Career Stories

Career Stories

If you're interested in learning about careers, one approach is to read about the real life careers of others. That's what our Career Stories section is all about. We have collected job descriptions and advice from hundreds of people working in real jobs to help you with your career decision.

Below is a list of career stories:

Allied health

Dental assistants

  • Dental assistant at a dental post-graduate school

Dental hygienists

  • Dental hygienist in a general dentistry practice
  • Dental hygienist in a private practice
  • Dental hygienist in Massachusetts
  • Dental hygienist in two dentist offices
  • Dental hygienist
  • Registered dental hygienist

Dietitians and nutritionists

  • Registered dietician in a nursing home
  • Registered dietitian working in nursing homes

Medical assistants

  • Medical assistant at a clinic
  • Medical assistant for the insurance industry
  • Medical assistant

Medical lab technicians

  • Lab manager and phlebotomist at a hospital
  • Lab technician and tester at a filter manufacturing facility
  • Medical lab technician in a hospital
  • Sleep technician at a hospital sleep disorder clinic

Medical lab technologists

  • Medical technologist at a hospital
  • Medical technologist at a veteran's hospital
  • Technologist in a sleep disorder clinic

Occupational therapists

  • Occuaptional therapist for a large school district
  • Occupational therapist at a social service agency
  • Occupational therapist at a suburban elementary school
  • Occupational therapist at an elementary school
  • Occupational therapist in a public school district

Opticians

  • Optician

Optometrists

  • Optometrist and professor of optometry
  • Pediatric optometrist

Pharmacists

  • Pharmacist at a drug store chain
  • Pharmacist in a retail pharmacy
  • Pharmacist on a hospital medical team
  • Pharmacist supervisor for a large HMO
  • Registered pharmacist and owner of a small chain of drug stores
  • Registered pharmacist at a teaching hopital
  • VP of a pharmacist professional association

Pharmacy technicians

  • Pharmacy technican
  • Pharmacy technician in a retail pharmacy

Physician assistants

  • Weight loss surgeon physician assistant

Radiologic tech

  • MRI technologist at a hospital
  • Radiologic technologist

Recreational therapists

  • Recreational therapist at a hospital

Respiratory therapists

  • Respiratory therapist and healthcare worker
  • Respiratory therapist in a busy city hospital

Sonographers

  • Cardiac sonographer for a cardiac testing company
  • Cardiac sonography technician in a large cardiology practice
  • Ultrasound technician at a hospital

Speech pathologists

  • Early intervention speech language pathologist
  • Private school speech therapist
  • Speech language pathologist and audiologist
  • Speech language pathologist at a private school
  • Speech language pathologist
  • Speech pathologist assistant
  • Speech pathologist for a public school district
  • Speech pathologist for a suburban school district
  • Speech therapist in a suburban public school
  • Speech-language pathologist at an elementary school

Surgical technologists

  • Surgical technologist at a small hospital

Arts and entertainment

Actors

  • Actor mostly in commercials and theater

Camera operators

  • Wedding videographer

Coaches

  • Junior varsity field hockey coach
  • Soccer coach at a small private college
  • Swim coach and police dispatcher

Craft artists

  • Independent ceramic artist
  • Museum exhibit specialist

Editors

  • Editor in chief at a book publishing company
  • Executive editor for a college textbook publisher
  • Freelance editor
  • Managing editor for a management consulting firm
  • Marketing editor for a speakers' bureau
  • Proof-reader and editor for a military journal
  • Technical editor for a software company
  • Web editor at a business publishing company

Musicians and singers

  • Violinist in a symphony orchestra

Producers and directors

  • Documentary film producer at a public television station
  • News producer for a public radio network
  • Producer for a public television broadcaster
  • Producer of business conferences
  • Radio news producer for a public radio station
  • Radio producer for a classic rock show
  • Video production director
  • Web site producer

Reporters

  • Bureau chief for English newspaper published in the Middle East
  • Reporter for a national newspaper

Writers

  • Columnist for a small newspaper
  • Former magazine editor and business writer
  • Freelance copywriter
  • Freelance magazine writer
  • Freelance writer focussed on business and resume writing
  • Freelance writer
  • Independent copywriter for web sites
  • Journalist and theater producer
  • Newsletter writer for a hospital
  • Technical writer at a high tech company
  • Writer and editor for a foundation newsletter
  • Writer and media relations coordinator for a school of public health

Business

Accountants and auditors

  • Accountant and owner of an accounting firm
  • Accountant at a YMCA
  • Accountant at an international food services company
  • Accountant for a sign making company
  • Accountant in a financial services firm
  • Accountant in the healthcare industry
  • Accounting manager for a computer hardware maker
  • Accounting manager for a network security equipment maker
  • Accounting manager
  • Accounting supervisor for a charitable organization
  • Accounting supervisor for a public library
  • Accounts receivable manager for a small business
  • Business office director at an assisted living facility
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
  • Certified Public Accountant for a medium sized accounting firm
  • Certified public accountant for a mid sized accounting firm
  • Cfo and co-owner of a telecom software company
  • Chief accountant for a weather forecasting company
  • Chief financial officer for a digital production company
  • Chief financial officer for a financial services company
  • Chief Financial Officer for a software company
  • Chief financial officer of a mobile ad network
  • Chief financial officer of a phone equipment company
  • Chief financial officer of a small business
  • Controller for a credit report company
  • Controller for a magazine subscription processing company
  • Controller for a medium-sized engineering firm
  • Controller for a reprographics manufacturer
  • Controller for a small wholesaling company
  • Controller for a value added reseller
  • Controller for an electronic parts rep
  • Controller of a digital production company
  • Controller of a government consulting firm
  • Controller of a venture capital partnership
  • Conversion specialist for a 401(k) recordkeeping company
  • CPA and tax accountant
  • Finance and administration director at a large IT company
  • Founder of a general accounting practice
  • Internal audit manager for a large office products retailer
  • Manager at a financial consulting company
  • Partner in an accounting firm
  • Product support analyst at a healthcare information company
  • Regional controller of accounting at a construction company
  • Revenue accountant for a high tech company
  • Self-employed accountant
  • Self-employed business consultant and accountant
  • Tax manager and CPA for a financial services company
  • University accounting manager

Bookkeeping clerks

  • Accounts receivable representative for a large dairy manufacturer
  • Bill collector
  • Bookkeeper at an HVAC company
  • Bookkeeper for a private school
  • Bookkeeper for a property management company
  • Bookkeeper for a real estate management company

Budget analysts

  • Budget analyst for a military contractor
  • Program analyst for the federal government

Claims adjusters

  • Claims coordinator for an insurance company
  • Insurance company case analyst
  • Insurance company claims adjustment executive
  • Risk manager for a small consulting company
  • Senior case analyst for an insurance company
  • Workers compensation case analyst
  • Workers' compensation claims adjuster

Credit analysts

  • Consumer loan credit manager at a regional bank

Economists

  • Foreign service officer for the US State Department
  • Senior policy analyst for a state legislature

Financial analysts

  • Financial analyst at a mutual fund company
  • Financial analyst for a commercial rest estate broker
  • Financial analyst for a government contractor
  • Investment analyst at a small real estate investment company
  • Senior financial analyst at a medical device manufacturer

Financial managers

  • Budgetary director for a state court of appeals
  • Business manager for a defense contracting lab
  • Business manager for a residential remodeling company
  • Deputy director of a grantmaking foundation
  • Director of finance for a network security outfit
  • Director of finance for a non-profit company
  • Director of financial planning for a consulting firm
  • Finance director for a healthcare company
  • Finance manager at a credit ratings company
  • Financial manager for a hospital
  • Financier for green engineering projects
  • Hedge fund manager
  • Insurance company finance and payroll executive
  • Manager of finance in the insurance industry
  • Manager of financial activities at a university
  • Product manager for a fund management company
  • Savings fund administrator for a large investment firm
  • Senior cost analyst at a pharmaceutical contractor
  • Senior finance director for a financial services company
  • Treasurer of a textile company
  • Vice president of finance at a start up
  • Vice-president of a medical device manufacturer

Financial specialists

  • Financial expert and professional board member
  • Principal proposal analyst in the defense industry
  • Project planning specialist
  • Stocklending specialist for an investment bank

Health services managers

  • Cytotechnologist at a public health laboratory
  • Director of health promotion and senior health at a hospital
  • Vice president of an outpatient rehabilitation agency

Human resources specialists

  • Compensation specialist for a workman's comp insurer
  • Coordinator of volunteers at a natural history museum
  • Engineering headhunter
  • Healthcare headhunter
  • Human resources administrator at a publishing plant
  • Human resources consultant
  • Human resources coordinator
  • Job placement specialist at a community college
  • Labor relations investigator for a state agency
  • Recruiting and staffing coordinator for a digital production company
  • Salary and benefits specialist

Insurance underwriters

  • Commercial insurance underwriter
  • Commercial property insurance underwriter
  • Reinsurance underwriter
  • Underwriting manager for a commercial insurance company

Loan counselors

  • Student loan counselor at a college

Loan officers

  • Commercial lending officer for a bank
  • Community reinvestment officer for a bank
  • Lending officer for a commercial bank

Logisticians

  • Logisitics manager for the US Army
  • Logistics officer for the US Marines

Management analysts

  • Academic researcher and analyst
  • Independent business consultant
  • Management consultant to non profit organizations
  • Management consultant
  • Marketing researcher for a consulting firm
  • Motivational speaker and leadership consultant
  • Organization development consultant
  • Owner of a consulting business that helps non profit organizations
  • Senior business analyst

Personal financial advisors

  • Investment advisor and stock market analyst
  • Private financial advisor
  • Self-employed insurance and investment advisor
  • Vice president of wealth management at a financial services company

Purchasing agents

  • Procurement specialist a public utility
  • Procurement specialist for the Pentagon
  • Scheduler for government contracts

Tax examiners

  • Municipal tax assessor for a mid-sized new england town
  • Tax collector for a small municipality

Training managers

  • Business coach for financial advisors
  • Customer education manager at a software firm
  • Director of professional development at an accounting firm
  • Learning & organizational development manager at a hospital
  • Team lead trainer for a software company
  • Training supervisor for a hospital it contracting company

Training specialists

  • Communication specialist for the federal government
  • Consultant to the federal government
  • Curriculum consultant for a green lifestyle website
  • Director of innovation at a consulting company
  • Technical instructor for a large semiconductor company
  • Trainer at a hospital
  • Trainer for a military support organization
  • Training coordinator and salesperson for an electronics consulting firm
  • Training supervisor for a book store chain

Wholesale and retail buyers

  • Retail buyer for a chain of gift shops

Community and social services

Clergy

  • Minister at a protestant church
  • Minister in a protestant church
  • Parish minister
  • Presbyterian Minister
  • Rabbi for a suburban congregation
  • Senior pastor in a church
  • Unitarian minister

Educational counselors

  • Adjustment counselor at a suburban high school
  • Career counselor and assistant director for internships at a small private college
  • Career serivces counselor in higher education
  • College admissions advisor
  • Educational consultant in a private practice
  • Guidance counselor at a suburban high school
  • Guidance counselor in a suburban middle school
  • High school career specialist
  • High school guidance counselor
  • Internship coordinator at a public high school
  • Middle school counselor
  • Public high school guidance counselor
  • Public school guidance counselor
  • School counselor at a public school
  • School psychologist and counselor
  • Social worker and guidance counselor at a vocational school
  • Student aid counselor at an ivy league college
  • University career counselor

Family and school social workers

  • Child abuse investigator
  • Counselor and clinical social worker
  • Counselor at a camp for at risk children
  • Counselor at a home for unwed mothers
  • Court appointed domestic violence counselor
  • Family court social worker
  • Foster care and adoption social worker
  • Foster care case worker
  • Foster parent recruiter for a state agency
  • Inclusion aide at an elementary school
  • School emotional adjustment counselor
  • Social worker and family resource counselor for a state agency
  • Social worker and guardian ad litem in child abuse cases
  • Social worker and quality assurance specialist
  • Social worker at a hospice
  • Social worker in an urban elementary school
  • Social worker with a child protection agency
  • Social worker with a legal brief

Health social workers

  • Medical social worker in a clinic

Mental health and substance abuse social workers

  • Psychiatric social worker in a hospital
  • Resident coordinator of a homeless shelter

Mental health counselors

  • Family mental health clinician
  • Mental health counselor in a private practice

Religious directors

  • Church youth director
  • Director of education at a synagogue
  • Director of religious education for a Catholic church

Social service managers

  • Advocate for the disabled and human services administrator
  • Assistant director of a daycare program for the mentally challenged
  • Director of a vocational counseling service
  • Director of state drug addiction services
  • Program director for an AIDS relief agency
  • Program director of a statewide family support agency
  • Program evaluator at a university
  • Regional director for an adult foster care program
  • Research associate evaluating family service programs
  • Union representative

Social service specialists

  • Coordinator for a disaster readiness program

Social workers

  • Case manager for non profit agency
  • Child welfare social worker and trainer
  • Patient advocate
  • Program coordinator for a gang intervention program
  • Residential advisor in a juvenile facility
  • Social worker at a hospice

Substance abuse counselors

  • Addiction therapist and social work
  • Substance abuse counselor in an outpatient clinic

Computer

Actuaries

  • Actuarial business consultant
  • Actuarial consultant
  • Insurance company actuary

Application software engineers

  • Application engineer and customer service supervisor for a software company
  • Applications engineer for a software company
  • Chief software architect
  • Computer assisted design specialist
  • Customer support engineer for a medical informatics company
  • Director of software engineering
  • Learning designer and software application specialist for a university
  • Programmer and tester for a disaster recovery software suite
  • Quality assurance engineer for a software development firm
  • Quality assurance manager for a digital production company
  • Quality assurance test engineer
  • Robotics software developer
  • Senior software developer for a specialty software company
  • Senior software engineer for a robotics company
  • Software architect for an Internet based company
  • Software designer and tester for a medical software company
  • Software developer for a global company
  • Software development capability manager
  • Software engineer and team leader
  • Software engineer at a software development company
  • Software engineer for a large defense contractor
  • Software engineer for a startup
  • Software engineer in a company that makes math tools for scientists
  • Software engineer involved in framework development
  • Software quality assurance engineer for a security software company
  • Software support specialist for a electronics test equipment company
  • Software technical support engineer for a CAD software company

Computer and information scientists

  • Computer science and artificial intelligence researcher for the government
  • Computer science researcher for a defense department contractor
  • Computer science researcher for a government laboratory

Computer programmers

  • Computer programmer and analyst as a consultant

Computer support specialists

  • Associate director of instructional technology at a university
  • Database specialist at a charitable organization
  • Information systems security analyst
  • Information technology specialist at a high school
  • Remote computer support technician
  • Self employed web developer and computer support provider

Computer systems managers

  • Chief information officer at a communication company
  • Computer services manager at a charitable foundation
  • Corporate IT manager for a healthcare organization
  • Corporate web content manager
  • Director of information technology for a construction company
  • Director of IT services at a college
  • Director of program management at a financial services company
  • Director of software project management at a financial services company
  • Director of technology for a major public television station
  • Information technology (IT) manager
  • Information technology executive for an insurance company
  • Information technology field support manager
  • Information technology manager at an investment company
  • Information technology project administrator
  • Information technology project manager
  • It department manager at an insurance company
  • Manager of a group of systems analysts
  • Manager of customer support for a software and services provider
  • Manager of information technology at a software company
  • Program designer and systems manager for a large manufacturing company
  • Project manager and director for a small technology company
  • Project manager at a large financial services company
  • Project manager for a financial planning company
  • Project manager for a healthcare coaching firm
  • Security manager for a defense contractor
  • Software quality assurance manager at a financial institution
  • Software quality assurance manager
  • Systems integration project manager at a small private university
  • Technology program manager at a large financial services company
  • Web application project manager for a state government

Database administrators

  • Database administrator at a real estate appraisal company
  • Database administrator for a healthcare provider
  • Database administrator for an auto parts supplier
  • Database administrator for the personnel department at a law firm
  • Mass marketing database developer
  • Senior database administrator at a trade association

Network administrators

  • Academic systems administrator at a university
  • Computer and networking specialist for a news wire service
  • Data center systems administrator
  • Network engineer at a university
  • Network service delivery manager
  • Senior network administrator at a large engineering company
  • Systems administrator for a financial services company

Network analysts

  • Computer network security analyst
  • Defense contractor providing expert advice to the military
  • Network security consultant
  • Senior network analyst

Systems analysts

  • Business analyst for a software company
  • Business analyst for an insurance company
  • Business systems analyst in the insurance industry
  • Computer application developer for a global manufacturing company
  • Computer security analyst
  • Computer systems analyst for a large financial services company
  • Data center manager for a large public school system
  • Data testing coordinator
  • Human resource analyst
  • Process improvement consultant
  • Security analyst and software expert for a consulting firm
  • Senior systems analyst for an insurance company
  • Software analyst at a major university
  • System analyst at a non profit consulting firm
  • Systems analyst and software specialist for a pharmaceutical company
  • Systems analyst for a health insurance company
  • Systems analyst for a large insurance company
  • Technical analyst with a financial services company

Systems software engineers

  • Assistant vice president of information systems for a bank
  • Computer programmer at a university
  • Database designer for an IT services company
  • Database developer in financial services
  • Database specialist in a large government agency
  • Information technology (IT) consultant
  • Mainframe systems programmer
  • SAP (business software) consultant
  • Self employed web developer
  • Self-employed information technology consultant
  • Senior integration project manager for a university
  • Senior technical developer for a manufacturing company
  • Software architect in a product development group
  • Software designer for an online healthcare provider
  • Software development consultant to an insurance company
  • Software development manager for a large corporation
  • Software enablement engineer
  • Software engineer at a large computer hardware company
  • Software engineer for a human resources company
  • Software quality assurance manager at a small financial services firm
  • Software testing engineer for a healthcare company
  • Software testing specialist
  • Web developer for a biotech company
  • Website developer for an insurance company

Construction

Carpenters

  • Carpentry contractor
  • Self employed carpenter

Construction managers

  • Assistant planner for a public housing organization
  • Construction and facilities manager at an assisted living center
  • Construction project auditor
  • Design and construction project manager for non-profit organizations
  • Production manager for construction projects
  • Vice president of construction management at a large real estate company

Construction supervisors

  • Commercial insulation installer
  • Crane service supervisor
  • Traffic control supervisor

Electricians

  • Journeyman electrician
  • Residential electrician

Culinary

Bakers

  • Pastry chef for retail and wholesale food service

Cafeteria cooks

  • Lunch manager at an elementary school

Cooks

  • Assistant cook at an institutional kitchen
  • Cook and salad bar chef at a hotel restaurant
  • Cook for a reform school

Food service managers

  • Elementary school lunch coordinator
  • Manager of a group of chain restaurants

Design

Exhibit designers

  • Exhibit design coordinator for a museum
  • Exhibit developer for a science museum

Fashion designers

  • Designer of clothing-as-art
  • Fashion designer and owner of a line of children's clothing

Graphic designers

  • Freelance graphic designer
  • Graphic artist at a major local newspaper
  • Graphic designer at a digital printing shop
  • Graphic designer for a college fine arts department
  • Graphic designer for a print magazine
  • Web designer at a industrial controller manufacturer

Education

Curators

  • Curator and event planner for a museum
  • Curator at a natural history museum
  • Curator of community outreach for a museum
  • Naturalist and museum curator
  • Paintings conservator for a museum
  • Research curator at a natural history museum

Education administrators

  • Assistant director of an afterschool program
  • Assistant principal in a public school
  • Assistant principal in a suburban school
  • Assistant superintendent of schools
  • Associate director of admissions at a special education school
  • Clinical director at a school for children with head injuries
  • Coordinator of teacher education at a museum
  • Director of a publicly funded wildlife education center
  • Director of a special education program at a suburban high school
  • Director of an afterschool program
  • Director of diversity at an Episcopal school
  • Director of education for a family public service agency
  • Director of school programs at a museum
  • Education coordinator for a wilderness education program
  • Education manager at a nature organization
  • Education specialist for a museum outreach program
  • Educational administrator at a religious school
  • Elementary school principal in the suburbs
  • Evalutation team facilitator for children with disabilities
  • Executive director of an educational leadership program
  • Health and education researcher
  • Math director in a large urban school district
  • Medical education program coordinator
  • Principal for an urban school
  • Principal of an elementary school
  • Program administrator and early childhood specialist
  • School administrator in an urban school district
  • School administrator
  • Senior director helping families transition into new schools
  • Staff assistant for early childhood programs

Elementary school teachers

  • Art teacher at an elementary school
  • Art teacher in a public elementary school
  • Art teacher in an elementary school
  • Childhood literacy specialist
  • Children's instructor at the YMCA
  • Classroom teacher in a suburban elementary school
  • Classroom teacher in an elementary school
  • Early elementary school science teacher
  • Elementary classroom teacher
  • Elementary school math teacher
  • Elementary school music teacher for an urban public school
  • Elementary school music teacher
  • Elementary school outdoor science and ecology instructor
  • Elementary school physical education (PE) teacher
  • Elementary school reading specialist
  • Elementary school reading teacher
  • Elementary school spanish teacher
  • Elementary school teacher at a private school
  • Elementary school teacher at a public school
  • Elementary school teacher in a city
  • Elementary school teacher
  • Elementary teacher at an urban school
  • Elementary teacher in a southern public school
  • ESL teacher at an elementary school
  • Fifth grade school teacher
  • Fifth grade science and technology teacher
  • Fifth grade teacher in a parochial school
  • Fifth grade teacher in a year round school
  • First and second grade reading teacher
  • First grade teacher at a Catholic school
  • First grade teacher at a magnet school
  • First grade teacher in a public school
  • First grade teacher in a suburban school district
  • First grade teacher in a suburban school
  • Fourth grade teacher in a public school district
  • Fourth grade teacher in a public school
  • Fourth grade teacher in a suburban school district
  • Fourth grade teacher in a title 1 school
  • Fourth grade teacher in an inner city charter school
  • Fourth grade teacher
  • Kindergarten teacher at a public school
  • Literacy coach in a suburban grade school
  • Literacy specialist at an elementary school
  • Music teacher at a Catholic grade school
  • New teacher developer in an urban school district
  • Phonics and reading teacher
  • Physical education teacher in an elementary school
  • Public elementary school science teacher
  • Reading specialist in a suburban elementary school
  • Reading teacher in a grade school
  • School district literacy specialist
  • School teacher
  • Second grade classroom teacher in a suburban school
  • Second grade classroom teacher
  • Second grade elementary school teacher
  • Second grade school teacher
  • Second grade teacher at a public school
  • Second grade teacher in a public school
  • Spanish teacher at a parochial school
  • Substitute teacher in an elementary school
  • Teacher at a private school
  • Teacher in a public elementary school
  • Teacher in a school for spanish speaking bilingual children
  • Teacher of English as a foreign language
  • Teacher of gifted children in a rural school district
  • Technology specialist covering multiple elementary schools
  • Third grade teacher at a public school
  • Third grade teacher at a suburban school
  • Third grade teacher in a rural school district
  • Third grade teacher in a suburban school
  • Third grade teacher in an urban elementary school

Kindergarten teachers

  • Kindergarten teacher in a public school
  • Kindergarten teacher in a suburban public school
  • Kindergarten teacher in a suburban school
  • Kindergarten teacher in an urban elementary school
  • Public school kindergarten teacher

Librarians

  • Children's librarian at a public library
  • Circulation assistant in a public library
  • College librarian
  • Elementary school librarian
  • High school librarian
  • Library research manager at a financial services company
  • Library teacher and instructional technology specialist
  • Media and web librarian for a graduate school of education
  • Technical services librarian for a public library
  • University librarian
  • Young adult librarian

Middle school special ed teachers

  • Special education teacher in an urban public school
  • Special education tester in an urban middle school

Middle school teachers

  • Eight grade history teacher at a public school
  • Eighth grade math teacher
  • Eighth grade science teacher
  • Middle school art teacher and soccer coach
  • Middle school english teacher in new york state
  • Middle school English teacher
  • Middle school literacy coach
  • Middle school math and science teacher
  • Middle school science teacher and administrator
  • Middle school science teacher
  • Music teacher for a suburban middle school
  • Science and social studies teacher at a Catholic middle school
  • Science teacher at an urban middle school
  • Seventh grade english teacher and community outreach advisor
  • Seventh grade English teacher
  • Seventh grade math teacher in a suburban public school
  • Seventh grade science teacher in a mid atlantic city
  • Sixth grade ancient history teacher
  • Sixth grade english and social studies teacher
  • Sixth grade English teacher at a suburban school
  • Sixth grade history teacher
  • Sixth grade math and social studies teacher
  • Sixth grade math teacher in a charter school
  • Sixth grade social studies teacher
  • Spanish teacher at a small elementary and middle school

Postsecondary administrators

  • Administrative researcher for a private university
  • Administrator at a graduate school
  • Assistant dean of graduate admissions
  • Assistant dean
  • Assistant director of a graduate program at a university
  • Assistant registrar at a university
  • Associate dean at a business school
  • Associate dean of a small liberal arts college
  • Business education consultant for a state agency
  • Campus planner at a state university
  • Chemistry lab administrator at a large university
  • College language program administrator
  • Development officer for a private business college
  • Director of a teacher education program
  • Director of financial aid and student employment at a university
  • Director of financial aid at a public university
  • Educational administrator at a university
  • Lab manager for a university biology department
  • Laboratory manager at a college
  • Manager in administration at a large private university
  • Manager of a student loan portfolio
  • Outreach director for Russian and Eurasian studies
  • Project manager at a graduate school of education
  • Research analyst at a divinity school
  • Staff coordinator
  • Summer school director at a university

Postsecondary architecture teachers

  • Professor of architecture

Postsecondary art and music teachers

  • College art professor
  • College instructor in art and design
  • Professor of drawing and design at a state university

Postsecondary biological science teachers

  • Professor of biology at a private college

Postsecondary business teachers

  • Marketing professor at a private university
  • Professor of accounting
  • Professor of business leadership and ethics
  • Professor of business management at a liberal arts college
  • Professor of business management
  • Professor of entrepreneurship and college administrator
  • Professor of management and organizational behavior
  • Professor of management at a small liberal arts university
  • Professor of organizational behavior

Postsecondary computer science teachers

  • Professor of computer programming and internet technologies

Postsecondary economics teachers

  • Economics professor at a liberal arts college
  • Economics professor

Postsecondary education teachers

  • Professor at a state teacher's college
  • Professor of the sociology of education

Postsecondary english teachers

  • Adjunct professor of early childhood education
  • Associate professor of english at a college of technology
  • English professor for a community college

Postsecondary history teachers

  • Professor of the history of science

Postsecondary law teachers

  • Adjunct law professor
  • Law professor at a state university
  • Law school professor and advisor
  • Professor of agricultural legal studies at a land grant university

Postsecondary mathematical science teachers

  • Math professor and ex navy officer
  • Mathematics professor

Postsecondary philosophy teachers

  • Assistant professor of theology
  • Professor of philosophy at a public college

Postsecondary psychology teachers

  • Assistant professor of psychology

Postsecondary social work teachers

  • Assistant professor of social work

Postsecondary teachers

  • Part time geology professor and part time farmer

Postsecondary vocational education teachers

  • Instructor at a vocational school

Preschool administrators

  • Contracts manager at a child care company
  • Day care center operator
  • Director of a church affiliated preschool
  • Director of a preschool
  • Hospital childcare director
  • Operator of a home daycare center for children

Preschool and elementary special ed teachers

  • Elementary school special ed teacher
  • Elementary school special education teacher
  • Fifth grade special education teacher
  • Fourth-grade special education teacher
  • Grade school special education teacher
  • Inclusion facilitator in a public school system
  • Special ed and reading recovery teacher
  • Special ed teacher at a public elementary school
  • Special ed teacher in an elementary school
  • Special education assistant
  • Special education instructor in a large public school
  • Special education kindergarten teacher
  • Special education teacher in a suburban elementary school
  • Special education teacher in a suburban grade school
  • Special education teacher in an elementary school
  • Special needs teacher in a public school
  • Special needs teacher
  • Teacher of the blind and visually impaired
  • Third and fourth grade special education teacher

Preschool teachers

  • Child care provider in family setting
  • Early childhood education teacher
  • Early childhood music tutor
  • Early childhood teacher
  • Integrated preschool teacher
  • Montessori preschool teacher
  • Music and drama teacher at a preschool
  • Music and movement instructor at a pre-school
  • Preschool teacher in a suburban school district
  • Preschool teacher in the suburbs
  • Private nursery school teacher

School administrators

  • Assistant principal at a suburban high school
  • Assistant principal in special education
  • Athletic director and supervisor of health education in a school district
  • Elementary school principal at a public school
  • Elementary school principal
  • High school administrator and department head
  • Princiapal at an elementary school
  • Principal at a grade 3 to 5 school

Secondary school special ed teachers

  • High school special ed teacher
  • High school special education director
  • Lead teacher in a high school
  • Special education art teacher at a high school
  • Special education teacher at a high school
  • Special education teacher at a vocational school
  • Special education teacher in a suburban high school

Secondary school teachers

  • Ap physics teacher in a suburban school
  • Art teacher at a public high school
  • Arts and design teacher at a vocational school
  • Biology teacher at a public high school
  • Biology teacher at a suburban high school
  • Biology teacher at a vocational high school
  • Disillusioned public school teacher
  • English teacher at a vocational high school
  • English teacher in a public school system
  • English teacher in an inner city high school
  • European history teacher at a suburban high school
  • Family and consumer science teacher
  • Fitness instructor at a suburban high school
  • Geometry teacher at a suburban high school
  • High school biology and anatomy teacher
  • High school biology teacher
  • High school chemistry and physics teacher
  • High school computer teacher
  • High school English teacher and coach
  • High school German teacher
  • High school history teacher
  • High school Latin teacher
  • High school math teacher and track coach
  • High school math teacher in a suburban school
  • High school math teacher
  • High school science teacher and coach
  • High school science teacher and graduation advisor
  • High school science teacher in a suburban school district
  • High school science teacher
  • High school social studies teacher
  • High school teacher and sage
  • History and sociology teacher in a suburban high school
  • History teacher at a high school
  • History teacher at a suburban public school
  • Language arts teacher at a vocational school
  • Math teacher at a vocational high school
  • Ninth grade english teacher in a suburban school
  • Ninth grade math teacher at a technical high school
  • Pre-vocational instructor at a high school
  • Public school biology teacher
  • Public school teacher
  • Science teacher at a camp for at risk children
  • Science teacher at a vocational high school
  • Science teacher in a suburban high school
  • Social studies teacher at a private school
  • Spanish teacher in a suburban high school
  • Teacher and former dormitory furniture salesman
  • Teacher in a hospital homebound program
  • Teacher of hospitalized students
  • Theater and movement specialist
  • Wellness teacher at a suburban high school

Teacher assistants

  • Paraprofessional and librarian in a rural elementary school
  • Paraprofessional and librarian in an elementary school
  • Paraprofessional assistant to a special needs student
  • Paraprofessional at a rural middle school
  • Paraprofessional escort for emotionally disturbed students
  • Paraprofessional for a child with behavioral problems
  • Post high school special education teacher assistant
  • Special education aide at an elementary school
  • Special education assistant in an elementary school
  • Special education teacher in a diverse suburban school
  • Special education teacher's aide for a preschooler
  • Teacher's aide in a suburban elementary school
  • Teacher's assistant in a pre-school
  • Teacher's assistant in a special needs classroom
  • Teachers aide in a class of learning disabled children
  • Teaching assistant in a public elementary school
  • Teaching assistant in a school with emotionally disabled kids
  • Teaching assistant in a suburban kindergarten

Training and library workers

    Engineering

    Aerospace engineers

    • Telemetry analyst for a DoD contractor

    Architects

    • Architect and owner of an architectural services company
    • Architect designing public buildings
    • Architect for commercial projects
    • Architect for home construction
    • Architect specializing in institutional projects
    • Architect's architect and forensics expert
    • Commercial architect
    • Residential architect in a privare practice
    • Residential architect

    Biomedical engineers

    • Ergonomic design engineer
    • Medical device engineer
    • Medical device quality consultant
    • Senior biomedical engineer for a medical equipment maker

    Chemical engineers

    • Chemical engineer at an energy company

    Civil engineers

    • Civil engineer and expert in hydraulic modeling
    • Environmental protection specialist for the coast guard

    Computer hardware engineers

    • Principal engineer at a custom computer chip company
    • Senior computer engineer at a large defense contractor

    Electrical engineers

    • Circuit board designer and consultant
    • Consultant focussed on the electrical power industry
    • Electrical engineer in a startup that makes hardware design tools
    • Electronic design engineer
    • Electronics and software engineering consultant
    • Engineer and government contractor
    • Integrated circuit design engineer
    • Manufacturing engineer for an electronics manufacturer
    • Optics design engineer
    • Production engineer for a defense contractor
    • Quality assurance engineer for a state department of transportation

    Engineering managers

    • Engineering director for a computer storage manufacturer
    • Engineering operations manager for an electric and gas company
    • Manager of a group of hardware and firmware engineers
    • Manager of engineers at a computer parts company
    • Program manager for an electronic manufacturing services company
    • Reading coach at a rural elementary school
    • Reading specialist and teaching enthusiast at an elementary school
    • Reading teacher in an elementary school
    • Software product management director
    • Software quality executive for a large software development company

    Environmental engineers

    • Environmental protection engineer at a state agency

    Industrial engineers

    • Industrial engineer for a fiber optics company
    • Principal corrosion engineer for a public utility
    • Quality assurance specialist for a pharmaceutical contractor
    • Systems engineer for miltary contractor

    Mechanical engineers

    • Design engineer for commercial aircraft
    • Energy planner
    • Manufacturing engineer at a medical device maker
    • Mechanical engineer for the power industry

    Urban planners

    • Associate planner for rural cities
    • Section chief in state environmental regulatory agency
    • Urban planner and advocate at a local housing authority

    Hospitality and travel

    Meeting planners

    • Alumni relations manager for a university
    • Coordinator of volunteers and special events fundraiser
    • Event consultant non profit fundraisers
    • Event director for a global media company
    • Event planner for a marketing agency
    • Event planner for the government
    • Trade show organizer for business aircraft

    Installation and repair

    HVAC mechanics

    • HVAC engineer for a large commercial building

    Telecommunications line installers

    • Cable splicing technician

    Legal

    Lawyers

    • Advocate and legal lobbyist
    • Appeal's court litigator
    • Appellate attorney for a city
    • Assistant district attorney and criminal prosecutor
    • Attorney for a civil litigation practice
    • Attorney for a litigation law firm
    • Civil litigation and estate planning attorney
    • Contracts manager for a software firm
    • Deputy clerk for a federal courthouse
    • Director of a state Medicaid agency
    • Employment lawyer at a large financial services company
    • Employment lawyer for a quasi public agency
    • Enforcement attorney for a state agency
    • Government attorney and environmental policy advisor
    • Hearing officer for a state medicaid office
    • Injury and family law attorney
    • Intellectual property lawyer
    • Judge advocate in the US Army
    • Lawyer and real estate advisor
    • Lawyer at a mutual fund company
    • Lawyer for an insurance company
    • Lawyer for public housing authorities
    • Lawyer in a public interest law firm
    • Lawyer specializing in large building construction contracts
    • Legal counsel and compliance advisor to asset management firms
    • Medicare senior policy analyst
    • Military attorney
    • Partner in a litigation law firm
    • Partner in a small law firm
    • Probate lawyer
    • Real estate attorney with a large law firm
    • Real estate attorney
    • Real estate lawyer
    • Senior legal counsel to an information technology company
    • Trial attorney for the federal government
    • US Army lawyer
    • Vice president of regulatory products at a large publishing company

    Legal secretaries

    • Legal secretary at a patent and trademark law firm

    Paralegals and legal assistants

    • Assistant in a bank's legal department
    • Paralegal and office manager at a criminal defense law firm
    • Paralegal at a large law firm
    • Paralegal at a small law firm
    • Paralegal for a large law firm

    Management

    Administrative managers

    • Accounts payable director at a university
    • Administrative manager at a university
    • Administrative manager for a public transportation agency
    • Administrative officer at a veterans' administration hospital
    • Assistant branch manager for a credit union
    • Branch support supervisor at a bank
    • Building services director at a convention site
    • Claims adjustment manager for an insurance company
    • Corporate travel manager
    • Credit manager for a women's haberdashery
    • Digital print services manager
    • Director of operations for a youth development program
    • Grant administrator for a charitable foundation
    • Healthcare insurance expert for a medical device manufacturer
    • Home organizer and counselor to shopaholics
    • Import-export compliance manager
    • Manager of a federal benefits office
    • Office manager at a doctor's office
    • Office manager at a government agency
    • Office manager at a small software company
    • Office manager for a biotech start-up
    • Office manager for a business networking consultancy
    • Office manager for a group of private eyes
    • Office manager for a manufacturer
    • Office manager for a small company
    • Office manager for a valet parking service
    • Office manager for an electrical contracting company
    • Office manager for an industrial contracting company
    • Office manager of a non-profit legal services firm
    • Operations manager for a local office of an international investment advisor
    • Payroll administrator at a non-profit
    • Practice manager for a doctors' office
    • Senior protocol administrator for a research review board
    • Traffic division manager for a county court
    • Truck fleet manager for a utlities contractor

    Chief executives

    • Administrator of a charitable foundation
    • Advertising executive and owner of an ad agency
    • Advisor to entrepreneurs
    • CEO of a non profit organization
    • CEO of a shoe manufacturer
    • CEO of a small media company
    • CFO and owner of an auto repair and sales business
    • Chief executive of a developmental disability agency
    • Chief executive of a healthcare business
    • Chief executive of a small consulting firm
    • Chief operating officer and business consultant
    • Chief operating officer at a high tech consulting firm
    • Executive director of a disaster preparation non profit organization
    • Founder and ceo of a furniture bank
    • Founder and ceo of a software company
    • Founder and executive director of a small education business
    • Founder of a biotech startup
    • Machinist and business owner
    • Office manager and owner of a small consulting business
    • Owner and director of a child care center
    • Owner and operator of a photo studio
    • Owner of a biomedical glass company
    • Owner of a children's gym
    • Owner of a commercial cleaning business
    • Owner of a fish tank cleaning service
    • Owner of a flower wholesaling business
    • Owner of a food products company
    • Owner of a graphic design firm
    • Owner of a hazmat survey company
    • Owner of a kid's technology training center
    • Owner of a mailbox, shipping and packaging store
    • Owner of a marketing services company
    • Owner of a real estate staging business
    • Owner of a small antique business selling on ebay
    • Owner of a small building products company
    • Owner of a used car dealership
    • Owner of a water-quality testing company
    • Owner of a women's fitness center
    • Owner of an online retailer store
    • Owner-operator of a window treatment business
    • Plastics recycling entrepreneur
    • President of a business management consulting company
    • President of a food additives manufacturing company
    • President of a thrift store
    • President of an Internet startup
    • President of small promotional advertising company
    • Stable operator and riding teacher

    General managers

    • Chief operating officer for an insurance company
    • Director of operations for a charity
    • Director of stores for a consumer sound system manufacturer
    • District manager for a commercial insurance company
    • Executive at a health and drug abuse consulting firm
    • Executive director of a nonprofit
    • General manager of a children's bookstore
    • General manager of a pharmaceutical contracting company
    • Manager of a retail lighting store
    • Manager of a retail pharmacy
    • Office coordinator for local farmers markets
    • Operations manager for a small chain of hair salons
    • Park ranger and superintendent
    • Plant manager and supply chain director
    • Program manager for an electrical products supplier
    • Retail wine store owner
    • Treasurer and partner of a small business
    • Vice president of business strategy at a large IT software company
    • Vice-president of operations for a digital production company
    • VP of research and development at a bankruptcy information company

    Industrial production managers

    • Associate director of vaccine filling and packaging operations
    • Federal supervisor of printing US currency
    • Vice president of quality assurance at a pharmaceutical company

    Managers

    • Air cargo manager for a major airline
    • Community manager of an online video community web site
    • Deputy chief of a missile defense command
    • Director of a labor union local
    • Director of compliance for a medical device manufacturer
    • Director of distribution for a food company
    • District manager for a chain of video stores
    • Floor manager at a retail outlet
    • Floor manager of a museum shop
    • Inventory control manager for a furniture maker
    • Manager for a teleconferencing company
    • Parts and service manager for a large car dealership
    • Print production specialist
    • Production manager
    • Program manager at an engineering software company
    • Project manager at a large telecom company
    • Project manager for a group of financial advisors
    • Regulatory affairs executive for a pharmaceutical contractor
    • Security specialist for a chain of retail stores
    • Senior claims consultant
    • Senior technical officer for a healthcare charity
    • Service desk director at a telecommunications software company
    • Workers comp claims manager for an insurance company
    • Workers compensation insurance company executive

    Marketing managers

    • Admission and marketing director at a hospital
    • Brand channel manager for a digital production company
    • Business director of a book publishing company
    • Client services director for a marketing analytics company
    • Communications specialist
    • Consultant and part-time recruiter
    • Director of marketing at a construction management company
    • Director of marketing communications at a PR firm
    • Director of marketing for a non-profit medical group
    • Director of marketing for a software company
    • Director of marketing for a trade organization
    • District marketing manager for a chain of convenience stores
    • International marketing director for a publishing company
    • Local marketing manager for a fast food restaurant chain
    • Managing partner of a virtual advertising agency
    • Market intelligence manager at a large semiconductor company
    • Marketing analyst for a toy company
    • Marketing and donor relations executive for a non-profit fund-raising organization
    • Marketing coordinator for a cable company
    • Marketing director for a health insurance company
    • Marketing director for a hospital
    • Marketing manager for a large computer company
    • Marketing manager for a lobbying firm
    • Marketing manager for an office supply store
    • Marketing specialist for an insurance company
    • Marketing strategist for a digital production company
    • Membership coordinator for a science museum
    • Product manager for a design software company
    • Product manager for a telecommunications company
    • Product marketing director for a loyalty marketing company
    • Project manager at a executive recruiting firm
    • Promoter of a smoking cessation hotline
    • Public relations consultant and playwright
    • Public relations executive for a paper products company
    • Self-employed marketing consultant
    • Senior manager at a public accounting firm
    • Strategic pricing analyst for a biomedical products company
    • Trade organization exhibits specialist
    • Vice president of business development
    • Vice president of marketing in a technology management firm
    • Vice president of product development at a loan consolidation company
    • Web site content manager for a bank

    Property managers

    • Associate property manager for a storage facility
    • Leasing consultant for a real estate management company
    • Property manager for a large commercial real estate company
    • Property manager
    • Property owner and rent collector

    Public relations managers

    • Communications director for a public university
    • Congressional liaison and transportation policy advisor
    • Director of international relations for a large healthcare system
    • President of a small public relations firm
    • Public relations consultant in the healthcare industry
    • Public relations director for an international pr firm

    Purchasing managers

    • Construction company contract overseer
    • Subcontract administrator for a corporate aircraft manufacturer
    • Supply chain analyst
    • Supply chain manager for an office products supplier

    Massage and physical therapy

    Fitness trainers

    • Yoga teacher and entrepreneur

    Massage therapists

    • Craniosacral therapist in a private practice
    • Massage therapist in a private practice
    • Masseuse and healer

    Occupational therapist assistants

    • Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant in a public school
    • Occupational therapist assistant

    Physical therapists

    • Clinic manager and pediatric physical therapist
    • Freelance physical therapist
    • Home care physical therapist
    • In home physical therapist
    • Pediatric physical therapist
    • Physical therapist and home product salesperson
    • Physical therapist at a clinic
    • Physical therapist at a hospital
    • Physical therapist at a nursing home
    • Physical therapist at a prison
    • Physical therapist at a small hospital
    • Physical therapy supervisor at a rehabilitation hospital

    Mechanic

    Automotive mechanics

    • Advanced emissions specialist

    Mobile heavy equipment mechanics

    • Airport ground support equipment mechanic

    Medical

    Clinical psychologists

    • Developmental disability case worker
    • Psychologist specializing in mental health evaluations

    General dentists

    • Dentist in private practice

    General practitioners

    • Doctor at a multi-ethnic health clinic
    • Doctor in a group medical practice
    • Physician at a Veteran's Hospital
    • Primary care general practitioner in an urban practice
    • Solo general practitioner

    Pediatricians

    • Doctor in a private pediatrics group
    • Pediatrician in a group practice
    • Pediatrician in a small group practice
    • Pediatrician in the ER at a children's hospital
    • Staff physician at a large teaching hospital

    Psychiatrists

    • Child psychiatrist in a private practice
    • Psychiatrist at a city hospital
    • Psychiatrist in hospital and private practice
    • Psychiatrist in private practice
    • Psychiatrist

    Psychologists

    • Mental health researcher for a private research center
    • School psychologist for a suburban school district
    • School psychologist in a public school district

    Medical office

    Medical records technicians

    • Billing coder at a family pllannning clinic
    • Billing specialist at a doctor's office
    • Data entry clerk at a hospital
    • Health information associate
    • Medical coding analyst at an insurance company
    • Receptionist and billing specialist for an ophthalmologist
    • School nurse's assistant

    Medical secretaries

    • Medical secretary at a medical center

    Medical transcriptionists

    • Medical transcriptionist and trainer

    Nursing

    Lpns

    • Director of a nurse training program
    • Licensed practical nurse at a convent
    • Licensed vocational nurse at a long term care facility
    • LPN in a nursing home
    • Practical nurse in a long term care facility

    Nursing aides

    • Certified nursing assistant (CNA) in a hospital
    • Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in an elderly nursing facility
    • Clinical assistant in a hospital
    • CNA working as a helpline specialist for a non profit
    • Home caregiver for the elderly

    Registered nurses

    • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)
    • Director of medical services for a workmen's comp provider
    • Elementary school nurse
    • Emergency room nurse on temporary assignment
    • Emergency room nurse
    • Endoscopy nurse at a community hospital
    • Floor nurse in a psychiatric ward
    • Hospital staff nurse in high risk obstetrics unit
    • Intensive care nurse
    • Lactation consultant at a large hospital
    • Licensed home health care nurse
    • Maternity nurse at a large hospital
    • Neonatal ICU nurse at an inner city hospital
    • Neonatal ICU nurse at an urban hospital
    • Nurse administrator for a visiting nurse agency
    • Nurse and director of medical records at a nursing home
    • Nurse anesthetist
    • Nurse case manager for an insurance company
    • Nurse case manager
    • Nurse for a health monitoring service
    • Nurse in a cardiac unit
    • Nurse in a maternity ward
    • Nurse in an urgent care center
    • Nurse practitioner and quality assurance expert
    • Nurse practitioner at a university health service
    • Nurse practitioner in a cancer care facility
    • Nurse practitioner in a cardiac unit
    • Nurse practitioner in a family healthcare practice
    • Nurse practitioner in a group medical practice
    • Nurse practitioner in a transitional care unit
    • Nurse-midwife at a community hospital
    • Nursing specialist in a neonatal intensive care unit
    • Nursing supervisor at a small hospital
    • Oncology nurse at the outpatient wing of a hospital
    • Oncology nurse in a big city hospital
    • Operating room nurse at a level 1 trauma center
    • Operating room nurse on the night shift
    • Orthopedic nurse practitioner
    • Pediatric home care nurse
    • Pediatric intensive care nurse
    • Pediatric nurse in a hospital
    • Pediatric nurse practitioner in a neurobehavioral unit
    • Pediatric nurse practitioner instructor and clinician
    • Pediatric nurse practitioner
    • Perinatal nurse practitioner
    • Professor of nursing
    • Registered nurse and clinical auditor
    • Registered nurse in a cardiothoracic surgical intensive care unit
    • Registered nurse in a community hospital
    • Registered nurse in a critical care facility
    • Registered nurse in a medical surgical ward
    • Registered nurse in a surgical unit
    • Registered nurse in an ICU stepdown unit
    • Registered nurse in an oncology clinic
    • Registered nurse in surgery department of a hospital
    • Registered school nurse
    • Registered visiting nurse
    • RN and resident care coordinator in a nursing home
    • RN in a hospital surgical unit
    • School nurse and sex education instructor
    • School nurse at a catholic elementary school
    • School nurse in an elementary school
    • Small town school nurse
    • Staff nurse at a college health center
    • Surgical admissions nurse
    • Triage nurse at a regional hospital
    • US Army nurse
    • Visiting hospice nurse
    • Visiting nurse and occupational therapist
    • Visiting nurse

    Office support

    Administrative assistants

    • 401(k) adjustment specialist
    • Administrative assistant at a children's residential facility
    • Administrative assistant at a home for the disabled
    • Administrative assistant at a major telecom company
    • Administrative assistant at a veterans' administration hospital
    • Administrative assistant at an international aid organization
    • Administrative assistant for a bulk mailing company
    • Administrative assistant for a large custodial services company
    • Administrative assistant for a manufacturing company
    • Administrative assistant for a non profit organization
    • Administrative assistant for a small company
    • Administrative assistant in a high school guidance department
    • Administrative assistant in a university athletic department
    • Administrative assistant in an engineering company
    • Administrative assistant in the mortgage industry
    • Administrative assistant to a financial advisor
    • Administrative assistant to an engineering group
    • Admnistrative assistant in a doctor's office
    • Assistant at a silk screening store
    • Assistant to a group of professors
    • Detention hall monitor at a vocational school
    • Document checker for a mortgage loan company
    • Executive administrative assistant
    • Executive assistant at a credit union
    • Executive assistant at a large real estate company
    • Executive assistant in a suburban town office
    • Executive secretary and human resources coordinator
    • Executive secretary in a wealth management firm
    • Executive secretary
    • File clerk for a medical clinic
    • High school administrative assistant
    • Insurance claims adjuster's assistant
    • Insurance company human resource assistant
    • Judicial administrator for a federal judge
    • Office assistant for a statewide department of transportation
    • Office manager at a dentist's office
    • Payroll administrator and office manager
    • Receptionist and administrative assistant at a skilled nursing home
    • Receptionist and human resources assistant
    • School record keeper
    • Senior administrative assistant for an insurance company

    Customer service representatives

    • Answering service operator
    • Central registration representative in a hospital
    • Client care specialist for a pest control company
    • Collections representative for a hospital
    • Credit specialist working in a call center
    • Customer service rep at a community credit union
    • Customer service rep at a computer repair store
    • Customer service rep for a clothing company
    • Customer service representative for a finance company
    • Customer service representative for a healthcare company
    • Customer service representative for a non profit organization
    • Cutomer service representative in telecommunications
    • Freight forwarder for an air freight company
    • Insurance company service representative
    • Sales and service representative at a telephone company

    Office workers supervisors

    • Assistant billing department supervisor for an insurance company
    • Auto insurance company supervisor

    Secretaries

    • Office assistant at a real estate company
    • Receptionist for a non profit organization
    • Secretary at small software company

    Personal care and service

    Child care workers

    • Assistant teacher in a nursery school
    • Child care worker at a home for troubled children
    • In home child care provider
    • Nanny and early childhood educator
    • Worker at a day care center

    Hairdressers and cosmetologists

    • Cosmetologist and salon owner
    • Makeup artist and hair stylist

    Production

    Production workers supervisors

    • Manager for an alternative energy parts and materials dealer
    • Manufacturing supervisor for a defense contracting company
    • Product line manager for a global sporting goods apparel manufacturer

    Protective service

    Criminal investigators

    • Environmental police officer
    • Internal affairs officer at the Pentagon
    • Town police detective

    Police patrol officers

    • State trooper

    Police supervisors

    • Police chief of a suburban town

    Probation officers

    • Probation officer for a state corrections agency
    • Probation officer in the federal courts
    • Probation officer

    Sales

    Financial services agents

    • Philanthropic service officer at a bank
    • Registered client service associate
    • Sales consultant at a financial institution

    Insurance sales agents

    • Business insurance agent
    • Chief insurance broker at a small agency
    • Commercial insurance agent
    • Insurance agent selling to the public sector
    • Insurance agent selling to union members
    • Insurance company executive
    • Insurance consultant selling benefits plans to employers
    • Insurance salesman and recruiter
    • Personal lines insurance agent
    • Sales representative for an insurance company
    • Senior associate at an insurance brokerage

    Product sales representatives

    • Business representative selling products made by prisoners
    • College textbook salesperson
    • Customer service and sales rep for a home improvement retailer
    • Designer and sales rep for a storage solutions company
    • Food salesperson
    • HVAC systems salesperson
    • Marketing rep for an adult learning and vocational school
    • Publishers sales rep
    • Sales executive specializing in hvac controls for large buildings
    • Sales rep for a drug company
    • Sales rep for a retailer of electrical power
    • Salesman for a furniture maker
    • Salesperson for a corporate training company
    • Senior sales rep for a software company

    Real estate agents

    • Commercial real estate agent
    • Real estate agent for residential property
    • Real estate agent
    • Residential real estate agent in a major metro area
    • Residential real estate agent

    Real estate appraisers

    • Real estate appraiser for a mortgage lender
    • Real estate appraiser licensed in new york
    • Real estate appraiser

    Real estate brokers

    • Founder of a real estate brokerage company
    • Independent real estate broker
    • Real estate broker for both buyers and sellers
    • Real estate salesman and broker
    • Residential real estate broker

    Retail salespersons

    • Grocer at a national specialty grocery chain
    • Sales associate for a home furnishings store
    • Sales consultant at an auto dealership
    • Sales person at a department store
    • Salesperson in a drapery shop
    • Starter at a public golf course
    • Stock clerk and display specialist

    Sales engineers

    • Sales and application engineer for a software company
    • Sales engineer for a large software company
    • Sales engineer for a manufacturer of electric vehicles
    • Sales engineer for CAD CAM software
    • Telecom expense management consultant

    Sales managers

    • Account management executive for a large healthcare provider
    • Account manager for a trade show production company
    • Business development director for a technology publisher
    • Business development executive at a financial services firm
    • Business development manager at a credit processing company
    • Client director for a digital production company
    • Director of fundraising communications for a state university
    • Director of regional sales for a hotel chain
    • Director of regulatory affairs for a medical device contractor
    • Director of sales and marketing for a computer support products company
    • Director of sales and marketing for a full service hotel
    • Director of sales for a billing service
    • Director of sales for a computer firmware developer
    • Drug company sales manager
    • Fundraiser for a private university
    • Fundraising program director for a fair trade company
    • Global sales enablement manager
    • Jack of all trades at a small forensic research lab
    • Manager of sales for a consulting firm
    • National sales manager at an office supply manufacturer
    • Outside sales representative at a moving company
    • Regional bank manager
    • Sales amanger for a large seafood harvesting company
    • Sales director for a Fortune 100 company
    • Sales executive for a temporary employment agency
    • Sales executive for an IT services provider
    • Sales executive in catering
    • Sales manager at an auto dealership
    • Sales manager for a hospital services provider
    • Sales office manager for a pump manufacturer
    • Sales operations manager for an engineering software company
    • Senior account executive for a consumer products company
    • Senior account manager at a radio station
    • Senior vice president of sales for an Internet ad network
    • Technical account manager for a software company
    • Technical sales director for a software company
    • Temp agency staffing director
    • Zero waste planner for a state environmental protection agency

    Technical products sales reps

    • Sales consultant at large software company
    • Sales executive for a lab test equipment company
    • Technical executive on a sales team for a drug company
    • Wireless sales specialist

    Science

    Biochemists and biophysicists

    • Bionics engineer at a small company
    • Cancer research associate
    • Pharmaceutical quality assurance specialist
    • Research assistant
    • Research scientist for a large pharmaceutical company

    Biological scientists

    • Research biologist attached to a museum

    Chemists

    • Analytical chemist for a biotech startup
    • Analytical chemist for a drug company
    • Analytical chemist in pharmaceutical research
    • Applications chemist for an instrumentation manufacturer
    • Director of analytical chemistry at a pharmaceutical company
    • Executive vice president & ceo of a medical specialty society
    • Medicinal chemist involved in pharmaceutical research
    • Pharmacokineticist at a pharmaceutical company
    • Research chemist for a drug company
    • Textile lab safety manager
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    Conservation scientists

    • Restoration ecologist

    Environmental scientists

    • Ecology research associate
    • Environmental analyst for the EPA
    • Environmental scientist for a river preservation agency
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    • Extension specialist on sustainable farming methods

    Epidemiologists

    • Epidemiologist for a non profit organization

    Medical scientists

    • Assistant professor and medical researcher
    • Biotech research group leader
    • Communications specialist for a contract research organization
    • Neuroscientist
    • Professor of medicine doing cancer research
    • Research lab technician
    • Research scientist at a small public health research organization
    • Research scientist for medical devices
    • Senior scientist at a large consumer products company
    • University professor and biomedical researcher

    Microbiologists

    • Microbiology laboratory manager at a university
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    • Research scientist at a medical research hospital
    • Senior quality auditor for a large biotech company

    Physicists

    • State radiological safety expert

    Sociologists

    • Healthcare policy analyst for a small university
    • Research analyst for a state health department
    • University researcher studying American Jews

    Soil and plant scientists

    • Independent horticultural consultant

    Technician

    Biological technicians

    • Clinical research associate for a pharmaceutical contractor

    Electronic technicians

    • Electronics technician for a storage equipment manufacturer
    • Field service engineer for a naval munitions contractor
    • Military airplane electronics technician
    • Parts and repair department manager
    • Technical expert and field service representative for an armaments supplier
    • Test data entry technician

    Forensic science technicians

    • Computer forensics expert

    Technical writers

    • Technical writer and web designer
    • Technical writer for a software company
    • Technical writer for an internet software company
    • Training and technical publications writer

    Transportation

    Heavy truck drivers

    • Bus driver for a suburban school district
    • Delivery truck driver for an office supply company
    • School bus driver in a suburb of Washington, DC
    • School bus driver in connecticut
    • School bus driver in the suburbs
    • School bus driver

    Pilots and flight engineers

    • Airline pilot for a major US carrier
    • Naval pilot

    Veterinary

    Animal scientists

    • Aquaculture specialist

    Vet techs

    • Animal technician at a veterinary hospital

    Veterinarians

    • Associate veterinarian at an aquarium
    • Associate veterinarian
    • Veterinarian in a private clinic

    Zoologists and wildlife biologists

    • Biologist at a small research institute
    • Herpetologist and lab technician
    • Live animal presenter and science educator
    • Naturalist at a state park

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