Career Project I1.Lawyer

2.Psychiatrist

3.Detective (Criminal Investigator)

By: Whitney Punzone

Lawyer• Represent clients in a

courtroom

• Present clients’ cases and show evidence to defend them

• Study the law

• Choose jurors and question witnesses

Skills & Abilities Skills:• Listen to what people say

during court or in private with clients

• Speaking skills to present information

• Negotiate with people, including settling deals with criminals

• Good judgment and decision making to see both positives and negatives of others’ actions

Abilities:• Communicate information

in a way people can understand

• Listen and understand ideas and facts presented in court or in private

• Inductive reasoning (finding information from unusual events and piece them together)

• Deductive reasoning (piece together obvious information)

Knowledge• Law and Government – legal codes

& court procedures• English language – grammar,

vocabulary, word meanings• Administration & Management –

leadership & strategic planning• Economic & Accounting – banking

and reporting financial data

Interests (Holland Code)

• Enterprising – carry out projects and make decisions

• Investigative – search for facts to come up with a result

• Artistic – follow an easily understood set of directions

Related Occupations

1. Criminal Investigator

2. Special Agent3. Judge4. Paralegal

EarningsMedian Annual - $110,590

Private Practices - $126,080 Businesses - $69,100Government - $50,000

Academic Clerkships - $48,000

• Health & life insurance provided• Salary based on location, type, and size of

employer

Training, Other Qualifications, Advancement

• 7 years after high school – 4 years of undergraduate school, 3 years of law school

• Bachelor’s Degree• Get licensed & pass bar examination• Several years for advancements

(move from a new attorney to a partnership in a firm)

Employment

• 759,200 jobs for lawyers in 2008• 26% self employed

Small number works in law schools

Most salaried lawyers hold office in government

Psychiatrist• Prescribe medications to

patients with mental disorders

• Counsel patients during office visits

• Evaluate data from patients to diagnose mental disorders and severity

• Conduct lab tests to find out information on conditions

Skills & AbilitiesSkills:• Give full attention to

patients• Understand why people

react the way they do• Speaking to convey

information to patients, doctors, and patients’ families

• Logic and reasoning to figure out solutions to problems

Abilities:• Listen and understand

what their patients tell them

• Problem sensitivity to tell if something goes wrong or if something is bothering their patient

• Speech recognition to understand what others tell them

• Speak clearly to others

Knowledge • Human behavior –

psychology• Medicine – be able to

diagnose patients correctly• Counseling/Diagnosing –

counsel patients, principles and methods on diagnosing and treating patients

• Sociology – group behaviors and social trends in a community

Interests (Holland Code)

• Investigative – work with ideas, search for facts, figure out problems mentally

• Social – communicate with people• Artistic – follow work without a clear set of

rules

Related Occupations

1. Psychiatric technician2. Psychiatric aid

Earnings• Median Annual - $160,230

• Median Hourly - $77.04

Top paying industry – nursing care facilities ($199,910 annually)

Training, Other Qualifications, &

Advancement• 4 years of undergraduate school

• 4 years of medical school• 3-8 years of internship and residency

In medical school – spend first 2 years taking classes on:

1. Anatomy2. Biochemistry3. Physiology4. Psychology

Employment• 5.2% of physicians involved in psychiatry

in 2007

• 53% worked in physician offices

• 19% were employed by hospitals

Detective (Criminal

Investigator)• Analyze evidence in labs

• Obtain evidence by interviewing suspects

• Look at records to determine links in chains of evidence

• Testify in court about criminal activities

Skills & AbilitiesSkills:

• Give full attention to others when they speak

• Talk to others in an understanding way

• Persuade people to change their minds

• Awareness of why people act the way they do

Abilities:• Inductive reasoning –

piece together information that doesn’t seem to go together

• Oral comprehension – listen and understand people when they speak

• Deductive reasoning – apply rules together so they make sense

• Near vision – see details closely

Knowledge

• The law – statutes, amendments• Public safety and security –

operations for protecting people• Psychology – for interviewing

suspects• English language – meanings of

words and grammar

Interests (Holland Code)

• Enterprising – start and carry out projects, lead people into making decisions

• Investigative – use thinking to figure out problems and find out facts

Related Occupations

•Private detectives & investigators•Police detectives

Earnings • Median Annual in 2008- $60, 910

• Highest ten percent of people - $97, 870• Middle fifty percent of people - $41, 930- $81,490

• Lowest ten percent of people - $36,500

Training, Other Qualifications & Advancement

• High school degree• College degree

• Foreign languages • Physical education (to build stamina)

• 21 years old• Physical examinations

Employment

• 883,600 jobs for police officers and detectives in 2008

• 79% employed by local governments• 11% employed by police agencies

The career that most interests me…

The career that most interests me is psychiatry. This is because I find the mind really interesting. I always wonder why people act the way that they do, and if I become a psychiatrist, I’m able to study peoples’ behaviors to figure out how to help them; I love helping people. Also, becoming a psychiatrist takes a lot of hard work, and I like to be able to do all of that work and have it paid off in the end with a high salary that will be used to provide for my family.

Psychiatry