1. Career Information By Cedar Parrott 5/21/06 Piute Mountain School G.A.T.E.

2. How to Choose a Career Different careers require different skills Not all people can perform each skill required for a specific job In order to choose a career you must find out what skills and interest you have and seek out a career that will fit your specific skills and personality Taking a Career survey or test can help you to discover what kind of job is best for you.

3. Categories for Different Interests There are so many jobs in the world but all jobs come together to make six categories that take six different kinds of skills. Realistic Investigative Artistic Social Enterprising Conventional

4. Realistic Jobs People with Realistic interests like jobs that are practical or hands on. People that fall into this category enjoy outside work. People that like Realistic interests don’t like jobs with paperwork or working close to others. Some examples are: A maintenance worker A carpenter A factory owner

5. Investigative Jobs People with Investigative interests like activities that have to do with thinking more than physical jobs.They like to figure things out mentally rather than lead people. Some examples are: A Geologist A Biologist A Scientist A Historian A C.S.I.(Crime Scene Investigator)

6. Artistic Jobs People with Artistic interests like work activities that deal with the artistic side of things.They like self expression in there work and like the side of things that they don’t have to follow clear directions. Some examples are: An author or illustrator An actor or script writer A D.J.(Disk Jockey) A singer

7. Social Jobs People with Social interests like to assist others to help learning development. They like to communicate more than work with objects. They like to help, teach, and give services to other people. Some examples are: A nurse or doctor Work with mentally disabled people A teacher or aid

8. Enterprising Jobs People with Enterprising interests like activities to help start up and carry out projects. They like to lead people and make decisions. Some examples are: Owning a business or be an employ in a business Be a manager at a supermarket or department store Sell refreshments at sports event or at a movie theatre

9. Conventional Jobs People with Conventional interests like to set procedures and routines, work with data and details more than ideas, and they like to work where lines of authority are clear. Some examples are: A technician Keep accounts for offices or businesses Keep records of financial transactions or of inventory

10. So when you want a job make sure the job fits your personality or what category you are interested in or want.

11. Bibliography Career Locker. 2006.