Question

9-10. Working individually or in groups, choose two occupations (such as management consultant, HR manager, or salesperson), and use sources such as O*Net to size up the future demand for this occupation in the next 10 years or so. Does this seem like a good occupation to pursue? Why or why not?

Managing Your Career & Finding a Job:

1. What was your major area of concentration (if any) in high school? Why did you choose that area? How did you feel about it?  

2. What is (or was) your major area of concentration in college? Why did you choose that area? How did you feel about it?  

3. What was your first job after school? (Including the military if relevant.) What were you looking for in your first job?  

4. What were your ambitions or long-range goals when you started your career? Have they changed? When? Why?  

5. What was your first major change of job or company? What were you looking for in your next job?  

6. What was your next major change of job, company, or career? Why did you initiate or accept it? What were you looking for? (Do this for each of your major changes of job, company, or career.)  

7. As you look back over your career, identify some times you have especially enjoyed. What was it about those times that you enjoyed?  

8. As you look back, identify some times you have not especially enjoyed. What was it about those times you did not enjoy?  

9. Have you ever refused a job move or promotion? Why?  

10. Now review all your answers carefully, as well as the descriptions for the five career anchors (technical/functional competence, managerial competence, creativity and independence, autonomy, security). Based on your answers to the questions, rate, for yourself, each of the anchors from 1 to 5, where 1 equals low importance and 5 equals high importance. Technical/functional competence _____ Managerial competence _____ Creativity and independence _____ Autonomy _____

Answer 1

9-10) The two occupations I would be choosing are Sales person and Product Manager. Yes both of these seems to be a good occupation because these 2 roles goes hand in hand i.e. product team works to make the jobs of sales people easy and in this internet era, as the start-ups grow then the demand from clients also grow so the company would get more work. So as far as the next 5 and 10 years are concerned these 2 professions would be most preferred ones in the market.

1. My major area of concentration was computer science, I chose that area because I have interest in it and also the scope for computer science is there in the market so from career perspective also its good. I feel happy with my choice as over the past few years I have been able to enhance my skillset as well as can see a bright future.

2. My major area in college was marketing as I wanted to have a formal learning in the art and science of managing people and also I am happy since my previous education can be synced in this and I can have a shining career.

3. My first job in school was of an intern and I did not learn much in it since I was not offered better roles since I was new and it was difficult to deliver quality work.