Career survey!
Sep. 12th, 2007 08:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com/.
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
4. Post the top ten results
1. Special Effects Technician
2. Sign Maker
3. Costume Designer
4. Makeup Artist
5. Magician
6. Casting Director
7. Picture Framer
8. Furniture Finisher
9. Comedian
10. Composer
Hmmm, about this:
For numbers 1, 3, 4, & 5: Been there, done that, may do it again
For numbers 2, 8, & 9: WHAAAAA???
For number 6: Don't you need to, you know, be in the business? I never have figured out how you become a casting director
For number 10: Uh, no. Just no. Not happening. I can't for the life of me write music - and believe me, I've tried.
PS: Damn it, BitTorrent, Yamada Tarou NOW. Now, I say!
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
4. Post the top ten results
1. Special Effects Technician
2. Sign Maker
3. Costume Designer
4. Makeup Artist
5. Magician
6. Casting Director
7. Picture Framer
8. Furniture Finisher
9. Comedian
10. Composer
Hmmm, about this:
For numbers 1, 3, 4, & 5: Been there, done that, may do it again
For numbers 2, 8, & 9: WHAAAAA???
For number 6: Don't you need to, you know, be in the business? I never have figured out how you become a casting director
For number 10: Uh, no. Just no. Not happening. I can't for the life of me write music - and believe me, I've tried.
PS: Damn it, BitTorrent, Yamada Tarou NOW. Now, I say!
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Date: 2007-09-13 01:17 am (UTC)1.Historian
2.Desktop Publisher
3.Industrial Designer
4.Cartoonist / Comic Illustrator
5.Animator
6.Interior Designer
7.Exhibit Designer
8.Craftsperson
9.Potter
10.Fashion Designer
11.Curator
12.Director of Photography
13.Set Designer
14.Costume Designer
15.Professor
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Date: 2007-09-13 01:32 am (UTC)Furniture Finisher... I can't imagine going to a party and someone asking, 'so what do you do?' and answering 'oh, I finish furniture.' *g*
So mine, hmmm...pretty much uh? to them all. Apart from #9 which is not far from my job. I like understanding how things work, in theory, but as a job... no thanks. I can see at the end now what the questions were leading to and which ones pushed me down this route...
ps. Millwright!!! WTF? Had to look that one up *g*
1.Farm Equipment Mechanic
2.Heating, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration Tech
3.Heavy Equipment Mechanic
4.Race Car Mechanic
5.Automobile Mechanic
6.Motorcycle Mechanic
7.Aircraft Mechanic
8.Diesel Mechanic
9.Computer Engineer
10.Millwright
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Date: 2007-09-13 01:44 am (UTC)1. Computer Animator
2. Graphic Designer
3. Artist
4. Train Operator
5. Medical Illustrator
6. Truck Driver
7. GIS Specialist
8. Vending Machine Servicer
9. Archivist
10. Archaeologist
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Date: 2007-09-13 02:22 am (UTC)1. Industrial-Organizational Psychologist
2. Addictions Counselor
3. Economic Development Officer
4. Actor
5. Special Effects Technician
6. Sport Psychology Consultant
7. Director of Photography
8. Costume Designer
9. Set Designer
10. Community Worker
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Date: 2007-09-13 06:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-13 07:33 pm (UTC)