Optician

Duties and responsibilities: measure patients bridge and nose size for glasses, ensure correct prescription of lenses before being given to patient, assist clients, and prepare work orders.

Salary: $21,290- $54,490

Education: high school diploma, associates or bachelors degree in opticianry

Reflection: I do no think i would like to become an Optician because I am not interested in specializing in optometry and it does not sound like an interesting job. I would like to do more than prescribe eyeglasses to patients.

Nursing Home Administrator

Duties and responsibilities: NHA's supervise clinical and administrative affairs. Overseeing staff and personal, managing financial matters, and medical care and supplies.

Salary: $88,850

Education: 4 year bachelor degree, or masters degree necessary, pass state licensing exam.

Reflection: I do not think i would like to become a Nursing home administrator because I find that managing a whole company, including its staff and supplies would be a very demanding job and I would not be able to handle all that responsibility. 

Costume Designer 

Duties and responsibilities: They design and create the costume for characters. They are also responsible for reading the script to get an idea of how the costume should look. Custom looks are often necessary but mostly will be working from previous made costumes, sewing skills necessary.

Salary: $64,000-$100,000

Education: Degree in costume design, Degree in fashion is also helpful

Reflection: I would like to look more into the career of costume design because it 
seems very interesting especially since it involves my two favorite things, art and movies. I would like to create costumes for characters as i have always admired them in films. This career is something i can see myself looking into later in life.

Wellness Professional 

Duties and responsibilities: Work for school or pharmacies or other companies to suggest, support, and train people on their health and fitness goals. Educate public on how to choose the best out of your daily choices.

Salary: $53,100

Education: degree in nursing, fitness, or sports medicine, no specific requirements, on the job training is provided.

Reflection: I do not think I would want to be a wellness professional because i am not interested in working for a company and having to talk to people in public, i am not very good at that, therefore this is not a career for me.

Medical surveillance Technician

Duties and responsibilities: Monitor medical technology in emergency and surgery, often check heart rate and examine patterns.

Salary: ~ $40,000

Education: Preferably a degree in electronics, high school diploma

Reflection: I do not think I would like to become a medical surveillance technician because I do not like electronics much and it is a very hard job in which you must always be paying attention to the machine and the patient. If something is missed, it can be destructive therefore I would not like to become one.

Military Medical Opportunities: Health Care Specialist

Duties and responsibilities: Administer emergency treatment, prepare blood samples for analysis, prepare patients for surgery.

Salary: $42,395

Education: 10 weeks of training, 16 weeks of advanced individual training 

Reflection: I do not think i would like to become a health care specialist for the US Army because i have no intentions of joining the army and becoming a health care specialist would be a very demanding job, especially during combat.

Medical Assistant 

Duties and responsibilities: they answer telephones, greet patients, and update patient information, they also schedule appointments and handle billing. 

Salary: $35,912

Education: High school diploma, license, pass the national exam, and formal training is required.

Reflection: I think i would like to become a Medical assistant temporarily to get experience in that type of work. MA's are very busy with patients and scheduling and I am usually good at that so I think I would give it a try.

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Duties and responsibilities: give medication to patients, take vital signs, basic wound care, injections, entering information into computer.

Salary: $43,394

Education: High school diploma, certification, pass the national nursing exam, college level education  

Reflection: I do not think I would like to get into the licensed practical nurse career because although they are highly valued I do not have interest in being in the nursing career of medicine. 

Home Health Aide

Duties and responsibilities: Perform duties as required by the client, accompany clients to doctors and other places, administer their medication correctly etc.

Salary: $22,000- $26,000

Education: aides require no special education and sometimes don't even require a high school diploma; HHA's are trained by other HHA's and after 75 hours of training, they are provided with an exam and if passed gives them a certification needed to work in government funded homes.

Reflection: I think working as a home health aide would be a good job to launch off into the medical career later because it requires no schooling and provides you with the social skills and patience needed when working in a medical field. I would maybe like to try to work at this job seeing the experience it can give me.

Health Science Librarian 

Duties and responsibilities: They asses, manage and select collections and resources to support the medical school, library, or hospital.

Education: Bachelors of Science, or Master's in Library Science

Salary: $49,000 - $66,000

Reflection: I do not think i would like to become a health science librarian because it seems like a job in an office and i do not want to be involved in careers of that sort. A health science librarian seems like an alright job but not for me.

Harry styles' Career

             Harry styles was only 16 years old when he entered the competition as a solo artist. He sang "Isn't she lovely" by Stevie Wonder, his audition immediately gave him a spot onto the next round. For weeks he sang along side the rest of the competitors with all his might, but it wasn't enough. On the day of elimination, He, along with several others were told they would no longer be in the competition. Styles was devastated. Just before he could reach the front of the gate, lead judge of the show, Simon Cowell, had an idea, along with the second judge at the time, that they can make 2 groups. A producer reached the boys and girls and called them back onto the stage. Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, and Louis Tomlinson, plus another group of girls were on stage along with Harry Styles. The judges announced their decision to keep them in the competition but only if they would keep as a group. They obviously agreed. Since then, the groups of fans amounted with every week they performed and it was down to the finale. To spare you the details, no they did not win, but they gained something better. Simon Cowell knew their potential and had a label signed by SyCo. By 2011 they released their first single "What Makes You Beautiful" and gained the number 1 title in over 40 countries  and broke Sony's record for the most pre-ordered single in Sony's history. "Up All Night" was the band's first album, it gained recognition in numerous countries and stayed number 1 in the UK and the US for weeks. since then, the band's popularity among elders, teens, and kids has only grown and continues to grow as they have since released 3 other albums; "Take Me Home," "Midnight Memories," and "Four." They are also currently in their fourth tour "On the road again" and although they have had many run ins with rumors and rocky relationships, the band continues to be strong and they couldn't have found a better job. Harry Styles was only 16 from a small town in England (Chesire) and is now 21 touring from LA to Japan and everywhere in between.

Careers around the world

1. Senior Design Manager:

City of London, London

Requirements: Bachelors degree, 2 years+ experience

Salary: £56,000-58,0000

Duties: Lead, design, and shape the company, over see and provide leadership for all 2D and 3D design needs; effectively plan and design required workshop with brand teams and creative center leadership. 

2. Research Associate

Cardiff University, UK

Requirements: College degree

Duties: will work on Parkinson's funded project in the UK to ind if variations of DNA methylation increases risk of parkinsons

Salary: £32,000-37,000

Oncologist

Duties and responsibilities: They are physicians who specialize in diagnosing and treating cancer

Salary: $218,000

Education:undergraduate degree,M.D. degree, internal medicine residency, oncology fellowship

Reflection: I think an Oncologist would be a good career to look into if i decide to continue on a medical career path, although the school is longer and more licensing is required, it does look like an interesting job.

Heliotherapy

Duties and Responsibilities: Use sunlight to cure skin disease, joint, and muscle pain and other medical symptoms.

Salary: $18,000

Education: no education required, only training.

Reflection: I would not like to become a heliotherapist because it does not sound interesting to me. I would prefer a more known medical career that does not focus on just one instrument for healing, in this case, the sun,

Reflexology

Duties and responsibilities:massage based form of alternative medicine focused on the hands and feet.stimulate pressure points to relieve stress and tension throughout the entire body.

Salary:$38,000

Education: certificate or associate degree program in massage therapy, at least 110 hours of reflexology study

Reflection: I do not think i would like to become a reflexologist because it is basically a massage therapist but using pressure points and i am not very patient for these types of jobs.

Health Information Specialist

   Duties an Responsibilities: They organize and manage health information and data. They ensure quality, accessibility and security in all aspects of the patients information.

     Salary: $34,160 annually

     Education: Post secondary certificate, no experience needed, associates degree

    

 Reflection: This career is probably not one i would like to look into in the future because it requires a lot of organization and i am not good with that, it also appears to be more of an office job like sitting ans filing and it does not sound like something i would like to do in the future.

Environmental Health Services

Duties and responsibilities: Implement program activities related to the protection of the environment and public health safety.

Salary: $51,292- $62,982

Education: Registration in their state by the EHS,"UST" certification, bachelors degree,1 year of experience, 6 months as EHS trainee.

Reflection: I do not think i would like to become a Environmental health specialist because it does not sound interesting and although i care about the environment, i would not like to become a specialist for it.

Eastern Medicine Doctor

Duties and responsibilities: Treat illness but also focus on strengthening the body’s defenses and enhancing its capacity for healing and to maintain health.

Salary: $52,000

Education: Bachelor’s or associate’s degree and 4 years of training 

Reflection: I would not like to become an eastern medicine doctor because it uses herbal remedies and acupuncture which are two things I would not like to work with.

FBI behavioral analysis Agent (BAU)

Duties and responsibilities: BAU personnel collaborate closely with federal, local and international law enforcement agencies to produce accurate recreations of violent crimes, provide a psychological framework for such crimes and predict the likely actions of violent perpetrators.

Salary:  $50,000-$100,000

Education: bachelors degree at least preferably in psychology, criminology, or sociology,3 years experience, minimum. 23-37 years of age, good visual and physical health, possess a valid drivers license.

Reflection: I would like to become a BAU federal agent because it is working inside a high profile criminal's mind through psychology and behavior so i think that would be a very interesting career choice.

Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) doctor 

Duties and responsibilities: They evaluate a patients health and history while examining for certain symptoms that might show ailment or injury. They also help diagnose and prescribe medication.

Salary: $222,000 - $369,000

Education: Completed medical school degree, 5 year residency at least, 51 months of specialty training

Reflection: I would not like to become an ENT doctor because after researching it, it takes a lot of school and training (almost 20 years) to become one and i do not think I would want to wait that long.