career.
• In the “Work Values” assessment, my two highest work values
were achievement and relationships.
– People with achievement as a high work value should look for jobs where
they can use their best skills and will have a feeling of accomplishment.
• Since science is my strongest subject and I am good at helping people, this fulfills
this work value.
– People with relationships as a high work value should look for jobs that allow
them to be of service of other and help them.
• This job allows me to help and care for sick children who need to be diagnosed and