Career cruising 6/9/14 //// 6/11/14

Career:

Surgeon

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1. Read the Job Description and Working Conditions. Answer the following questions:
What do people in this career do?


Surgeons perform surgeries to help people in need of medical help.

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What are the working conditions like for people in this career? (e.g. Where do they work? What are their
typical work hours? What challenges do they face?)


The working conditions for surgeons are clean and beneficial.  Surgeries must be taken place in safe and clean.

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2. Click on Earnings and Sample Career Path. Investigate the following:
What salaries do people in this career earn?


Surgeons make a lot of money.  They make approximately 345,000 a year.

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How do their job responsibilities change as they gain more experience and seniority (i.e. as they move
along the Sample Career Path)?

A surgeons job pretty much stays the same, work wise, but can make more money as time goes by.

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Click on Related Careers. Click on a career that interests you.
Career:

Teacher

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3. Read the Job Description and Working Conditions. Answer the following questions:
What do people in this career do?


Teachers give children and young adults an education.

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What are the working conditions like for people in this career? (e.g. Where do they work? What are their
typical work hours? What challenges do they face?)


Working conditions can be clean at times.  It depends on how well the janitor of the school works.

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4. Click on Earnings and Sample Career Path. Investigate the following:
What salaries do people in this career earn?


Teachers make approximately 66,000 a year in NYC.

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How do their job responsibilities change as they gain more experience and seniority (i.e. as they move
along the Sample Career Path)?


Teachers can move up positions by becoming successful.  A teacher can become a dean or principal and one day even super intendant.

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SUMMARY – YOUR VIEWS
5. Now that you have learned a little about these two related careers, answer the following questions:
What is similar about the two careers?


Most people become these position/ jobs because they have interest in the field they work with.

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Which career do you think you would like more and why?


Surgeon because they make more money and work in better conditions.

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