1. Career Paths:
It’s All About You

2. Career Pathways Human Services Natural Resources Arts & Communication
Business, Management & Technology
Natural Resources
Health Services
Industrial & Engineering Technology

3. Arts & Communication
Occupations in this path are related to humanities and performing, visual, literary, and media arts.
If you are a creative thinker, imaginative, innovative, and original this may be the career path for you!
Career Examples:
Architecture
Graphic Design
Interior Design
Writing
Film
Journalism
Advertising; and public relations.

4. Natural Resources
Occupations in this path are related to agriculture, the environment, and natural resources.
Career Examples:
Forestry
Chemist
Marine Biologist
Oceanographer
Fish & Wildlife Officer
Beekeeper

5. Human Services
Occupations in this path are related to economic, political, and social systems.
Career Examples:
Teacher
Law Enforcement
Leisure and Recreation
Military
Counselor
Social Worker

6. Industrial & Engineering Technology
Occupations in this path are related to technologies necessary to design develop, install, and maintain physical systems.
Career Examples:
Surveyor
Electrician
Civil Engineer
Machine Operator
Plumber
Mason

7. Business, Management & Technology
Occupations in this path are related to the business environment.
If you enjoy being a leader, organizing people, planning activities, working with numbers, and talking to people a career in business may be right for you.
Career Examples:
Sales Representative
Accountant
Information Technology
Bank Manager
Paralegal
Hotel Manager

8. Health Services
Occupations in this path are related to the promotion of health and treatment of disease.
Career Examples:
Chiropractor
Pharmacist
Physician
Respiratory Therapist
Nurse
Physical Therapist Assistant

9. Career Research
Choose one career of your choice to research and complete the worksheet
Use the Occupational Outlook Handbook
Search the name of the career in the blue & white box at the top of the page (see next slide)

11. Is This Career a Good Fit for Me?
If there are both X’s and O’s in front of each of the statements, the career you chose might be a great fit for you.
If many of the X’s (true for you) and O’s (true for the career you researched) are not beside the same statements, you may need to rethink your reasons for considering this career.
Sometimes a career sounds good to us, but the more we learn about it we realize it’s not a good fit!