12 year old’s list of 71 jobs!
September 3, 2014 • Filed under Warm Fuzzies
I recently took a small group of young people to UC Berkeley to visit classes and experience college life. I also asked them to come up with a list of jobs. Below is the list my 12 year old daughter, Tala, came up with. I read something earlier today about the lack of career information kids receive in school. According to one study, 80-something percent of recent college graduates don’t have jobs upon graduation. We need to talk to our kids about jobs, careers and money, and teach them how to do informational interviews and other career research.
What job interests you?
1. dog walker
2. taxi driver
3. voice over talent
4. police officer
5. engineer
6. health educator
7. bartender
8. waitress
9. truck driver
10. photographer
11. artist
12. talk show host
13. teacher
14. assistant
15. Navy
16. Air Force
17. Marine
18. firefighter
19. emergency dispatcher
20. author
21. stripper
22. chef
23. fashion designer
24. plastic surgeon
25. dentist
26. car washer
27. baker
28 librarian
29. party organizer
30. delivery dude
31. plumber
32. house painter
33. lighting designer
34. school principal
35. stay at home mom
36. therapist
37. detective
38. lover
39. restaurant employee
40. janitor
41. garbage man
42. caterer
43. music instructor
44. cat whisperer
45. project specialist
46. real estate agent
47. musician
48. hair stylist
49. manicurist
50. day care provider
51. slave
52. soccer player
53. football player
54. golfer
55. chess player
56. house mother (dorm)
57. swimmer
58. sailor
59. scuba diver
60. basketball player
61. yogurt shop employee
62. jewelry designer
63. guard
64. dancer
65. choreographer
66. toy maker
67. cartoonist
68. weather forecaster
69. commercial advisor (?)
70. tree cutter
71. judge