Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Questions to ask about potential careers...

here are the questions Jeff came up with to help me:

What training is involved on job?
How does a person in this career spend their hours?
What does it pay? on commission or steady?
Do a lot of people have this career?
Would I have to live somewhere specific to do this career?
How much time would be be devoted to this career? Would it be full time or part time?
If you were a reporter interviewing a person of this profession, what would you ask?

Here are the questions I came up with to help myself in my research:

What skills are desired to be successful?
What education do I need?
What is the pay scale, the least that could be made doing this to the highest?
What are some schools with good programs for achieving this career? (I.E. U of I has an excellent engineering program)
How would I find job openings in this area?
What kind of insurance is available? (Self employed costs lots more then through a business)
How much traveling might be involved? (Business Trips, conventions, etc.)
What would be the potential dress code? (casual, dressy, uniforms?)
What if I get sick or injured and can't work for awhile? (Or what if I ever start having children? Will my job still be there then?)
What kind of job security is there overall?

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