Comparative career choice essay

Even though I am only in the ninth grade, I already have an idea about what I want my career to be. I researched three careers that appeal to me, real estate, accountant, and a nurse.

When I concluded my research, I decided real estate would best fit me, because I enjoy meeting new people, and controlling my schedule.

Real Estate Agent      Accountant   Nurse

Salary	Low-$19,500Median-$41,300 High-$113,300	$65,550 per year	$65,470 per year
Flexibility	Choose flexibility; work with clients	Pick hours or hours boss tells you	Adjust from weekends to weekdays or both
Abilities needed	People skills, Communication skills, Creative ability, Initiative skills	Communication skills, Attentive skills, Good at math	Observant, Communication skills, Good with emotional situations
Work Schedule	Set own schedule often weekends and at night to work with clients	40+ hours per week and often more, especially during tax season.	Usually work all day or all night depending on what shift you have.

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Unlike the sociable real estate, accountant is a desk job, and doesn’t involve much interaction with coworkers or customers. The salary is 65,550 per year which is favorable, and I possess most of the abilities of being an accountant. I am attentive, good at math, and I have great communication skills. Altogether this job appears to involve hard work and long hours that cause stress, which I’m not too fond about.

Similar to an accountant, a nurse’s income is 65,470 per year. I am very observant, and excellent at comforting others, which are some abilities needed in the nursing field. In addition, caring for others and putting their needs before mine is something I love doing. Overall, nursing would be a good fit for me because the skills needed, I possess, but the long hours, and stress isn’t for me, because I don’t deal with stress and being under pressure well.

Research revealed to me that being a real estate would help me express my sociable abilities. I would love doing my job everyday if I was a real estate agent.

If I became a real estate I would make my own schedule, when I meet with clients, when I go into the office, and other tasks. I think I’m very persuasive, for example I’m very friendly, talkative, and I find the good in everything, which helps being a real estate, and I have great people skills. Ultimately, this job is the best for me personally due to the skills and work ethic needed.

Any of these three careers I could pursue because they all deal with people in some form. Still, the career I would enjoy most would be the social, hard working real estate. I personally think that it is great for me to already have an idea of careers to consider even as a freshman in high school.