Homework for Tuesday, April 21 (My Ella's birthday!)

Assignment #4 in Finance Park Book:
#4 Career Research pages 17 & 18
*Please note that this is completely different from the directions in the workbook.  These are the directions you need to follow:
*For this assignment you will research the career that you drew for your life.  
There are suggestions on page 17 for where you might find information, one of them being a website they connect you with.  I went to the website myself and found it somewhat difficult to navigate, but generally you should be able to find places to get the information you need.
*You will NOT fill in the table on page 18 in the way they have you fill it out.  What we are going to do is this:
*The slots for "career 1" and "career 2" are for writing your findings.
- scratch out "career 1" and write "example 1" instead.  "Career 2" should become "example 2."
Example:  for "Matches my interests" write the types of interests someone in that career would probably have.  Like a professional athlete would most likely be interested in 1) physical fitness, and 2) sports, yes?
Then in the slot for "career 3" you mark how well YOU personally match those interests.  Scratch out "career 3" and write "Matches."  Then use a 1 (not) to 5 (excellent) scale to indicate how well those things actually match what YOU feel.
Example: for professional athlete you might feel a "4" (indicating you are interested in physical fitness), but "1" (because you are not interested in playing sports much) and average that to a "2.5" for how you overall match the interests for your career.
Do this for each of the categories: what abilities do you need, what values, what is the median pay scale, etc.  Research the career and ASK QUESTIONS if you have them.  Some of the careers have a wide range of options, but you are just generalizing the information, so don't get too stressed out about it.  I do expect you to research this though, don't just guess.
In the end you should have a general summary of your given career and how well you would actually match it ... if it were indeed your "real" career.
*We will talk about this more during the specialist period on Wednesday, so look it over at least and bring your questions to class.
Due Friday

Congratulations on getting a life today!  Don't worry, there will be a lot more information and tasks to follow ... just get ready to buckle down and meet the challenges as they come.  It's a wild ride.  ;-)