My Top Five Career Choices

My third career option would be a researcher. I can locate just about any source in the library or on the Internet. I really enjoy searching for facts and getting my nails dirty under piles of information. It’s just a skill I have always learned and perfected. Becoming a journalist is helping me to sharpen this skill, to ask better questions, and to undercover new areas of where I can find the information I need. The downfall to this is, I don’t think I could be happy doing it the rest of my life. I would learn a lot about everything, and meet lots of people, but it’s a office job. I would be surrounded by paperwork on a daily  basis, be stressed out, and not be able to see the people I love.

Fourth, I would like to be a travel agent. I researched the last trip I took to Vegas with my friends and put it in a book for our flight. I found just about everything we might need, and they really appreciated it. It was months of work to find restaurants, hotels and attractions. When the big day came, I blew them away with my research skills. If I combine these with my computer skills, I think I would have a winning combination. However, I’m not sure how to pursue this career choice. It’s not a major, or even minor, at my university. Someday when I have freetime I’m going to have to look into it.

Finally, I would like a chance to become a photographer. Last semester I told my counselor I would like to focus on writing/design. This summer, after all my Vegas pictures, I have changed my mind and will be talking to him again. There’s only a few photography classes I’d have to take, and I can probably take them with my design classes. I think this would become beneficial as I get into the workforce as a journalist, researcher, or whatever path I choose into my future. I can be creative when I want to be, and given the opportunity I can take great pictures. I’m so lost right now on which path I need to choose. I have two years left, so I still have plenty of time.