Future Career Research Paper

AJ Moore

Mrs. Wilcox

English - Pd #3

17 October 2016

Future Careers You are missing both a hook and context in your introductory paragraph. Both electronics engineers and drafters need to have strong problem solving skills and prior work experience. However these occupations are substantially different in work environments, job outlooks, education and salary.

Drafters and electrical engineers require a worker to have strong problem solving skills and previous experience in the field. The education and skills needed to succeed at these jobs are closely related, while the work environments have merely nothing in common. To be successful in both of these jobs’ having strong problem solving skills and previous work experience is almost necessary.

For me, the work environment is what would turn me away from certain job occupations. Especially if in the future, if the job won’t be employing many people. Electronics engineers mainly work in office settings. They may occasionally be required to work outdoors at installation sites (“McDavid 89-91”.) The idea of having a work environment that could be different daily interests me in this career. However, the work place of a drafter is not as intriguing to me. They work in office settings, where they must sit and concentrate at drawing tables or computer terminals for long intervals (McDavid 250-252”.) Sitting and focusing for long periods of time does not interest me as much as the work environment of an electronics engineer who occasionally gets to work outside. Job outlooks for these careers are not promising but an electronic engineers is more manageable. According to the BLS, the job growth for electronics engineers should increase by 9-17 percent (“McDavid 89-91”). Because the job outlook is predicted to rise slightly I would have to have all the required elements for the career such as education and skills. On the other hand, careers in drafting are expected to barely increase by only 0-8 percent. This means that a career in electronic engineering would be a better choice because in the future there will be more job

Later in the career a higher education can lead to an increase in an employee's paycheck. A career in electronics engineering requires a bachelor's degree and several years of shadowing for experience. ("Electronics Engineer Education Requirements"). Whereas a drafter requires much less education and only has to have minimum of a high school diploma. However, an associate’s degree or even a higher education will make you more valuable for employment (“Mcdavid 250-52”). Salaries for each occupation are very different and salaries for different fields can vary. An electronic engineer makes an estimated $95,230 annually. When starting in this occupation as a junior engineer an employee will make $49,000. But by getting a higher education, and becoming a senior engineer an employee can make upwards of $114,000 (“McDavid 250-52”). A drafter, however, has a substantially lower paycheck. Like all jobs, different fields make more or less money than others. Architectural drafters make $25,960-59,100. But by going back to school or by obtaining more experience a worker can make more, such as an electronics drafter who makes $29,110-73,160. Clearly a good education is important to making more money in these