1. Tom Harrington

2. Lifestyle
• I enjoy reading Choices reading news articles.
TIME magazine and
These interest me and I like to try to solve the issues that are
discussed within them.
• I like to solve complicated problems and enjoy a good
challenge. I will not give up until I’ve solved the issue at hand
in the best possible way.
• My dream occupation would be the governor of New York. It’s
an ambitious goal and one that is nearly impossible to reach,
but it’s my dream and it’s what I wish I could do as my career.

3. Learning Style
• I am a visual learner which means I perform best when I can
read or write something.
• I have trouble sitting and listening to people for long periods of
time, but I can remember just about anything I read from a text
book reading that I was assigned.

4. Work Values
IMPORTANT TO ME:
-I could try out my own ideas
-I could receive recognition for the work I do
-I could do things for other people
-The job would provide an opportunity for advancement
-The work could give me a sense of accomplishment

5. Unique Qualities
• I am a well rounded student and perform above average in all
subjects.
• I am a boy scout and soon to be Eagle Scout.
• I have a great knowledge of history and English which should
help me in my future careers.
• I take criticism seriously and I’m always looking for better
ways to improve my techniques when it comes to writing and
anything else.
• I truly enjoy and am good at analysis, like figuring out why
something happened the way it did and what may happen if an
action is taken.

6. Holland Code
• The Holland Code is used around the country in order to help
people to determine what careers they are probably best suited
for.
• The Holland Code has 6 career areas including: Realistic,
Artistic, Enterprising, Investigative, Social, and Conventional.
• My Holland Code went in the order of Social, Investigative,
and Enterprising or SIE.
• Careers were selected by this code that were suited to my
interests.

7. Fire Investigator
• Under Investigation, I found the career of Fire Investigator.
• This job requires you to act as a sort of detective in order to
determine the cause of a fire. In order to do this, a fire
investigator must perform tests and experiments to see how
certain objects burn and look for patterns within the scorch or
burn marks.
• A fire Investigator is a hands on job, except for filling out some
reports, and you’re part of the justice system because you can
use your knowledge to see if any crime was committed.
• This career would be of moderate interest to me because while it
is low paying and you don’t have anything to do for work some
days, you get to use your brain to solve problems.

8. Software Developer, Applications
• Under my interest in Enterprising, I found the career
Software Developer, Applications.
• Software Developers are often employed by a person or
company to help create or edit websites. A software
developer usually works with a team of other
developers in order to fix/edit or update a website to
address their employer’s needs and wants.
• A software developer must be a good communicator
and must spend a lot of time behind a computer.
• I think this job would be of little interest to me because
I wouldn’t want to spend my entire day behind a
computer for the rest of my career. However, I would
like to learn how to write programs.

9. Birkman Test and
Colors
• The Birkman test was a short multiple choice test that helped to determine our
interests and working style. At the end of the test, I was assigned colors based
on these areas.
People with blue Interests like job responsibilities and occupations that involve creative,
humanistic, thoughtful, and quiet types of activities. Blue Interests include abstracting,
theorizing, designing, writing, reflecting, and originating, which often lead to work in editing,
teaching, composing, inventing, mediating, clergy, and writing.
People with yellow styles perform their job responsibilities in a manner that is orderly and
planned to meet a known schedule. They prefer to work where things get done with a
minimum of interpretation and unexpected change. People with a yellow style tend to be
orderly, cautious, structured, loyal, systematic, solitary, methodical, and organized, and
usually thrive in a research-oriented, predictable, established, controlled, measurable, orderly
environment. You will want to choose a work environment or career path in which your style is
welcomed and produces results.

10. Sociologist
• A sociologist is a person who specializes in the analysis of human
society and behavior in the different parts of life. They’re somewhat
like a psychiatrist, but instead of an individual, it’s a large group of
people.
• Sociologists are often hired by businesses, advertising companies, or
political parties. This is because they can help to analyze how the
public will react to a certain idea. A sociologist also looks for
continuing patterns within society in order to create theories as to
why we act the way we do.
• I believe I would be well suited for a career as a sociologist because
of my skills as an analyst. I enjoy learning about our society and
why it functions the way it does. I would also enjoy helping a
business or political party to act in the best way possible to attract
more people.

11. Teacher
• A teacher is a person who teaches children, whether it be in
high school or elementary school, a teacher instructs
students.
• In order to be a teacher, you need to know the subject you’re
teaching extremely well, you need to be patient and be
willing to work with individuals, you need to create a
curriculum, you need to assign homework, and you need to
assess your students knowledge of the subjects being taught.
Teacher’s are a vital part of our society and are given a large
responsibility in teaching the people of tomorrow.
• I believe I would enjoy this career because I like to teach
people things that I enjoy and know about. I believe I would
be successful in this career because of my enjoyment of the
skills needed to perform this job.

12. Career Clusters
• In order to narrow down our choices of careers, we took a little
quiz to see which three career clusters, out of 16, were best
suited for ourselves. From there we selected 2 careers per area
that we were interested in and researched them.
MY TOP 3CLUSTERS:
-Government and Public Administration
-Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
-Education and Training

13. Postsecondary Political Scientist Teacher
• -In the Government and Public Administration cluster, as well as the
Education and Training cluster, I found the career of a Postsecondary
Political Scientist teacher.
• -A college political scientist teacher must have a degree in political
science, they must be able to communicate effectively, as well as many
other aspects. To be a political science professor you need to develop a
curriculum, effectively teach it, evaluate student performances, and keep
up to date with current issues and topics in politics.
• -In order to be successful in this career you should have skills in critical
reading, critical writing, speaking, and a knowledge of English
Language, Law, and Government.
• -I would highly enjoy this career because I love learning about politics,
and I love to teach.

14. Police Detective
• I found the career of Police Detective under the category of
Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security.
• A Police detective works for the government and helps to
solve crimes using a variety of different methods. It requires
you to be a great problem solver, a critical thinker, and good
judgment skills.
• To be successful in this career you need a knowledge of,
Law and Government, English Language, and Public Safety
and Security.
• I believe this would be a suitable career for myself because I
enjoy solving difficult questions and using critical thinking.
And, I believe I would enjoy catching criminals.

15. • I chose the career of Political Science Teacher/Proffessor
because it interests me the most, and I enjoy the different
aspects of it. I enjoy learning about, analyzing, and teaching
about politics.
• I feel that this career best suites my work values and lifestyle
choices as well as my skill set and interests.
• This career also seems to incorporate parts of the 4 other
careers, that I researched, into it, with the exception of
Software Developer.