Career Field Assessment

After taking the all three assessment I was able to see what career fields would suit me best. As I turned out, the tests placed me in career fields that I had already thought about joining. The clusters place me in the medical or health services field, as well as working with children. These are all career fields that I have previously considered or am currently considering. It was very important to me to see that what I am studying for is actually something that I would and will do well in. Once I had finished all the tests, I was able to look through the career clusters and see which ones I considered for my top two choices, which were being a teacher’s assistant or a physical therapist. In the end the career I am going for is physical therapy.

When I looked further into it, the career that interested me the most was Teacher Assisting. Being a teacher’s assistants meets what I value through having a good workplace, since I get to work with kids and it is something I love to do. There would be a sense of accomplishment seeing all when a child finally gets something that they are struggling on and the innovative challenge of coming up with new ways to present the same information so that each student gets the concept. In order to be in this career field I would need to have the abilities of oral comprehension and expression as well as be able to speak clearly and understand what someone is saying when they speak to me. Being in this career field means I would be supervising children in distinct places around the school environment. I would help students on their school assignments as well as evaluate their work whenever the head teacher needed me to do so. This career requires that I have at least a high school diploma and onsite training or an associate’s degree. The average salary for this career is approximately $24,430 a year. This career is growing at an average rate by nine percent in the upcoming years. I already meet the criteria in order to work as a teacher’s assistant. During high school I received a certificate in Early Childhood Education and held a one year internship in a kindergarten class. However, my second

Physical therapy is a career that to me seems would be a very rewarding career. I would have the sense of accomplishment as I see my patients on the road to a better life after every day, also in this career I would have a very good income making approximately $82,390 per year. On top of that it is an innovative field since there are always new techniques and exercises that are developed to solve the same problem. The skills I would have to have in order to be a physical therapists I would have to be good at monitoring patients, be able to speak well and be an active listener so I can understand what the patients are telling me. In this field I would have to monitor the progress patients make as they go through the steps to being better, I would have to assess their general condition, process their healthcare papers amongst various other things. To be a physical therapists I would have to get a doctoral program which I could get from Midwestern University in Glendale, Arizona. Currently this career has a bright outlook at a faster than average thirty-six percent increase in the upcoming due to the aging baby boomers. As of right now physical therapy is the career I am