As you investigate possible career options, a good way to organize the information that you find,
and will use to make comparisons, is to construct a spreadsheet similar to the one below;
Career Field | Working Conditions | Employment | Qualifications | Job Outlook Through 2008 | Earnings | Related Occupations |
Sample Agri/Food Scientist | Manage & administer R/D Programs; Manage marketing or production operations; Serve as business or gov’t consultants; Work conditions depend on specialties. | 40% Gov’t work; 21,000 jobs in 1998; 3,700 self employed consultants. | Advanced degree best; Amer. Society of Agronomy offers certifications; B.S. = entry research, ranch or manufacturing mgr, inspectors, purchasing or sales agents,. | Grow as fast as average; Career needed to encourage sustainable agriculture; Very competitive field. | Median $42K; Range $24K-$79K; Fed. Salaries = $54K-$66K | Biologist, Chemist, Forester, Conservation Biologist, Farmer, Landscape Architect, Horticulturist, Soil Scientist, Sales Rep. |