Possible Careers:

• Child care worker
• Director of childcare facility
• Sociologist
• Social services worker
• Personal/home care aid
• Personal finance advisor
• Recreation worker
• School counselor
• Marriage and family therapists
• Nannies
• Psychologists
• Mental Health Counselors
• Hair Stylist

Degrees and Certs:

• Certificates
• The Human Services-Board Certified Practitioner (HS-BCP): Certification that gives you professional standing in the field of Human Services Grands board certification, improves marketability, increases median earnings, validates your skills, and promotes safe and efficient practice
• Certified Nurse Assistant through American Red Cross
• OSHA Safety Certification
• If your job entails caring for children… then check your state’s child care licensing requirements

Trade School Options:

• EVIT (East Valley Institute of Technology): Aesthetics, Barbering, Behavior, Mental & Social Health Services, Cosmetology

Top 5 highest Ranking Colleges:

• Northeastern University
• University of South Dakota
• Delaware Technical Community College - Terry
• University of Delaware
• George Washington University

Major Map Examples:

Family and Human Development

PROS:

• You get to interact with all different types of people since there is so much diversity in this industry
• You directly impact someone’s life and the organization
• There is job availability in this field and a great salary depending on the career chosen

CONS:

• Large workload and stressful job
• You need to be able to handle the problems of lots of people and act as a mediator between them
• Has a lot of desk work

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