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My Typical Day I have two parts of my business. One is being a Realtor and servicing the real estate needs of my clients either buying or selling or w … Read More
Hotel & Restaurant Manager
My Typical Day Working as a Hotel & Restaurant Manager can be incredibly fast paced, making it at times stressful but in the whole a really fulfil … Read More
Food Scientist
My name is Dr. Bryan Quoc Le, and I am a PhD-level food scientist, food industry consultant, and author of 150 Food Science Questions Answered. My Typ … Read More
Private Investigator
My Typical Day The day of a private investigator is long and very diverse with regard to what you’ll be performing each day. Due to the nature of the … Read More
Immigration Lawyer
My Typical Day I spend most of my day meeting with various team members, clients, and legal service professionals. Prior to COVID, the majority of tho … Read More
Ice Dam Remover
My Typical Day Battling ice dams produces very long days in below-freezing temperatures, all across the northern states of the country, so we’re usual … Read More
Legal Nurse Consultant
My name is Maryjane Duquette, RN, BSN, LNC. I am the Founder & CEO of MJD Legal Nurse Consulting. I became a legal nurse consultant after some fri … Read More
Child Protective Specialist
I currently work as a Child Protective Specialist (CPS) for the City of New York. What this means, is that I investigate cases/investigations for NYC. … Read More
SEO Manager
My Responsibilities Creating an SEO strategy using best practices, and a roadmap based on resources available and the competitive advantages of the br … Read More
Software Engineer
I am a contracted Software Engineer who works on Army projects. I was always interested in computers and coding, but never thought it would be a job t … Read More
Mechanical Engineer
I’m a Freelance Engineering Designer who provides mechanical, structural, and related design consultancy services to other businesses in the manufactu … Read More
Technical Director - Structural Engineer
I am a professional practicing Structural Engineer. I have been working as a Structural Engineer for tier one consultancies for over 16 years. I curre … Read More
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Government Property Inspectors
investigate or inspect government property to ensure compliance with contract agreements and government regulations.
$75620
Bachelor's degree
High job satisfaction
Personality Match
CPS Social Workers
provide social services and assistance to improve the social and psychological functioning of children and their families and to maximize the family well-being and the academic functioning of children. May assist parents, arrange adoptions, and find foster homes for abandoned or abused children. In schools, they address such problems as teenage pregnancy, misbehavior, and truancy. May also advise teachers.
$52370
Bachelor's degree
Strong job growth
Personality Match
Practice Managers
Practice Managers are typically responsible for managing the front office of private or public practices. They manage receptionists and other front office staff, requiring them to handle scheduling, payroll, and various HR tasks.
$67000
Bachelor's degree
Personality Match
Precious Metal Workers
cast, anneal, solder, hammer, or shape gold, silver, pewter or other metals to form jewelry or other metal items such as goblets or candlesticks.
$48050
No degree required
Personality Match
Models
model garments or other apparel and accessories for prospective buyers at fashion shows, private showings, or retail establishments. May pose for photos to be used in magazines or advertisements. May pose as subject for paintings, sculptures, and other types of artistic expression.
$54050
No degree required
Strong job growth
Graduate Teaching Assistants
assist faculty or other instructional staff in postsecondary institutions by performing teaching or teaching-related duties, such as teaching lower level courses, developing teaching materials, preparing and giving examinations, and grading examinations or papers. Graduate teaching assistants must be enrolled in a graduate school program. Graduate assistants who primarily perform non-teaching duties, such as research, should be reported in the occupational category related to the work performed.
$39460
Bachelor's degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Motorboat Mechanics
repair and adjust electrical and mechanical equipment of inboard or inboard-outboard boat engines.
$45490
Post-secondary certificate
Personality Match
Remote Sensing Scientists
apply remote sensing principles and methods to analyze data and solve problems in areas such as natural resource management, urban planning, or homeland security. May develop new sensor systems, analytical techniques, or new applications for existing systems.
$110100
Master's degree
Research Assistants
The primary responsibility of a Research Assistant is to assist the main researcher. The tasks will vary depending on where they work, but they might log data, check facts, proofread, create presentation slides, carry out experiments, and more.
$38000
Personality Match
Crop Farmworkers and Laborers
manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; cleaning, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities.
$30140
No degree required
Retail Sales Supervisors
directly supervise and coordinate activities of retail sales workers in an establishment or department. Duties may include management functions, such as purchasing, budgeting, accounting, and personnel work, in addition to supervisory duties.
$47300
No degree required
Personality Match
Construction Workers Supervisors
directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extraction workers.
$72990
No degree required
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Personality Match
Waiters and Waitresses
take orders and serve food and beverages to patrons at tables in dining establishment.
$27470
No degree required
Personality Match
Secretaries
perform routine administrative functions such as drafting correspondence, scheduling appointments, organizing and maintaining paper and electronic files, or providing information to callers.
$40420
No degree required
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Personality Match
Umpires and Referees
officiate at competitive athletic or sporting events. Detect infractions of rules and decide penalties according to established regulations. Includes all sporting officials, referees, and competition judges.
$40140
No degree required
Personality Match
Financial Quantitative Analysts
develop quantitative techniques to inform securities investing, equities investing, pricing, or valuation of financial instruments. Develop mathematical or statistical models for risk management, asset optimization, pricing, or relative value analysis.
$96630
Master's degree
High job satisfaction
Wholesale and Retail Buyers
buy merchandise or commodities, other than farm products, for resale to consumers at the wholesale or retail level, including both durable and nondurable goods. Analyze past buying trends, sales records, price, and quality of merchandise to determine value and yield. Select, order, and authorize payment for merchandise according to contractual agreements. May conduct meetings with sales personnel and introduce new products. May negotiate contracts. Includes assistant wholesale and retail buyers of nonfarm products.
$72370
Bachelor's degree
Personality Match
Landscape Architects
plan and design land areas for projects such as parks and other recreational facilities, airports, highways, hospitals, schools, land subdivisions, and commercial, industrial, and residential sites.
$75440
Bachelor's degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Insurance Adjusters and Investigators
investigate, analyze, and determine the extent of insurance company's liability concerning personal, casualty, or property loss or damages, and attempt to effect settlement with claimants. Correspond with or interview medical specialists, agents, witnesses, or claimants to compile information. Calculate benefit payments and approve payment of claims within a certain monetary limit.
$70650
Bachelor's degree
Personality Match
Microsystems Engineers
research, design, develop, or test microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices.
$107060
Master's degree
High job satisfaction
Sound Engineering Technicians
assemble and operate equipment to record, synchronize, mix, edit, or reproduce sound, including music, voices, or sound effects, for theater, video, film, television, podcasts, sporting events, and other productions.
$67210
No degree required
High job satisfaction
Multimedia Artists and Animators
create special effects or animations using film, video, computers, or other electronic tools and media for use in products, such as computer games, movies, music videos, and commercials.
$88080
Bachelor's degree
Postal Service Clerks
perform any combination of tasks in a United States Postal Service (USPS) post office, such as receive letters and parcels; sell postage and revenue stamps, postal cards, and stamped envelopes; fill out and sell money orders; place mail in pigeon holes of mail rack or in bags; and examine mail for correct postage. Includes postal service clerks employed by USPS contractors.
$51200
No degree required
Personality Match
Radiologists
examine and diagnose disorders and diseases using x-rays and radioactive materials. May treat patients.
$218850
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Character Artists
Character Artists use computer software to create 3D models of visual elements for video games and computer-generated content. Character Artists may create and draw characters, environments, weapons, vehicles, and other props that appear in the game.
$79800
Bachelor's degree
Sports Book Writers and Runners
post information enabling patrons to wager on various races and sporting events. Assist in the operation of games such as keno and bingo. May operate random number-generating equipment and announce the numbers for patrons. Receive, verify, and record patrons' wagers. Scan and process winning tickets presented by patrons and pay out winnings for those wagers.
$27130
No degree required
Personality Match
Ship Engineers
supervise and coordinate activities of crew engaged in operating and maintaining engines, boilers, deck machinery, and electrical, sanitary, and refrigeration equipment aboard ship.
$81110
Post-secondary certificate
Pathologists
diagnose presence and stage of diseases using laboratory techniques and patient specimens. Study the nature, cause, and development of diseases. May perform autopsies.
$218850
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Funeral Service Managers
plan, direct, or coordinate the services or resources of funeral homes. Includes activities such as determining prices for services or merchandise and managing the facilities of funeral homes.
$91530
Associate's degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Personality Match
Mail Machine Operators
prepare incoming and outgoing mail for distribution. Time-stamp, open, read, sort, and route incoming mail; and address, seal, stamp, fold, stuff, and affix postage to outgoing mail or packages. Duties may also include keeping necessary records and completed forms.
$33700
No degree required
Personality Match
Career Counselors
Career Counselors help people choose the best career for them. They can meet with people and listen to what they want to do and guide them in the right direction in terms of the education they need and the steps they need to take to get there.
$37800
Personality Match
Receptionists
answer inquiries and provide information to the general public, customers, visitors, and other interested parties regarding activities conducted at establishment and location of departments, offices, and employees within the organization.
$32410
No degree required
Strong job growth
Personality Match
Actuaries
analyze statistical data, such as mortality, accident, sickness, disability, and retirement rates and construct probability tables to forecast risk and liability for payment of future benefits. May ascertain insurance rates required and cash reserves necessary to ensure payment of future benefits.
$123180
Bachelor's degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Psychiatric Technicians
care for individuals with mental or emotional conditions or disabilities, following the instructions of physicians or other health practitioners. Monitor patients' physical and emotional well-being and report to medical staff. May participate in rehabilitation and treatment programs, help with personal hygiene, and administer oral or injectable medications.
$38080
No degree required
Recording Engineers
Recording Engineers are audio technicians that manage the recording equipment used to capture audio during the post-production process. They typically set up, maintain, and operate the audio equipment needed to record sound effects, music, or dialogue for movies or TV shows.
$74500
Bachelor's degree
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
construct, assemble, or rebuild machines, such as engines, turbines, and similar equipment used in such industries as construction, extraction, textiles, and paper manufacturing.
$47190
No degree required
Personality Match
Community Health Workers
promote health within a community by assisting individuals to adopt healthy behaviors. Serve as an advocate for the health needs of individuals by assisting community residents in effectively communicating with healthcare providers or social service agencies. Act as liaison or advocate and implement programs that promote, maintain, and improve individual and overall community health. May deliver health-related preventive services such as blood pressure, glaucoma, and hearing screenings. May collect data to help identify community health needs.
$46000
Bachelor's degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Personality Match
Computer Network Architects
design and implement computer and information networks, such as local area networks (LAN), wide area networks (WAN), intranets, extranets, and other data communications networks. Perform network modeling, analysis, and planning. May also design network and computer security measures. May research and recommend network and data communications hardware and software.
$119230
Master's degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
plan, direct, or coordinate operational, administrative, management, and support services of a U.S. post office; or coordinate activities of workers engaged in postal and related work in assigned post office.
$79660
No degree required
High job satisfaction
Personality Match
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
cut, grind, and polish eyeglasses, contact lenses, or other precision optical elements. Assemble and mount lenses into frames or process other optical elements. Includes precision lens polishers or grinders, centerer-edgers, and lens mounters.
$36640
No degree required
Strong job growth
Personality Match
Lobbyists
The main task of a Lobbyist is to influence the decisions of government officials and lawmakers. They lobby for specific changes to government policies and laws.
$114200
Bachelor's degree
Personality Match
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
operate or maintain stationary engines, boilers, or other mechanical equipment to provide utilities for buildings or industrial processes. Operate equipment such as steam engines, generators, motors, turbines, and steam boilers.
$68170
No degree required
High job satisfaction
Software Developers
research, design, develop, and test operating systems-level software, compilers, and network distribution software for medical, industrial, military, communications, aerospace, business, scientific, and general computing applications. Set operational specifications and formulate and analyze software requirements. May design embedded systems software. Apply principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis.
$114270
Bachelor's degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Personality Match
Locomotive Firers
monitor locomotive instruments and watch for dragging equipment, obstacles on rights-of-way, and train signals during run. Watch for and relay traffic signals from yard workers to yard engineer in railroad yard.
$55890
No degree required
Animal Scientists
conduct research in the genetics, nutrition, reproduction, growth, and development of domestic farm animals.
$74540
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
Exercise Physiologists
assess, plan, or implement fitness programs that include exercise or physical activities such as those designed to improve cardiorespiratory function, body composition, muscular strength, muscular endurance, or flexibility.
$54020
Master's degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Personality Match
Veterinarians
diagnose, treat, or research diseases and injuries of animals. Includes veterinarians who conduct research and development, inspect livestock, or care for pets and companion animals.
$108350
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
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