Personal Narrative: A Career In My Three Careers

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Three careers that would be well suited for me are a cost estimator, an operations research analyst, and a conservation officer. Two of these careers involve quantitative thinking and mathematical skills, while the third career involves enforcing laws and regulations and working outdoors. Due to my interest in working outdoors I have chosen conservation officer as the best career opportunity for me. The first job I researched is a cost estimator. I researched this job because it involves mathematical skills on a daily basis. I enjoy working with numbers and equations and overseeing operations and that is why I considered being a cost estimator as a possible career option for me. The average pay for a cost estimator as of 2014 was $60,050 per …show more content…
I thought that it was best suited for me because of the following reasons. As a conservation officer you have a lot of responsibilities, you have all the responsibilities of an ordinary police officer along with the additional responsibilities of being a conservation officer. I enjoy taking on a lot of responsibility and that’s one reason I would enjoy working as a conservation officer. Also a major part of being a conservation officer is enforcing laws and regulations. I enjoy enforcing rules and keeping people safe and that is what enforcing these laws and regulations that are in place for a reason will do. Another major reason that I chose conservation officer is because most of the work that they do is outdoors. I really love working outdoors with the environment and this is what a great deal of time is spent doing as a conservation officer. Another part of being a conservation officer is protecting the environment and parks. I enjoy keeping people and the environment safe and I can do this by managing the environment by enforcing these laws and regulations as well as doing studies on the environment to keep them up to date. That is why I think being a conservation officer would be the best suited career opportunity for

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