Career Reflective Essay

My best fit occupations included a Toy designer, an Architect, an Actor/Actress, and Funeral Director. I picked the top four to discuss. It’s interesting to me because the only occupation out of those four that have really interested me would be the architect. The Toy designer occupation seems very interesting, it has to do with arts and entertainment. I consider myself a very creative person so I could see why I got this occupation. It said that my values, personality, skills, and leisure all aligned with this occupation. The second one was an Architect. This occupation has to do with Architecture and engineering. This occupation has interested me before, because of the creativity it involves. It said that my values, skills, and leisures all aligned with this occupation. The third one was an actress. This one was very cool to see, but the last time I performed in a play was 7 years ago in middle school. I was never a theater kid or interested in being one. For this one it said my personality and leisure aligned. And lastly, a funeral director. I really did not know what to think about this one when I saw it. For this one it said work, personality,  and skills all aligned.

My current career interest is becoming a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. I love to work with kids because they are so happy all the time, and I also love science and how the human body works. Lastly I want to do something in my life that is meaningful, like helping others. It was interesting to see how this assessment played out regarding my current career interest. In the leisure assessment, my top three leisure interests include Aesthetic (The creators), Correct (The Organizers) and Eager (The persuaders). I can 100% agree with these interests.It says The creators Tend to be creative and intuitive, enjoy activities like writing, painting, sculpturing, playing a musical instrument, performing, and more, enjoy working in an unstructured environment where they can use their imagination and creativity, and often described as being: open, imaginative, original, intuitive, emotional, independent, idealistic, and unconventional. It says that the The Organizers like to be involved in activities that follow set procedures and routines, like to work with data and details, have clerical or numerical ability, and carry out tasks in great detail, and often described as being conforming, practical, careful, obedient, thrifty, efficient, orderly, conscientious, and persistent. And lastly it says that The persuaders like to influence others, enjoy persuading others to see their point of view, like to work with people and ideas, rather than things, and often described as being adventurous, energetic, optimistic, agreeable, extroverted, popular, sociable, self-confident, and ambitious. All of these characteristics perfectly describe me. I don’t really think that any of the “best fit” occupations are for me. The only one I could see myself being in is an architect, but again that is nothing close to a nurse practitioner. The most important out of the five assessments to me would be values. I decided to run another report with just values, personality and skills to see what I would get. The occupation that fit me the most with those three was a clinical psychologist. Now this is more into the occupation I could see myself in. It’s more into the sciences which I liked. As I scrolled through the careers that matched, I realized the only one that was remotely close to a Nurse Practitioner was a Family Practitioner, which I would have to get a medical degree in. In conclusion, I very much enjoyed completing this assessment, and it made me realize other career options I could consider based on my personality, values, leisure, work interest, and skills.