Caitlinn Gamero
Spring 2018
About Me
ASVAB Skill StrengthsASVAB Interest CodesTop 3 Job Values
Career/ Technical Education (Middle School)
Computer Technology TeacherBusiness Education TeacherFamily and Consumer Sciences Teacher (FACS Teacher)
Adult Basic and Secondary Education and Literacy Teachers
English as a Second Language Instructor (ESL Instructor)General Educational Development Instructor (GED Instructor)
Interpreter & Translator
Educational InterpreterMedical InterpreterParaprofessional InterpreterCourt Interpreter
Art Therapist
Bereavement Program CoordinatorChildren's Program CoordinatorDay Treatment Clinician/Art TherapistDirector of Community Life
Music Therapist
Hospice Music TherapyDirector of Music TherapyPrimary Service Coordinator
Interesting Information
Likes/DislikesTop Career Choice
ASVAB Skill Strengths
ASVAB Interest Codes
ArtisticSocialConventional
Artistic
"Artistic activities allow you to be creative to do original work such as writing, singing, dancing, sculpting, and painting.""Artistic occupations generally require workers to have artistic abilities and a good imagination.""Artistic types generally prefer to work with ideas rather than things, and like to be in a setting where they can work without a clear set of rules. In their work, they are expressive, original, and independent."Social
"Social activities allow you to use your skills and talents to help, teach, and counsel others.""Social occupations generally require personal interaction and communication skills and abilities."Social types prefer to work with people rather than to work with objects, machines, or data. In their work, they are friendly, outgoing, and helpful."Conventional
"Conventional activities require attention to accuracy and detail such as maintaining orderly and accurate records, procedures, and routines.""Conventional occupations generally require workers to have clerical, organizational, and arithmetic abilities.""Conventional types prefer working with data more than with ideas. They apply precise standards in a setting where there is a clear line of authority. In their work, they are efficient, methodical, and detail-oriented."
Job Values
1.) Good Salary
2.) Good Benefits
3.) Chance for promotion/advancement
Career/ Technical Education (Middle School)
Interest Area: Social, Artistic, ConventionalCareer Duties: "Teach occupational, career and technical, or vocational subjects in public or private schools at the middle, intermediate, or junior high level, which falls between elementary and senior high school as defined by applicable laws and regulations."Education: Master or Bachelors Degree and a Teaching LicenseSkills: Instructing, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Monitoring, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Learning StrategiesAverage Annual Salary: $57,560Work Hours: School HoursPros: Working with kids.Cons: Working with middle school age kids.
I am still interested in pursuing this career.
Adult Basic and Secondary Education and Literacy Teachers
Interest Area: Social, Artistic, EnterprisingCareer Duties: "Teach or instruct out-of-school youths and adults in remedial education classes, preparatory classes for the General Educational Development test, literacy, or English as a Second Language. Teaching may or may not take place in a traditional educational institution."Education: Bachelors Degree and a Teaching LicenseSkills: Instructing, Speaking, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, WritingAverage Annual Salary: $50,650Work Hours: Depends on where you work since you are teaching adults.Pros: I learn a new language and teach people English.Cons: I learn a new language.
I am still interested in pursuing this career.
Interpreter & Translator
Interest Area: Artistic, Social, ConventionalCareer Duties: "Interpret oral or sign language or translate written text from one language into another."Education: Bachelors DegreeSkills: Speaking, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Critical ThinkingAverage Annual Salary: $46,120Work Hours: Self-employed interpreters and translators often have variable work schedules, which may include periods of limited work and periods of long, irregular hours. Most interpreters and translators work full time.Pros: I can be on the government payroll and I can learn another language.Cons: I may mess up important translations.
I am still interested in pursuing this career.
Art Therapist
Interest Area: Social, Artistic, InvestigativeCareer Duties: "Plan or conduct art therapy sessions or programs to improve clients' physical, cognitive, or emotional well-being."Education: Bachelors DegreeSkills: Social Perceptiveness, Active Listening, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Judgement and Decision MakingAverage Annual Salary: $47,790Work Hours: 8 am to 4:30 pmPros: I get to paint and make art with patients for a living.Cons: I am awkward around people on first meetings.
I am no longer interested in pursuing this career.
Music Therapist
Interest Area: Artistic, Social, InvestigativeCareer Duties: "Plan, organize, or direct medically prescribed music therapy activities designed to positively influence patients' psychological or behavioral status."Education: Bachelors DegreeSkills: Social Perceptiveness, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Speaking, Service OrientationAverage Annual Salary: $47,790Work Hours: : 37.5 hours a week or 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday and maybe weekend or late sessions.Pros: There is the potential for this job to be more desirable in the future.Cons: I am awkward around people on first meetings and I must be a professional musician.
I am no longer interested in pursuing this career.
Works Cited
Interesting Information
Many of these careers only require a bachelors degree.These careers all have about the same salary.My ASVAB interest codes, Artistic and Conventional, contradict each other.Likes
I like the idea of learning a new language and interacting with cultures I would not usually be able to interact with.I could work for the government.I would like teaching children.Dislikes
I do not like the idea of being a therapist because I have a lot of issues myself.I also do not like the thought of working with, or teaching adults.Top Career Choice
Interpreter & Translator