Career Research Paper on Welding

Career Research Paper Requirements

Using two or three Internet Resources, you will gather information about a career that you are interested in pursuing. The required length of the essay is 3 to 4 pages, excluding the Works Cited Page. Include a reference to the sources you used in correct MLA format. Try to incorporate as many of the following points as possible:

Career Research Paper

Name of Career Field and reasons for studying this particular career.

History of the career

People in this career
Approximately how many people are now employed in this career field?
Briefly discuss current employment trends relating to this career.
Where are jobs related to this career most often found? Why?

Duties of this career
General Duties
Specific Duties
Hours of work ordinarily required
Is there anything unusual about the number of hours or nature of the work schedule which might relate to this job field? (Seasonal fluctuations, days, nights, split shifts etc..)

Qualifications of workers in this field.
Age
Gender
Health and physical
Personality
Experience
Aptitude
Education (general level and type required)
Other
What are the most common methods of entry into this career?
Which one would you choose? Why

VI Education Planning
List some schools where you could get the necessary training for this job.
Briefly describe any armed forces training opportunities that relate to his career.
What are the scholarships, loans or grants that you could apply for to help with the cost of this training?
Other training-apprenticeship, company or on-the-job training?

VII. Earnings
How much can you expect to make from this career?
Beginning salary?
Average Salary?
Exceptional Salary?
What expenses might you have to meet in following this career?

VIII. Nature of the Job
List some benefits, other than salary, that you would expect to gain from this career.
What hazards can you anticipate in this job field?

Career Advancement
What are the chances for advancement in this field?
Would advancement require additional training?
Would advancement require additional duties? Explain.
Is there a need for continuing education to hold this position? Explain

X. Reflection
a. After studying this career in depth, state why you would or would not be interested in making this your own career objective.

EXTRA CREDIT
XI. Interview
Arrange an interview with someone employed in this career field.
Ask this person the same questions you have been exploring for this project and any additional one you may have.
Write a summary of this interview

Minimum Requirements:
RESEARCH PAPER- 3 or 4 PAGE DOUBLE SPACED, MLA FORMAT, WORKS CITED PAGE

Parts of this essay are asking for your reflection on how you would approach this career and how you feel about this career. Other parts are asking only for information of the career. I would suggest that the majority of the essay be in Third Person so that you can write about the career objectively. When stating your opinion about the career, you may use 1st person.
You must also have a thesis statement in this essay

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