The document summarizes and compares information about three careers: lawyer, psychiatrist, and criminal investigator. It provides details about the job duties, skills and abilities required, common interests, education and training needed, potential earnings, and typical employment for each career. The concluding paragraph indicates that psychiatry is the most interesting career to the author because they find the mind interesting, enjoy helping people, and are motivated by the challenge and high salary of becoming a psychiatrist.

1. Career Project I Lawyer Psychiatrist Detective (Criminal Investigator) By: Whitney Punzone

2. Lawyer Represent clients in a courtroom Present clients’ cases and show evidence to defend them Study the law Choose jurors and question witnesses

3. Skills & Abilities Skills: Listen to what people say during court or in private with clients Speaking skills to present information Negotiate with people, including settling deals with criminals Good judgment and decision making to see both positives and negatives of others’ actions Abilities: Communicate information in a way people can understand Listen and understand ideas and facts presented in court or in private Inductive reasoning (finding information from unusual events and piece them together) Deductive reasoning (piece together obvious information)

4. Knowledge Law and Government – legal codes & court procedures English language – grammar, vocabulary, word meanings Administration & Management – leadership & strategic planning Economic & Accounting – banking and reporting financial data

5. Interests (Holland Code) Enterprising – carry out projects and make decisions Investigative – search for facts to come up with a result Artistic – follow an easily understood set of directions

6. Related Occupations Criminal Investigator Special Agent Judge Paralegal

7. Earnings Median Annual - $110,590 Private Practices - $126,080 Businesses - $69,100 Government - $50,000 Academic Clerkships - $48,000 Health & life insurance provided Salary based on location, type, and size of employer

8. Training, Other Qualifications, Advancement 7 years after high school – 4 years of undergraduate school, 3 years of law school Bachelor’s Degree Get licensed & pass bar examination Several years for advancements (move from a new attorney to a partnership in a firm)

9. Employment 759,200 jobs for lawyers in 2008 26% self employed Small number works in law schools Most salaried lawyers hold office in government

10. Psychiatrist Prescribe medications to patients with mental disorders Counsel patients during office visits Evaluate data from patients to diagnose mental disorders and severity Conduct lab tests to find out information on conditions

11. Skills & Abilities Skills: Give full attention to patients Understand why people react the way they do Speaking to convey information to patients, doctors, and patients’ families Logic and reasoning to figure out solutions to problems Abilities: Listen and understand what their patients tell them Problem sensitivity to tell if something goes wrong or if something is bothering their patient Speech recognition to understand what others tell them Speak clearly to others

12. Knowledge Human behavior – psychology Medicine – be able to diagnose patients correctly Counseling/Diagnosing – counsel patients, principles and methods on diagnosing and treating patients Sociology – group behaviors and social trends in a community

13. Interests (Holland Code) Investigative – work with ideas, search for facts, figure out problems mentally Social – communicate with people Artistic – follow work without a clear set of rules

14. Related Occupations Psychiatric technician Psychiatric aid

15. Earnings Median Annual - $160,230 Median Hourly - $77.04 Top paying industry – nursing care facilities ($199,910 annually)

16. Training, Other Qualifications, & Advancement 4 years of undergraduate school 4 years of medical school 3-8 years of internship and residency In medical school – spend first 2 years taking classes on: Anatomy Biochemistry Physiology Psychology

17. Employment 5.2% of physicians involved in psychiatry in 2007 53% worked in physician offices 19% were employed by hospitals

18. Detective (Criminal Investigator) Analyze evidence in labs Obtain evidence by interviewing suspects Look at records to determine links in chains of evidence Testify in court about criminal activities

19. Skills & Abilities Skills: Give full attention to others when they speak Talk to others in an understanding way Persuade people to change their minds Awareness of why people act the way they do Abilities: Inductive reasoning – piece together information that doesn’t seem to go together Oral comprehension – listen and understand people when they speak Deductive reasoning – apply rules together so they make sense Near vision – see details closely

20. Knowledge The law – statutes, amendments Public safety and security – operations for protecting people Psychology – for interviewing suspects English language – meanings of words and grammar

21. Interests (Holland Code) Enterprising – start and carry out projects, lead people into making decisions Investigative – use thinking to figure out problems and find out facts

22. Related Occupations Private detectives & investigators Police detectives

23. Earnings Median Annual in 2008- $60, 910 Highest ten percent of people - $97, 870 Middle fifty percent of people - $41, 930- $81,490 Lowest ten percent of people - $36,500

24. Training, Other Qualifications & Advancement High school degree College degree Foreign languages Physical education (to build stamina) 21 years old Physical examinations

25. Employment 883,600 jobs for police officers and detectives in 2008 79% employed by local governments 11% employed by police agencies

26. The career that most interests me… The career that most interests me is psychiatry. This is because I find the mind really interesting. I always wonder why people act the way that they do, and if I become a psychiatrist, I’m able to study peoples’ behaviors to figure out how to help them; I love helping people. Also, becoming a psychiatrist takes a lot of hard work, and I like to be able to do all of that work and have it paid off in the end with a high salary that will be used to provide for my family. Psychiatry