Making Connections

In Career Explorations, we do a different cluster every week and research two jobs related to each cluster. We have begun to notice that some careers are very closely related to others. For example, this week, we worked on Law and Public Safety, and I realized that my career, Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary, is nearly the same as a career one of my classmates did, Law Teachers, Postsecondary. They are both teachers that teach about law related issues, however, one is more focused on the "punishment" side, rather than catching the criminal. A few weeks ago, we worked on the cluster Hospitality and Tourism. My career, Tour Guides and Escorts, could have also been related to another done my another student, Travel Guides. Making a connection in two different careers is really quite simple. You are just finding similarities in the two and showing how they are related. In my examples, you can see that even though they are different careers, they may participate or focus on the same types of activities or interests.