HHS 460 Research Methods in Health & Human Services WK4-D1

 Careers in HHS   

The great variety of careers and occupations within the field of HHS  is growing every year.  A review of some of the data bases in the text  will provide opportunities to search and identify many occupational  areas within different governmental departments and programs.   Searching, for example, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services  website will result in finding many careers such as: social workers,  preschool programs, criminal justice, counseling, gerontology, and drug  and alcohol treatment.  After selecting two different websites related  to HHS, identify two career areas in the HHS field and do the following:

• Record the websites or data bases, listing the careers or occupations given.
• Prepare a brief description of the career / occupation.
• Respond thoughtfully to the following two questions: 
  • Selecting one of the career occupation areas, complete the following  sentence: I believe working in the HHS career area would be right for  me because…
  • In this career area the kind of work I would be doing would be… (complete the sentence)