assignment3
Interests Assessments
Before signing up for this class my career goals are pharmacist and masters in psychology. I know many things about pharmacy because I have done research about pharmacy career, but a career in psychology I have not done any researching so I am still figuring out and exploring it. The reason why I want pharmacy is because I am interested in discovering new medicine and also because I want to open my own pharmacy in the middle east when I go back and live there. Also, for psychology to me it is so interesting and I love reading people’s body language, I do not do it on purpose it is just a habit that I read people’s body language. I also love guiding people and giving them advice, a lot of my friends will come up to me so I can listen to them and help/advise them if they needed, so helping others is part of the reason why I choose these careers. I arrived at these career goals by following my heart.
The most job characteristics I am interested in are Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors. The job characteristics that I am least interested in are Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary. I agree with the six categories that I was given for my result, because it pretty much describes my personality and what I love to do. I took my time thinking about what I want as a preferred job and career goal. I took about 2 years thinking while taking my associates and when I started on my bachelors I knew for sure what I wanted to choose as my career goal.
According to my results from the interest inventory, the kind of jobs seem to be a good match to my interests and preferences were Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary. The top three of the “Best Fit” career were Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors, and Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary and Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary. I picked those jobs because they are close to what I have wanted to do for a long time. Yes, the careers I was given were somewhat similar to my career goal. I tried not to let my determined career affect my answers to the interests inventory.
The assessment was an accurate measurement of my career interests, because it assured me that what I choose as my career before is what I definitely want to do. The surprising thing that I learned about myself by taking this inventory is that I am interested in Art, Drama, and Music.