Writing Assignment 1: What job do I want?Many students throughout this history of time (or at least since I was in college!) are not exactly sure what they would like to do for a career. The more information that students have about the jobs they would like, the better prepared they will be for them. The objective of this exercise is to get you to think more about the types of jobs you would like and from there what the job entails and the qualifications needed. Minimum length: 5 pages
Three different jobs in the field of criminal justice!
Probation Officer is one I selected please feel free to select the other two that have to do within the field of criminal justice.
Instructions:Students are to select three different jobs they are interested in. Answer the following questions for each job: Describe the job. What does the job entail? (i.e. what will you be expected to do on a daily basis?) What is the average annual starting pay? What is the average topping out pay (i.e. what is the most that someone in this job can expect to make after all the raises and promotions?). Be sure to find local information. Compare to national averages. What are the qualifications needed to obtain this job? Do you need a degree in criminal justice to obtain this job? Do you need a college degree at all for this job? How do you feel a criminal justice or college degree would help in any way with this job? Explain. How likely do you think this will be your job? Have you ever thought about leaving Southern California for this job? What if you were told that if you worked out of state for eight years but then could come back to Southern California and work anywhere you wanted for the rest of your life, would you do it? Or would you not want to leave Southern California for eight years? Explain.
Students who select three different jobs in the field of criminal justice, answer the questions about these jobs, and follow the grammar outlined in the Writing Guidelines will receive full credit. Please also focus on paragraph length as outlined in the Work Submission Format on the syllabus
There is no introduction, no conclusion, and no references. Students who provide these will get docked points.
Remember to follow the Writing Guidelines (PPT on Canvas).In order to find information about the above questions, get on the Internet and type them into a search engine (e.g. What is the job description of a homicide detective? What is the starting salary of a homicide detective in Los Angeles? What type of qualifications are needed to be a homicide detective in Los Angeles? Do I need a degree in criminal justice to be a homicide detective?). REFERENCES ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS EXERCISE. As such, please do not provide.
Please note: Think hard about three different jobs in the field of criminal justice or related to it (e.g. social work; psychology; law) that you are at least somewhat interested in. Please do not write about your interest in beauty school/esthetician, MMA fighter, delivery person, ‘work at my uncle’s company’, and the like. Also, please make sure these are different jobs. For instance, working at either the LAPD or LASD are not two different jobs – but one as ‘police officer.’ Moreover, two of the three jobs of interest can be within the range of ‘law enforcement’ (e.g. police officer; homicide detective; SWAT). Border patrol, FBI, any military career, and the CIA would not be considered ‘law enforcement’ under this definition. Also, if you have a general idea 2of what you want to do such as ‘work with children’ or ‘work with drug treatment centers’ or ‘help people coming out of prison’, then that would generally be considered ‘social worker’ for purposes here.