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Identify a Job and the Education Needed for Your Lifestyle

Discover your career path and be sure it provides enough earning power.

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So far, you've discovered your lifestyle and determined what it will cost. You now need to decide what line of work will interest you and offer you the income you need.

To be a nurse, carpenter, auto mechanic, or truck driver is great. Also think about becoming the head nurse, the foreman or even the owner of the company. In this Activity, you'll explore many job categories. Here are a few samples:

Truck driver	Auto mechanic	Office manager
Machinist	Programmer	Registered nurse
Doctor	Filmmaker	Writer
Flight attendant	Lawyer	Biologist
Computer operator	Welder	Chemist
CPA (accountant)	Banker	House painter
Military service	Artist	Plumber
Football player	Dentist	Electrician
School teacher	Computer analyst	Airline pilot

Choose three jobs to investigate

Click "Go Find It" to explore career options. You'll link to several surveys that will help you choose the field right for you.

From the surveys, enter three jobs or careers that interest you. Or simply enter what you've already considered.

First job choice:

Second job choice:

Third job choice:

Find the salaries of the jobs you've chosen

Click "Go Find It" to learn what these jobs pay.

Salary, First job:

Salary, Second job:

Salary, Third job:

So far in this Course, you have:

Created the independent lifestyle you want,

Discovered the cost of that lifestyle,

Found jobs that interest you,

Discovered what those jobs pay.

Now, you must answer two important questions:

1. Will those jobs pay enough to support my lifestyle?

2. Will I have enough education to get those jobs?

Continue on to discover if your education, income, and preferred life are compatible....

Here are the income numbers you created earlier, for your chosen lifestyle...

Estimated amount to save per year: $ 904
(Estimated at 3% of total yearly expenses.)

YEARLY EXPENSES for Your Lifestyle: $ 30,147

Yearly Expenses, including 15% Taxes: $ 34,669

MONTHLY Take-Home Pay Needed: $ 2889.00

HOURLY Take-Home Pay Needed: $ 18.06

Will you make enough money?

Subtract Yearly expenses including taxes above from the salary of your First job choice above. Enter the result below. After paying your Expenses, you should have enough salary left for your Estimated amount to save above.

Matching your income to your expenses

Do you have enough income to cover your expenses? (Click one)

I DON'T have enough
I have enough income
I have enough income, but want more so I have extra money to save

If you income does not cover your expenses, what do you plan to do?

HOW MUCH EDUCATION DO YOU NEED?

...now, STOP and think about this!

This is one of the most important parts of this course. Click the red "Go Find It" button to the right to explore the Online Occupational Outlook Handbook. Find out how much education is required for each of the three jobs you chose.

First job choice:

Second job choice:

Third job choice:

Your current educational plans

At this point in your life, how much education do you plan to get?

Select one below:
No high school diploma or G.E.D.
A G.E.D.
A G.E.D. and some on-the-job training
A high school diploma
A high school diploma and on-the-job training
A two-year college degree
A four-year college degree
A master's degree or more

Look at your answers above. Look carefully at the difference between your educational plans and the education required.

Describe the difference between the education you NEED to have the life you want, and the education you PLAN to get.

If there's a difference, what do you plan to do?

If your expenses are more than your income, you MUST:

DECREASE your expenses: go back to the previous Activities and make changes

INCREASE your earning power: decide how much more education you need, and plan to get it

Do BOTH: decrease your expenses AND increase your income

DO NOT CONTINUE in this Course until your income is greater than your expenses and you have enough education to get the jobs that pay that income. Go back and make changes if you have to. This is the way to make your future possible!

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Identify a Job and the Education Needed for Your Lifestyle

Discover your career path and be sure it provides enough earning power.

Truck driver

Auto mechanic

Office manager

Machinist

Programmer

Registered nurse

Doctor

Filmmaker

Writer

Flight attendant

Lawyer

Biologist

Computer operator

Welder

Chemist

CPA (accountant)

Banker

House painter

Military service

Artist

Plumber

Football player

Dentist

Electrician

School teacher

Computer analyst

Airline pilot

Choose three jobs to investigate

First job choice:

Second job choice:

Third job choice:

Find the salaries of the jobs you've chosen

Salary, First job:

Salary, Second job:

Salary, Third job:

Here are the income numbers you created earlier, for your chosen lifestyle...

Will you make enough money?

Subtract Yearly expenses including taxes above from the salary of your First job choice above. Enter the result below. After paying your Expenses, you should have enough salary left for your Estimated amount to save above.

Matching your income to your expenses

Do you have enough income to cover your expenses? (Click one)

If you income does not cover your expenses, what do you plan to do?

HOW MUCH EDUCATION DO YOU NEED?

First job choice:

Second job choice:

Third job choice:

Your current educational plans

Select one below: No high school diploma or G.E.D.A G.E.D.A G.E.D. and some on-the-job trainingA high school diplomaA high school diploma and on-the-job trainingA two-year college degreeA four-year college degreeA master's degree or more

Describe the difference between the education you NEED to have the life you want, and the education you PLAN to get.

If there's a difference, what do you plan to do?

Select one below:
No high school diploma or G.E.D.
A G.E.D.
A G.E.D. and some on-the-job training
A high school diploma
A high school diploma and on-the-job training
A two-year college degree
A four-year college degree
A master's degree or more