Logan Wheeler Mrs. Dutiel English 9 5 May 2023 College and Career Research I selected the careers of construction and professional gamer to research for this paper because I am interested in those career paths. Before researching construction, what interested me in it was I like working outside and doing stuff outside and I like traveling. They give you a job vehicle and pay for gas and also pay for apartments for you to stay in if you're working far away from home. For the second career I chose, professional gamer, I was interested in it because I like playing video games and streamers make lots of money playing video games. In order to choose a career between a construction worker and a professional gamer, I have researched educational costs …show more content…
For a construction worker, the education requirement is attending the Career Technical Center also known as Votech (CTC). In addition to this, it is required to also know what you're doing and how to use the tools. The ability to complete this job will require skills of hard work, communication, leadership, and problem-solving plus more (bls). The second career I chose to research, professional gamer, has the following requirements. To be considered for the job it is needed to have a (educational/ training requirement) (in text citation). Would not need a college or school to become a professional gamer, I just need to teach myself how to play the game (in text …show more content…
Based on research found on (bls) the working conditions of a construction worker are Any basically. Professional gamer had the working conditions description of no conditions just sitting playing games. The next thing I felt was important to research for the careers was the salary and benefits of each. For Construction worker it was listed as having a starting salary of 24-48 thousand a year. (bls). In addition to this starting salary it has the benefits of great pay and more (bls). Professional gamer has a starting salary of 56 thousand. (bls) with the benefits of just being good at the games. The perks that go with this career are just learning new things like how to play the games and stuff. When researching careers it was important to look at the job outlooks for each career. Construction workers have the job outlooks of supposingly growing 4 percent. (bls). For growth within the job I would have the opportunity to advance in 168,500 openings, to achieve this advancement it is required to just work hard (bls). The job outlook for professional gamers is growing the industry (bls). In this career I will have the opportunity to advance to not really any advancements just being good at