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Which Career Is Right For Me?

What is this career like? What skills and education will I need? What is the pay?

If you’ve been inspired by watching role models on our site, then this is a great place to find everything you’ll need to know to prepare for a career like theirs.

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Accountant career digital accounting ledgers on a blue screen with negative numbers in red and positive numbers in white

Actor stands on set in front of clapper board

Administrative assistant stands in a large open office building lobby holding papers and smiling to girls

Administrative Assistant

Female advertising and promotions manager leans over a table in a bright office to study advertisement options

Advertising & Promotions Manager

Aerospace engineer designed red and white space shuttle rocket launches into space against a blue sky and cloud

Aerospace Engineer

Female agricultural engineer with safety glasses holds a tablet and inspects a field of red ripened tomatoes

Agricultural Engineer

Computer Scientist circuit board close-up

AI and Computer Scientist

Anesthesiology Careers

Anesthesiologist

Animator creates animation on computer screen

Announcer Career Image of microphone on stage

Anthropologist and Archeologist Studying Ancient Drawings

Anthropologist & Archeologist

Woman architecture student with an architect designing a model of an 8 story building with balconies

Art Director on set at photography shoot

Artist painting flowers on a canvas

Astronaut working in outer space

Astronomer Career image of milky way stars in space

Female track athlete runs in her lane on dark blue track in late afternoon next to a field with green grass

Female athletic trainer works with a woman athlete carrying a blue ball across a field with green grass and trees in background

Athletic Trainer

Female attorney or lawyer in white shirt and black robe stands in front of Supreme Court building smiling at camera

Female audiologist in white coat adjusts a hearing aid on a girl's ear while inside of a bright doctors office room

Female auto mechanic in dark blue work shirt and smiles while standing under a car and using a wrench to fix a car

Automotive Mechanic

Biochemist & Biophysicist perform laboratory experiment in coats

Biochemist & Biophysicist

Biomedical Engineer Career Image Laboratory Test Tube Experiments

Biomedical Engineer

Broadcast Engineer working at audio mixer and computer

Broadcast Engineer

Camera Operator Career Image on Video Production Shoot

Camera Operator

Female chef in a white coat and hat smiles while leaning over a special desert and adds a small piece of green fruit

Chemical Engineer drawing a diagram

Chemical Engineer

Chemist performing lab experiment with beaker

Woman coach in orange jacket in front of exercise room

Female college administrator in orange sweater holds a black notebook in a crowd of other diverse faculty members

College Administrator

Female college professor stands in front of students in a university classroom with rows of wood grain front desks

College Professor

Woman community service manager from a nonprofit organization holds a folder and shakes the hand of a colleag

Community Service Manager

Female computer hardware engineer leans over desk to work on an electric circuit board project in an office

Computer Hardware Engineer

Computer Programmer Career Image of Data and Application Programming

Computer Programmer

Computer Systems Analyst in front of computer screens

Computer Systems Analyst

Woman conductor holds a baton above a podium to direct an orchestra playing from a composer's sheet music

Conductor Composer

Conservation Scientist takes soil sample

Conservation Scientist

Women construction managers with orange safety vests and hard hats hold notebooks and converse at a work site

Construction Manager

Curator discussing a painting in a museum

Dancer and choreographer career - female dancer leaping into the air on stage

Dancer Choreographer

Data scientist image of a computer screen with data visualization

Database Administrator entering data into computer

Database Administrator

Dentist career - female dentist examines patient in dental chair

Female dietician in a white coat stands next to a table with a variety of fresh fruit and vegetables including a pineapple

Dietitians & Nutritionists

Economist holding a notebook

Editor Career - Female editor on the phone looking over a written manuscript

Electrical Engineer at electric panel

Electrical Engineer

Electronics Engineer solders circuit board

Electronics Engineer

Emergency Management Director

Emergency Management Director

Environmental Scientist examines soil sample with microscope

Environmental Scientist

Epidemiologist studies disease under magnifying glass

Executive career

Fashion Designer Career - woman with tape measure working with a dress on a mannequin

Fashion Designer

Film Editor Career - woman editing film in front of two video monitors

Film & Video Editor

Financial Analyst at work at a beige desk and talking on phone

Financial Analyst

Financial Manager

Financial Manager

Financial Sales Agent discusses finance with client

Financial Sales Agent

Fire Fighter standing in front of fire truck

Female athletic trainer holds a notepad inside of a gym and is writing notes about progress of athletes she trains

Fitness Trainer

Women Scientist studying vegetables.

Fundraiser writes on board

Gastroenterologist diagram illustration of the intestines and gut highlighted in yellow and red over a human body

Gastroenterologist

Geographer studies a world globe

Geologist Career Image of rock formation

Graphic Designer Career - woman designing graphics with stylus and two computer screens

Graphic Designer

Health & Safety Engineer inspecting a work environment

Health & Safety Engineer

Woman human resource manager shakes hands with new diverse group of employees around a white table with a cup of coffee

Human Resources Manager

Hydrologists Career image of water molecules

Industrial Designer Career - woman holding a stylus creating a design on an interactive screen pad

Industrial Designer

Industrial Engineer inspects factory equipment

Industrial Engineer

Woman industrial organizational psychologist discusses a strategy or problem with fellow workers in a company office

Industrial Organizational Psychologist

Industrial Production Manager stands in a warehouse

Industrial Production Manager

Information Security Analyst speaking in front of digital maps

Information Security Analyst

Woman insurance underwriter holds a notepad and pencil and speaks with a fellow worker to show her a question form.

Insurance Underwriter

Interior Designer Career - overhead view of furniture design layout in one bedroom apartment

Interior Designer

Woman doctor with a white coat and stethoscope around her collar stands smiling at the camera in a hospital with other physicians

Judge sitting in court room

Woman labor relations specialist smiles at camera and sits around a table with a diverse group of employees in a work setting

Labor Relations Specialist

Landscape architect designed gardens with colorful beds of flowers growing along a curved pathway of lush bright green grass

Landscape Architect

Woman legislator stands proudly on the outdoor marble steps of a government legislative building holding a briefcase

Librarian sharing a book with student.

Lodging Manager

Lodging Manager

Woman logistician in a black shirt stands on a shiny gray concrete floor in a colorful manufacturing facility holding a notebook

Woman management analyst in a white shirt stands in an office next to a computer monitor with graphs and charts and presents information to audience

Management Analyst

Marine Engineer taking notes in front of ship

Marine Engineer

Woman market researcher in black and white horizontally striped shirt stands in front of colorful charts and sticky notes

Market Researcher

Marketing Manager having a meeting with her team

Marketing Manager

Marriage & Family Therapist at work

Marriage & Family Therapist

Materials Engineer at laboratory workbench

Materials Engineer

Math career image of equations on chalkboard

Mechanical Engineer welding iron beams to build a structure support

Mechanical Engineer

Woman medical manager at a physician's office wearing a bright blue sweater and holding a laptop and smiling towards the camera

Medical Manager

Medical Physicist

Medical Physicist

Medical Scientists

Medical Scientist

Meteorologist Career image of radar weather pattern

Microbiologist examines molecules with a microscope in laboratory

Musician Career - young woman playing acoustic guitar and singing into a microphone in a recording studio

Neuroscience Careers

Nurse checking medical records

Obstetrician & Gynecologist (OB/GYN)

Oceanographer Career image of underwater coral and fish

Oncology Careers

woman ophthalmologist inside a doctor's office a white coat adjusts a vision testing machine in front of a patient's eyes

Ophthalmologist

Woman optometrist in a light blue shirt and white doctor's coat places new glasses onto a young smiling girls face next to her father

Woman orthotist prosthetist in light blue doctors shirt works with a patient in an exercise room to adjust his artificial leg

Orthotist & Prosthetist

Petroleum Engineer working on oil rig

Petroleum Engineer

woman pharmacist in light blue shirt and white pharmacy coat stands in front of shelves with colorful medicines while she fills a prescription

Photographer Career - woman taking photographs in photography studio

Female physical therapist in a blue uniform smiles at the camera and holds a green exercise ball in a treatment room with large window

Physical Therapist

Woman physicians assistant (PA) measures the blood pressure of a patient at a doctor's office wearing a purple sweater

Physician Assistant

Physicist Career image of electrical light streams from sphere

Female pilot in white uniform wearing light green headphones smiles as she sits with copilot in cockpit and flies plane

Woman podiatrist in bright blue shirt and white lab coat examines and compares two x-ray images of an injured foot

Woman police officer and detective smiles standing in her uniform next to her patrol car at night on a city street

Police and Detectives

Political scientist digital collage in gray and blue tones with a world globe, map grid, and mysterious coins

Political Scientist

Producer and Director Careers - Slate board on a darkened film production set

Producer & Director

Woman psychiatrist in light blue medical scrubs and white coat smiles at a patient and shows a recommended prescription

How to Become a Psychologist

Public relations specialist silver microphone attached to a black mic stand ready for an announcement to the audience

Public Relations Specialist

Pulmonologist looking at lung x-ray

Woman purchasing manager or buyer sits at a white office desk and uses a credit card to make a purchase for supplies

Purchasing Agent

Woman real estate appraiser wearing a gray suit stands in front of a modern home with solar panel roof and holds a notebook

Real Estate Appraiser

Woman real estate broker in blue button down shirt and light gray blazer holds a black notebook in front of a home and clients

Real Estate Broker

Young woman recreation worker leads a group of girls wearing orange life vests on a boat expedition on a freshwater lake

Recreation Worker

Reporter Career - woman with microphone reporting news in front of a street scene

Stainless steel robot with arm on a manufacturing assembly line

Robotics Engineer

Woman sales manager in a professional white shirt and navy jacker stands in a showroom and holds a clipboard in her hand

Woman school counselor sits a school table and counsels a student about a problem she needs guidance about

School Counselor

Woman school principal in a blue shirt stands in a school hallway next to shiny blue lockers and holding a clipboard

School Principal

Woman social worker sits on a couch and converses with a girl to understand and help solve any problems in the family

Woman sociologist in navy purple shirt stands and smiles in front of a diverse group of fellow team members

Software Developer at computer designing an app program

Software Developer

Sonography Career - Female sonographer in blue uniform performs ultrasound on woman's neck

Sonographers & Cardiovascular Technologists

Sports Marketing Careers

Sports Marketer

Statistician analyzes data on charts

Stylist Career - woman styling a client's hair in front of a mirror

Surgery Careers

Woman teacher with glasses smiles and stands in front of a brightly painted green red and blue classroom of children

Female travel agent at her office desk in front of a large colorful world map smiles as she talks to a client an upcoming vacation

Umpires Referee Careers

Umpire & Referee

Urban Planning Careers

Veterinary Careers

how to become a Web Developer

Writer Career - woman writing in a notebook at a desk with a laptop computer

Zoologist & Wildlife Biologist

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