GUIDANCE
CAREER LISTS FOR THE LIVE-CAREER VOCATIONAL TEST +
Jobs can be divided up into interest groups. The groups listed below are from LIVE CAREER, an excellent vocational interest test found at http://www.livecareer.com The basic test is free, but the student may purchase a more comprehensive analysis. You can also use the lists below. The process is generally much more useful if the student makes an appointment to see me and we go over the lists together after completing the test on-line..
1. ADMINISTRATION
This is a huge area. Whatever area you are in may lead to administration. Anyone who is exceptionably good at what he or she does may be promoted into management. Eg. A really good engineer may become a manager of engineers. Some examples are:
Chief Executive Officer
Executive Secretary
Executive
General Manager
Head Chef
Hotel Manager
Manager
Personnel Manager
President
School Principal or Vice-Principal
Ship Captain
Shop Foreman
Store Manager
THREE YEAR QUEBEC TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS
Accounting and Management Technologist
Adventure Tourism Technology
Advertising Management
Business Management
Computer Science Technology
Office Systems Technology
Sport Marketing and Management
Tourism
QUEBEC TRADE PROGRAMS
Company Management (Construction)
Starting a Business
2. ART This area involves stage performance or creation of art. Some examples are:
Actor
Architect
Art Historian
Art Teacher
Artist
Circus Performer
Clothing Designer
Costume Designer
Computer Games Programmer
Dancer
Florist
Glass Blower
Graphics Designer
Hairdresser
Illustrator
Interior Designer
Jewellery Designer
Music Composer
Music Conductor
Musician
Photographer
Potter
Sculptor
Set Design (stage)
THREE YEAR QUEBEC TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS
Fashion Design
Graphic Design
Illustration and Design
Industrial Design
Interior Design
Professional Photographer
Professional Theatre - Acting
Professional Theatre - Production
Professional Song and Music Techniques
Web Site Design
QUEBEC
TRADE PROGRAMS
Interior Decorating and Display
Jewellery Maker
Stone Cutting
3. CLERICAL
A high level here indicates that you enjoy having a structured day and have a high tolerance to completing repetitive tasks. You like a routine. This can apply to many different jobs. Some examples of jobs that might be repetitive are:
Accountant
Cashier
Computer Technician
File Clerk
Secretary
THREE YEAR QUEBEC TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS
Accounting and Management Technology
Information and Library Technology
Office Systems Technology
QUEBEC TRADE PROGRAMS
Accounting
Secretarial Studies - Medical
Secretarial Studies - Legal
Secretarial Studies
4. FOOD SERVICE (Preparation, serving or selling of food products.) Some examples are:
Bus Boy
Cashier
Chef
Sous-chef
Teacher at cooking school
Waiter
THREE YEAR QUEBEC TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS
Hotel Management
QUEBEC TRADE PROGRAMS
Bread Making
Contemporary Cuisine
Food and Beverage Services
Pastry Making
Professional Cooking
Retail Butchery
5. HEALTH SERVICES Below is a listing of some of the common Health service jobs. This list is not complete!
Some examples are:
Ambulance Attendant
Audiologist
Chiropractor
Dentist
Dietician
Doctor
Midwife
Nurse
Nutritionist
Occupational therapist
Optician
Optometrist
Orderly
Paramedic
Physiotherapist
Professor of ........
psychiatrist
Psychologist
THREE YEAR QUEBEC TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS
Biomedical Lab Technologist
Dental Technologist
Diagnostic Imaging
Lab Technologist
Mechanical Engineering Technologist
Radiation Oncology
Respiratory and Anaesthesia Technologist
QUEBEC
TRADE PROGRAMS
Assistant to Patients in Health Care Establishments
Assistant Nurse
Dental Assistant
Home Care and Family and Social Assistance
Pharmacy Technical Assistant
6. INDUSTRIAL ART (Making or repairing things using machinery or your hands) Some examples are:
Commercial - Residential Painter
Die Maker
Furniture Finishing
Machinist
Masonry
Sheet Metal Work
Stonecutting
Teacher of Industrial Arts
Tiler
Tool Maker
Welding and Fitting
THREE YEAR QUEBEC TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS
Aircraft Maintenance
Building Systems Engineering Technologist
Civil Engineering Technologist
Electronics Technologist
Industrial Maintenance Technologist
Mechanical Engineering Technologist
QUEBEC TRADE PROGRAMS
Aircraft Structural Assembly
Aircraft Mechanical Assembly
Automobile Mechanic
Cabinet Maker
Carpenter
Electrician
Furniture Finishing
Heavy Vehicle Mechanic
Industrial Upholstering
Jewellery Maker
Light Vehicle Mechanic
Motorcycle Mechanic
Pattermaking
Plasterer
Plumber
Stonecutter
7. OUTDOORS Some examples are:
There are many, many different jobs in this area. The list below is a sample only. Most important - there are clusters of jobs in the following areas.
SCIENCE
Biologist
Botanist
Civil Engineer
Geologist
Horticulture
Marine Biologist
Oceanographer
Veterinarian
Zoo Keeper
Zoologist
AGRICULTURE
Bee Keeper
Cattle - Meat
Cattle - Milk
Farmer
Fruit
Grain
Horse Rancher
Horticulture
Other
Pigs
Poultry
Trees
Vegetables
FORESTRY
Logger
Tree planter
FISHING
Fisherman
TRANSPORTATION
Ship Captain
Ship Officer
Train Engineer
Trucker
MISC
Archeologist
Guide
Trapper
THREE YEAR QUEBEC TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS
Adventure Tourism Technology
Civil Engineering Technology
Ecological Technician
Forestry Technology
Tourism
QUEBEC TRADE PROGRAMS
Florist
Land Surveying and Topography
Landscaper
Masonry, Bricklaying
Masonry Restoration
Ornamental Horticulture
8. PERSONAL SERVICE Some examples are:
Astrologer
Bodyguard
Cild Care Provider
Dance Instructor
Estate Manager
Executive Assistant
Funeral Director
Image Consultant
Massage Therapist
Nanny
Personal Trainer
Personal Trainer
Pet Groomer
Professional Organizer
THREE YEAR QUEBEC TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS
QUEBEC TRADE PROGRAMS
Aesthetician
Hairdresser
Electrologist
9. SALES ( including PERSUASIVE)
This person is interesting in selling - things or ideas. This is a huge field. You can sell anything from ideas to cars. You could work in a store or office. Some examples are:
Advertising Agent
Announcer
Car Salesman
Civil Litigator
Computer Salesman
Corporate Lawyer
Insurance Salesman
Judge
Lawyer
Literary Agent
Marketing Manager
Mediator
Paralegal
Politician
Professor
Public Relations Specialist
Sales Manager
Sales person
Store Clerk
Teacher
THREE YEAR QUEBEC TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS
Adventure Tourism Management
Advertising Management
Professional Theatre - Production
Sport Marketing and Management
Tourism
QUEBEC TRADE PROGRAMS
Professional Sales
Sales Representation
10. SCIENCE (including Math)
There are many jobs not listed below. Some scientists work with people or animals, while others do research in lab settings. Many of the people in the below jobs end up in administration - in charge of other people. Some examples are:
Accountant
Actuary
Anthropologist
Architect
Biologist
Biologist - Marine
Botanist
Chemist
Computer Science
Dentist
Dietician
Doctor
Engineer (over 16 types)
Civil
Electrical
Industrial
Mining, etc.
Farmer
Forestry Worker
Historian
Mathematician
Geologist
Nurse
Occupational Therapist
Optometrist
Personal Trainer
Physicist
Pilot
Professor
Psychiatrist
Psychologist
Sociologist
Speech Therapist
Teacher
Zoologist
THREE YEAR QUEBEC TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
Animal Health
Architectural Technologist
Biomedical Lab Technologist
Building Systems Engineering
Technologist
Civil Engineering Technologist
Computers and Digital Systems
Diagnostic Imaging
Ecological Technology
Engineering Technology
Forest Technologist
Industrial Maintenance
Technologist
Industrial Electronics
Lab Technologist
Mechanical Engineering
Technologist
Radiation Oncology
Respiratory and Anaesthesia
Technologist
Telecommunications Technologist
QUEBEC TRADE PROGRAMS
Accounting
Computational Support
11. TEACHING / SOCIAL SERVICE (Enjoy instructing people in learning new things and helping people solve problems).
Some examples are:
Child Care Worker
Clergy (Minister/ Priest/ Rabbi/ Iman)
Criminologist
Doctor
Drug Rehabilitation Counsellor
Educational assistant
Family Life Educator
Guidance Counsellor
Instructor
Judge
Lawyer
Librarian
Mediator
Notary
Nurse
Orderly
Paramedic
Parole Officer
Personnel Manager
Politician
Private Detective
Probation Officer
Professor - University
Psychiatrist
Psychologist
Religious worker
Social Worker
Sociologist
Teacher - CEGEP
Teacher - Elementary
Teacher - Kindergarten
Teacher - English Second Language
Teacher -High School
Teacher - Early Childhood
THREE YEAR QUEBEC TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS
Community Recreational Leadership
Early Childhood Education
Information and Library Technologist
Police
Social Aide
Special Care Counsellor
Youth and Correctional Intervention
QUEBEC TRADE PROGRAMS
Assistant to Patients in Health Care Establishments
Assistant Nurse
Dental Assistant
Home Care and Family and Social Assistance
Pharmacy Technical Assistant
12. WRITING (Enjoy creative or technical writing). Some examples are:
Advertising Executive
Archivist
Author
Book Critic
Copywriter
Editor
Film Critic
Historian
Information Specialist
Information Manager
Journalist
Lawyers
Librarian
Literary Agent
Market Researcher
Marketing Assistant
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Project Director
Proofreader
Public Speaker
Publisher
Radio/ tv Researcher
THREE YEAR QUEBEC TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS
Advertising Management
Sports Marketing and Management
QUEBEC TRADE PROGRAMS
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