Career Development

Drive Of Your Life

www.driveofyourlife.org

(Create an account with your school username and lunch number.)

Make sure you get a screen shot of your ride and add it to the bottom of this document before you
post this to your website.

Step 1: Customize Your Ride

List your results:

a) ___Practical__________
b) __Influential____________
c) ______Creative_______

Step 2: Plan Your Trip - - - - - My Style: __

List the five careers you chose:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

__Fire Investigator__
__Dentist__
__Photographer__
__Producer and/or Director__
__Public Relations Manager__

Step 3: Jump In and Drive

(List the facts from a typical day for each career)
Career #1 Public relations manager
Tasks: (List only the first task)
Create a favorable public image for organizations
___________________________________________________

Hazardous Conditions: __rarely__

Physically Demanding: ___rarely___
Working Outside: ___rarely___
Working with Others: ___always___
Working with Computers: ___often___
Skill Sets: ___leadership, getting along with others, math,
speaking/writing, mechanical, science, creativity___

 Next Steps: __Organize the publicity for a fundraiser at your school

______
Career #2 Fire investigator
Tasks: (List only the first task)
Conduct investigations to find out the origins of fires and
explosions

Hazardous Conditions: __always__

Physically Demanding: __always__
Working Outside: __always__
Working with Others: __often__
Working with Computers: __often__
Skill Sets: __Speaking/writing, mechanical__
Next Steps: __Make arrangements to visit the fire department in your
community. Find out how a fire is investigated, who does the
investigations, and what the investigator looks for.__

Career #3 Producer and/or Director

Tasks: (List only the first task)
Produce and/or direct movies or television shows

Hazardous Conditions: __rarely__

Physically Demanding: ___rarely___
Working Outside: ___often___
Working with Others: ___often___
Working with Computers: ___often___
Skill Sets: leadership, getting along w/ others, speaking/ writing,

creativity
Next Steps: __Go online to find information on your favorite movie. Find
out who the producer/director is and find his/her biography.__

Career #4 - Dentist
Tasks: (List only the first task)
Examine teeth and gums, using dental instruments, to evaluate dental
health and diagnose diseases
Hazardous Conditions: __rarely__
Physically Demanding: ___rarely___
Working Outside: ___rarely___
Working with Others: ___always___
Working with Computers: ___sometimes___
Skill Sets: ___leadership, getting along with others,science___
_____________________________________________
Next Steps: __Ask your teacher to invite a dentist to visit your school

to speak about dental care.__

Career #5 Photographer
Tasks: (List only the first task)
____

Hazardous Conditions: __rarely__

Physically Demanding: __often__
Working Outside: __often__
Working with Others: __sometimes__
Working with Computers: __rarely__
Skill Sets: __mechanical, creativity__
Next Steps: __A school newspaper offers its photography staff an
opportunity to learn about producing quality photos for publication. Join
the staff of your school newspaper and find out more being a
photographer.__

List the five careers you chose and the kind of degree required:
Careers
1. Public relations
manager
2. Fire investigator
3. Producer and/or
director
4. Dentist
5. Photographer

Required Degree
1. 4 year degree
2. 2 year degree
3. 4 year degree
4. Graduate degree
5. 4 year degree