KIN 100 - My Future Career & Scholarly Article: Research Your Chosen Career

Assignment Requirements

• Degree/s and education needed for this career
  • Can you get in with an Associate's 2-year degree with minimal student loan debt?
  • Or does it require a Masters/PhD and lots of debt? 
  • Will the salary be enough to pay off the student loan debt?
• Detailed job responsibilities
  • What are you going to be expected to do from day to day to accomplish the work?
• Employment trends
  • Is this a really hot job with tons of openings (and tons of applicants)?
  • Or has the job decreased in popularity lately?
  • Will it be easy to get a job, or will there be lots of competition?
• Working conditions (day-to-day duties; work hours, etc.)
  • Hard physical labor or a desk job?
  • Typical "business" hours (8-5 Mon-Fri) or nights & weekends?
• Salary range
  • Are you looking at rural (Alamosa) or urban (Denver/Front Range)? Salaries will vary!
  • Are you looking at "popular" states (CO, CA) or less popular ones (ND, SD)? Cost of living varies hugely!
• Professional Organizations that you can join (ACSM, APTA). Name the organization and describe its mission in your assignment.

You can also search Google using keywords like "[My Career Choice] and professional organization".

If there's a professional organization associated with your career, check their website for job postings. They will often be much more targeted than general sites. Some of the above-mentioned resources also have job-search features that may be more targeted than these.