O*NET online and Dorece's Case

When looking at the discussion post this week I decided to do Doerce. Like me, she is also African American and is from Washington, D.C. She also was considering sacrificing possible career interests of hers, because her siblings, father, and boyfriend did not agree with them. Although I never changed my major based off of someone’s opinion, I have had people in my family ask what I am going to do with a degree in psychology. At the time, they were more focused on money and what could be done with psychology at a bachelor degree level. This is something common I hear a lot of psychology majors say which is why most of them pursue a master’s degree. I think this is why most people are unsatisfied with their career choices. They are sacrificing their career choices to make someone else happy instead of doing what they want. Is the money more important or being happy?

I also thought this would be a great time to explore not only jobs related to her, but jobs related to me as well in the Washington, D.C. Since moving, Washington, D.C. has always been an area that I wanted to move back to after graduating from college. Besides this area, I was also able to check possible areas I would consider moving and see the average salary for those in the psychology field. I saw a lot of positivity and upward trends in possible career choices for her as well as for me. This also gave me a time to explore O*NET online more. I was first introduced to it in my undergraduate career, but have been too busy to check back. Prior to this discussion post, I had to do another assignment in my undergraduate career based off of O*NET. This allowed me to make no excuses and to check my future career options and the projected outlook. It was also good to see I will be able to do something with my major in various areas once I get my master’s degree within the field of psychology.

Her case was very interesting coming from a middle-class family and attending an all-girls high school with an extremely high grade point average. A lot of the possible career options I found for Dorece also could intertwine with my career or be closely related. We also both enjoy the helping field. If I were a counselor, I think I picked out some good career choices for Dorese. They allowed her to do what she loved, but she would not have to answer to her father about what she would do with an English degree. She would still be able to help people and enjoy creative writing.