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Appendix B

Career Preparation I—Matching Your Preferences to a Job

Consider the information in Ch. 1 and 5 of Media Career Guide that applies to your interests.
Then, highlight your answers to the questions below:

1. The following applies most to me:

a. I am comfortable moving from one medium to another when gathering

information.
b. I currently do not move across media when gathering information, but I look
forward to doing so.
c. I prefer to gather each type of information on a separate medium without moving
from one medium to another.

2. The following applies most to me:

a. I would like a job using convergent media, but not as my first job.
b. I hope my first job uses convergent media.
c. I prefer my job to use primarily one medium.

3. I am most interested in (highlight your top three)

a. educational information.
b. news.
c. corporate business.
d. promotion and advertising.
e. entertainment.
f. sales and marketing.
g. conflict mediation.
h. translating information into another language.
i. international communication.
j. community development.
k. scientific advancements.
l. medical and health care issues.
m. political activities.
n. legal issues.
o. nonprofit and charitable work.
p. public service.
q. other: ______________________

4. I would most like to be the person who

a. creates an idea and turns it over to other people to develop.

b. receives an assignment and works out the details.

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 c. leads the team to stay on track and oversees the plan.
d. works as a liaison for everyone involved.
e. finds the resources that people need to do their jobs.
f. sells the ideas to outsiders as a spokesperson.

5. I would like to spend most of my actual work time

a. alone.
b. with a small team of people.
c. with a large team of people.

6. At work, I prefer to communicate

a. face-to-face.
b. on the phone.
c. through e-mail.
d. at meetings.

7. I would like to work with

a. words.
b. images.
c. sound.
d. a combination of words, images, and sound.

8. The following applies most to me:

a. I would enjoy traveling for my job.

b. Traveling would not fit into my lifestyle.

9. Review the career information on following Web sites:

• http://careerservices.rutgers.edu/journalism.html
• http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/Annmarie_B_Singh/SofC/jobs_careers/jobs.htm
Then, describe what you would be doing in your ideal job. Be specific.

In my ideal job, I would be setting each person to a different section in the newspaper

and getting the best resources possible and editing each section when it is

complete.I___________________________________________________________

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10. Create a title for your ideal job.
_Editor and Chief______________________________

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