Sunday, April 19, 2009

SELECTING A CAREER

There exist over 35,000 job titles in this world. To just glance at a list of this magnitude can be overwhelming, and in some cases, defeating. We don’t want to deal with ‘defeat’ in this process. We want to deal with ‘succeed.’ In light of that, we have taken the liberty of narrowing the scope of these 35,000 job titles to 234 mainstream careers under 18 major career groupings. Reviewing this more abbreviated ‘career options’ listing seems a bit more manageable, and a bit less confusing, than trying to sort through 35,000-plus job titles.

Again, the purpose of this guidebook is to simplify the career focus process, not make it more difficult. Just understand as you go forward in the process, hundreds of peripheral jobs stem from these major career areas. No doubt you will be exposed to a number of these jobs in the future. Armed with the information and advice from this publication you will be able to easily relate these ‘peripheral’ jobs back to a major career area that either links to you – or does not link to you.

In the case you might be curious to investigate all job titles, or at least several more than what we have listed here, the link below will connect you to a website which opens all job titles to you.

www.bls.gov (The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Outlook Handbook)

Career Options:

A Narrowed Scope for Ease of Review & Selection


ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE

· CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
· AUDITING
· TAX CONSULTING
· FINANCIAL ADVISOR
· INTERNAL AUDITOR
· INVESTMENT BANKING
· INTERNATIONAL TAX CONSULTING
· BANKING (VARIETY OF AREAS)
· COMMERCIAL LENDING
· MORTGAGE LENDING
· STOCKBROKER
· FBI
· IRS


BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

· HUMAN RESOURCES
· RECRUITING
CONSULTING
· DIVERSITY MANAGER
· PURCHASING
· PRODUCTION
· SALES
· MARKETING
· PUBLIC RELATIONS
· HOTEL AND RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT
· ECONOMICS FORECASTING
· CORPORATE TRAINING
· PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING
· LABOR RELATIONS
· ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
· ADVERTISING


COMMUNICATION

· ADVERTISING
· PUBLIC RELATIONS
· FREE-LANCE WRITING
· EDITING
· BROADCAST/TELECAST PRODUCTION
· NEWSCASTING
· MARKETING
· GRAPHICS DESIGN
· FUND RAISING
· RECRUITING
· RECREATION DIRECTOR
· MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION
· AD COPY WRITING
· SPEECH WRITING
· NEWS REPORTING
· POLITICS


COUNSELING

· GUIDANCE COUNSELING
· ACADEMIC ADVISING
· VOCATIONAL REHAB
· SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING
· CHILD WELFARE COUNSELING
· CAREER SERVICES (COLLEGE AND PRIVATE)
· CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
· COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGIST
· PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT COUNSELING
· CLERGY/MINISTRY
· HUMAN RESOURCES
· INTERPRETING/TRANSLATING
· EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
· CRISIS INTERVENTION
· OUTPLACEMENT COUNSELING


EDUCATION

· EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
· ELEMENTARY TEACHING
· SECONDARY TEACHING (VARIETY OF COURSES)
· COLLEGE PROFESSOR (VARIETY OF COURSES)
· PRINCIPAL
· COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION
· COLLEGE DEAN
· COUNSELING/ADVISING
· ATHLETIC COACH
· PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT COACH
· LIBRARIAN
· MUSIC DIRECTOR
· PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION
· PHYSICAL FITNESS TRAINER
· ADULT DAY CARE
· CHILD DAY CARE


ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

· AEROSPACE
· CHEMICAL
· CIVIL
· COMPUTER
· ELECTRICAL
· INDUSTRIAL
· MECHANICAL
· METALLURGICAL, CERAMICS, AND MATERIALS
· MINING
· NUCLEAR
· PETROLEUM
· ARCHITECT
· SURVEYOR


ENTERTAINMENT

· ACTING
· SCREEN WRITING
· PLAYWRIGHT
· COMPOSER
· DIRECTING
· PRODUCING
· DANCING
· CHOREOGRAPHY
· MUSICIAN
· RADIO AND TV ANNOUNCING
· COMEDY


FINE ARTS/CREATIVE SERVICES

· ARTIST
· POET
· NOVELIST
· PLAYWRIGHT
· INTERIOR DESIGN
· GRAPHICS DESIGN
· DESIGN ARCHITECT
· LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
· DESKTOP PUBLISHING
· SOFTWARE DESIGN
· MERCHANDISE DESIGN
· COSTUME AND WARDROBE DESIGN
· EXHIBIT DESIGN
· PHOTOGRAPHER
· CAMERAMAN
· SET DESIGN
· FILMMAKER
· WEBSITE DESIGN
· MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION
· CARTOONIST/ANIMATOR

GOVERNMENT/POLITICS

· GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
· URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
· POLITICAL OFFICE
· MILITARY
· POLITICAL ADVISOR
· POLITICAL ANALYST
· CIA
· FBI
· IRS
· POLICE AND FIRE PROTECTION
· PARAMEDIC
· CORRECTIONS OFFICER

HEALTH CARE / MEDICAL

· PHYSICIAN
· MEDICAL RESEARCH
· CLINICAL RESEARCH
· DENTIST
· ORTHODONTIST
· OPTOMETRIST
· PLASTIC SURGEON
· BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER
· MICROBIOLOGIST
· GENETICIST
· NEUROLOGIST
· PSYCHIATRIST
· VETERINARIAN
· CHIROPRACTOR
· PODIATRIST
· PHARMACIST
· RADIOLOGIST
· REGISTERED NURSE
· DIETICIAN/NUTRITIONIST
· OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
· SPEECH PATHOLOGIST/AUDIOLOGIST
· RECREATIONAL THERAPIST
· PHYSICAL THERAPIST
· MEDICAL TECHNICIAN
· LAB TECHNICIAN
· HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATOR
· MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR


JOURNALISM

· NEWSPAPER REPORTER
· NEWPAPER EDITING
· INTERNATIONAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT
· BROADCAST JOURNALISM
· TV NEWS REPORTER
· FREE-LANCE WRITER
· TV/RADIO PRODUCER
· MAGAZINE EDITOR
· WEBSITE CONTENT EDITOR


LAW

· ATTORNEY
· LABOR RELATIONS
· ARBITRATOR
· LEGAL ADVISOR
· OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL
· POLITICS
· SPORTS AGENT
· BUSINESS AGENT


MARKETING AND SALES

· MARKETING STRATEGIES FORECASTING
· VARIETY OF SALES POSITIONS
· SCOPING
· BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
· CONSULTING
· SALES AGENT: SECURITIES AND COMMODITIES
· BUSINESS MANAGER
· MANUFACTURER'S REP
· SPORTS MARKETING


RECREATIONAL SERVICES

· RECREATION DIRECTOR
· RECREATION THERAPY
· PERSONAL FITNESS TRAINER
· TRAVEL AGENT
· RECREATION AGENT
· CAMP SUPERVISOR
· PARK SERVICES
· PARK RANGER

RELIGION

· MINISTRY
· RELIGIOUS EDUCATOR
· MISSIONARY
· PASTORAL COUNSELING
· PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION

SCIENCES

· ASTRONOMY
· BOTANIST
· GEOLOGIST
· ZOOLOGIST
· MARINE BIOLOGY
· FORESTRY
· ARCHAELOGIST
· PHYSICIST
· MATHEMATICIAN
· RESEARCH SCIENTIST

SOCIAL SERVICES

· WELFARE COUNSELING
· REHAB COUNSELING
· CRISIS INTERVENTION
· MENTAL AND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT ASSISTANCE
· FUND RAISING ASSISTANCE
· SOCIAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATION
· CASE WORKER
· ABUSE SHELTER COUNSELING
· HOMELESS INTERVENTION
· TUTORING AND MENTORING THOSE IN NEED

TECHNICAL

· INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
· INTERNET ARCHITECT
· WEB DEVELOPMENT
· SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
· COMPUTER SECURITY SPECIALIST
· ANALYST
· COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
· ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN
· SCIENCE TECHNICIAN
· ELECTRICAL TECHNICIAN
· ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS
· AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
· BROADCAST TECHNICIAN
· NETWORK INTEGRATION SPECIALIST

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