Career Challenges – What are some potential challenges in this career? – 5 important facts to note.

Career Challenges – What are some potential challenges in this career?

Length:  5-6 pages, you are not required to do an abstract
page. You are required to have in-text citations to demonstrate that you
have properly researched.

Research 5 careers/job areas in human services.
Use the following website: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/ (Occupational Outlook Handbook), as
well as 1 additional source for each career.

This means look up material from other sources for each of the five careers you
research. Sources should be credible (not blogs and not Wikipedia.)

After researching 5 careers in human services, answer all of the following questions for
each career.

Each career should take up about a page of the paper. Be sure
to answer each question. career challenges

What are the primary tasks of this career? How are they related to human services (i.e. what
makes this a career in human services)?

How is this career similar or different than things you have learned from this course/text?
(Pick a few things that stand out from the course/text. You don’t have to go
overboard on this area. The goal is to have you link the careers back to what
you’ve learned). career challenges

What are the educational requirements of this career?

What population does this career work with?

What is the average salary of this career?

What are some potential challenges in this career? Potential rewards?

What is the hiring outlook for this career?

Could you see yourself going into this career? Why or why not?

Feel free to add anything else that you think is relevant.