Jacob Benedict
Careers
"The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous." Caral Sagan
Who Am I?
My Brain
Although I use both the left and right side of my brain depending on the process necessary, I am most comfortable while using the right side of my brain. That means I like spontaneity, expression, nurturing, social and interpersonal activity, imagination and creativity, artistry, holistic, abstract and conceptual thinking. However, sometimes I need more structure, control, clarity, focus, direction, responsibility, organization, planning, mathematical and analytical skills, listening skills, rational and logical thinking.
Decision Making
Behavioral Style
My Personality Type
#1 Orange
#2 Blue
*Optimistic
*Emotional
*Team Player
*Friendly
#3 Gold
*Loyal
*Realistic
*Detailed
*Dependable
#4 Green
*Asks Why
*Logical
*Intellectual
*Visionary
What Do I Want?
Navigator Results
Interests
- Physical therapist
- Athletic Trainer
- Recreational Therapists
- Recreation Worker
- Surgeon
Skills
- Coaching and Scouting
- Elementary School Teacher
- Recreation Worker
- Fitness and Wellness Coordinators
- Detective
Work Values
- Income
- Prestige
- Accomplishment
- Workplace
- Innovation
My Top Three Career Choices
Coaching and Scouting
- Provide training direction, encouragement, motivation, and nutritional advice to prepare athletes for games, competitive events, or tours.
- Plan, organize, and conduct practice sessions.
- Explain and enforce safety rules and regulations.
- Plan and direct physical conditioning programs that will enable athletes to achieve maximum performance.
- Instruct individuals or groups in sports rules, game strategies, and performance principles, such as specific ways of moving the body, hands, or feet, to achieve desired results.
- Athletes and full-time coaches usually work more than 40 hours a week for several months during the sports season, if not most of the year.
- Athletes, coaches, and sports officials who participate in competitions that are held outdoors may be exposed to all weather conditions of the season
- Athletes, coaches, and some sports officials frequently travel to sporting events by bus or airplane.
- Scouts also travel extensively in locating talent, often by automobile.
- Umpires, referees, and other sports officials regularly encounter verbal abuse by fans, coaches, and athletes
Hourly Range: $0.00 - $0.00
Yearly Range: $18,550 - $74,030
National
Hourly Range: $0.00 - $0.00
Yearly Range: $17,210 - $65,910
Physical Therapists
Provide training direction, encouragement, motivation, and nutritional advice to prepare athletes for games, competitive events, or tours.
Instruct individuals or groups in sports rules, game strategies, and performance principles, such as specific ways of moving the body, hands, or feet, to achieve desired results.
Plan and direct physical conditioning programs that will enable athletes to achieve maximum performance.
Explain and enforce safety rules and regulations.
Plan, organize, and conduct practice sessions.
Physical therapists practice in hospitals, clinics, and private offices that have specially equipped facilities, or they treat patients in hospital rooms, homes, or schools.
Most full-time physical therapists worked a 40-hour week.
Some worked evenings and weekends to fit their patient’s schedules.
The job can be physically demanding because therapists often have to stoop, kneel, crouch, lift, and stand for long periods. In addition, physical therapists move heavy equipment and lift patients or help them turn, stand, or walk.
Which State: Arkansas
Hourly Range: $22.05 - $52.41
Yearly Range $45,860- $109,010
National
Hourly Range: $26.74 - $53.86
Yearly Range: $55,620 - $112,020
Athletic Trainer
Evaluate athletes' readiness to play and provide participation clearances when necessary and warranted.
Care for athletic injuries, using physical therapy equipment, techniques, or medication.
Conduct an initial assessment of an athlete's injury or illness to provide emergency or continued care and to determine whether they should be referred to physicians for definitive diagnosis and treatment.
Assess and report the progress of recovering athletes to coaches or physicians.
Perform general administrative tasks, such as keeping records or writing reports.
- Schedules vary by work setting.
- The job also might require standing for long periods, working with medical equipment or machinery, and being able to walk, run, kneel, crouch, stoop, or crawl.
- The work of athletic trainers requires frequent interaction with others
- Many athletic trainers work indoors most of the time; others, especially those in some sports-related jobs, spend much of their time working outdoors.
- There is some stress involved with being an athletic trainer, as there is with most health-related occupations
Which State: Arkansas
Hourly Range: $22.05 - $52.41
Yearly Range $45,860- $109,010
National
Hourly Range: $26.74 - $53.86
Yearly Range: $55,620 - $112,020
How Do I Get It?
Top 3 Colleges
#1 University of Arkansas
- Fayettville, AR
- Public University
- 25,341 students attend
- $20,748 per year
#2 University of Mississippi
- Oxford, Mississippi
- Public University
- 19,431 students attend
- $33,312 peer year
#3 University of Oregon
- Eugene, Oregon
- Public University
- 24,473 students attend
- $42,894 per year
It Starts Now!
Bentonville High School
- 9th – get good grades, get involved, start a resume of all activities/accomplishments
- 10th – keep grades up, take PSAT and/or PLAN, maintain resume
- 11th – boost GPA, take ACT and/or SAT, maintain resume
- 12th – get letters of recommendation, apply to schools, complete the FASFA, apply for scholarships