Career Assingment
Lauren Sullivan
Interest Number One: Conventional
Tis occupation fits me because I love math and chemistry. I got told that I should look into the pharmacy field and research jobs through that career path.
Conventional Job: Pharmacy Aides
Tasks:
1. Operate cash register to process cash or credit sales.
2. Prepare prescription labels by typing or operating a computer and printer.
3. Accept prescription for filling, gathering and processing necessary information.
4. Answer telephone inquiries, referring callers to pharmacist when necessary.
5. Greet customers and help them locate merchandise.
Tools & Technology:
1. Cash registers
2. Label making machines
3. Table counters
4. Database user interface and query software
5. Spreadsheet software
Skills:
1. Active listening
2. Speaking
3. Coordination
3. Reading comprehension
4. Critical thinking
5. Service orientation
Abilities:
1. Speech clarity
2. Near vision
3. Information ordering
4. Problem sensitivity
5. Finger dexterity
Knowledge:
Customer and personal service, english language, computers and electronics, clerical, and mathematics.
Work Values:
1. Relationships
2. Support
3. Independence
Work Styles:
1. Attention to detail
2. Concern for others
3. Stress tolerance
Salary:
$10.51 an hour, $ $21,860 annual
Salary in Texas:
$10.47 an hour, $21,800 yearly
Projected Growth:
(2010-2020): 29% or higher
Conventional Job: Pharmacy Technicians
Tasks:
1. Establish or maintain patient profiles.
2. Answer telephones, responding to questions or requests.
3. Mix pharmaceutical preparations, according to written prescriptions.
4. Price and file prescriptions that have been filled.
5. Pre-pack bulk medicines, fill bottles with prescribed medications, and type and affix labels.
Tools & Technology:
1. Filling or sealing auger dose machines
2. Laboratory balances
3. Accounting software
4. Data base user interface and query software
5. Label making software
Skills:
1. Active Listening
2. Speaking
3. Mathematics
3. Coordination
4. Service Orientation
5. Critical Thinking
Abilities:
1. Near Vision
2. Oral Comprehension
3. Speech Recognition
4. Category Flexibility
5. Speech Clarity
Knowledge:
Customer and personal service, mathematics, english language, computers and electronics, clerical, and medicine and dentistry.
Work Values:
1. Relationships
2. Support
3. Achievement
Work Styles:
1. Attention to detail
2. Integrity
3. Self control
Starting Salary:
$14.40 an hour, $29,320 annual
Salary in Texas:
$14.66 an hour, $30,500 annual
Projected Growth:
(2010-2020): 29% or higher
Interest Number Two: Social
This occupation fits me in a way but not a whole lot. Im not a very out spoken type of person and I don't really like teaching kids. But I love going on mission trips and helping out people that are less fortunate. My church goes on a mission trip every summer and its always a blast and a great way to glorify God.
Social Job: Interior Design
Tasks:
1. Advise client on interior design factors such as space planning, layouts and utilization of furnishings or equipment, and color coordination.
2. Review and detail shop drawings for construction plans.
3. Estimate material requirements and costs, and present design to client for approval.
4. Select or design, and purchase furnishings, art works, and accessories.
5. Render design ideal in form of paste-ups or drawings.
Tools & Technology:
1. Scales
2. Tape measures
3. Computer aided design CAD software
4. Graphics or photo imaging software
5. Spreadsheet software
Skills:
1. Social Perceptiveness
2. Speaking
3. Critical thinking
3. Writing
4. Complex problem solving
5. Coordination
Abilities:
1. Originality
2. Oral expression
3. Visualization
4. Fluency of ideas
5. Deductive reasoning
Knowledge:
Design, customer and personal service, building and construction, english language, administration and management, sales and marketing, public safety and security, psychology, fine arts, and clerical.
Work Values:
1. Achievement
2. Independence
3. Relationships
Work Styles:
1. Innovation
2. Dependability
3. Self Control
Salary:
$22.89 an hour, $47,600 annual
Salary in Texas:
$21.74 an hour, $45,200 yearly
Projected Growth:
(2010-2020): 10% to 19%