1. Career Clusters

2. Agriculture & Natural Resources
The agriculture, food, and natural resources career cluster people are interested in the areas of distribution, marketing, and processing to goods dealing with agricultural products. People are also interested in becoming a farmer, food scientist, or tree trimmer.
Characteristics:
Natural resources, horticulture, and animal products.
Food, fuel, fiber, and wood products

3. Architecture and Construction
The people within the architecture and construction career cluster plan, maintain, and design buildings. Examples of the items they construct are road, houses, skyscrapers, and parks.
Characteristics:
Hands-on learners, likes to work independently, producing results quickly
2. Examples of careers: Architect, pipe layer, and carpenter

4. Arts and Video Technology
People in this career cluster would like to become a news reporter, book publisher, or video graphics engineer. They produce, design, and write multimedia content for the community.
Characteristics:
People skills, independent, resourceful
Dislikes long explanations and prefers to the point approach
Occupations include: Artist, music producer, actor, comedian

5. Business Management and Administration
People in this cluster organize large and small businesses to ensure activities go smoothly in their office. Occupations within this cluster include, accountant, entrepreneur, chief executive officer.
Characteristics:
Confident, motivated, has excellent communication skills, natural leaders
Dislike low tolerance for disorganization and inefficiency

6. Education and Training
People in this career cluster plan and implement lessons adults and children. They also, provide training and learning support services to those within their community.
Characteristics:
Outstanding people skills, structure, organization, creative and imaginative
Occupations include: teacher, textbook author, corporate trainer, department chair

7. Finance
People in this career cluster provide financial and investment banking to clients. They also, monitor the stock market and sell insurance products.
Characteristics:
Very decisive, committed to completing tasks, excellent communication skills
Occupations include: accountant, tax preparer, stock broker, and insurance agent

8. Government and Public Administration
People in this career cluster work with the state, local and national government. They make decisions on how the government will act on foreign services, regulate laws and taxes within the United States.
Characteristics:
1. Cooperative, supportive, and appreciative of others, strong communication skills, flexible and willing to work with others.
2. Occupations include: President, transportation inspector, air crew member, and diplomat

9. Health Science
In the health science field, people provide health information, therapeutic services, and diagnose various illnesses. These people work in all parts of the United States from large cities to small rural communities.
Characteristics:
1. Focused and not easily distracted, considerate of others, hard-working and dependable.
2. Occupations include: Doctor, nurse, dental assistant, dietitian, athletic trainer, and certified nursing assistant

10. Hospitality and Tourism
Hospitality and tourism is the world’s largest industry. The workers manage, market and operate restaurants and other food service venues. They also work in lodging, recreation events and travel related fields.
Characteristics:
Energetic and goal orientated, sociable and willing to interact with others, and like to initiate things.
Occupations include: Tour guide, travel agent, chef, and convention planner

11. Human Services
People who work in human services work with families and human needs. They may work in a daycare center, counsel those who may need emotional support, or work with the elderly or disabled.
Characteristics:
Kind, considerate, and sensitive to others, have a strong values system, and are detailed orientated.
Occupations include: Barber, clergy, guidance counselor, social worker, and hair dresser.

12. Information Technology
These people design, develop, support, and manage software and other technological systems. They have a strong math and science background which helps with being on the cutting edge of technology.
Characteristics:
Dependable, hard working, alert, extremely thorough
Occupations include: Computer technician, web administrator, computer programmer, and network designer.

13. Law, Public, Safety, and Corrections
Individuals who plan, manage, and provide legal, public safety protective services, and homeland security. They play an important role within all communities.
Characteristics:
Hardworking, dependable, loyal, athletic, and natural leaders
Occupations include: detective, paramedic, lawyer, and police officer

14. Manufacturing
People within this career cluster create final products which are related to production planning. They control, maintain, and engineer products for various industries.
Characteristics:
Prefer hands on work, self confident, excellent with troubleshooting ideas.
Occupations include: Assembler, electrical installer/repairer, and machinist

15. Marketing
Marketing professionals plan, manage, and perform activities related to the goals of an organization. They may hand out flyers, work with social media, or research consumer habits.
Characteristics include:
Creative and diverse, prefer a flexible schedule, strong people skills, and are clever/sharp.
Occupations include: Fashion designer, real estate agent, sales representative, and market research analyst.

16. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Characteristics include: independent, determined, innovative, and creative
Occupations: technical writer, microbiologist

17. Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics
Working behind the scenes to coordinate, manage, and move goods to their destination.
Characteristics: value tradition, good citizens, natural leaders, and dependable
Occupations: Driver, dispatcher, and traffic manager