Part IV: Descriptions of the 50 Best Jobs for Each Personality Type _______________________________assignments. Participate in campus and community
events. Act as advisers to student organizations. Per-
form administrative duties such as serving as depart-
ment head. Supervise undergraduate and graduate
teaching, internship, and research work. Write grant
proposals to procure external research funding. Pro-
vide professional consulting services to government
or industry.
GOE—Interest Area/Cluster: 05. Education and
Tr a i n i n g. Work Group: 05.03. Postsecondary and
Adult Teaching and Instructing. Other Jobs in " is
Work Group: Adult Literacy, Remedial Education,
and GED Teachers and Instructors; Agricultural Sci-
ences Teachers, Postsecondary; Anthropology and
Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary; Architecture
Te a c h e r s , Po s t s e c o n d a r y ; A r e a , E t h n i c , a n d C u lt u r a l
Studies Teachers, Postsecondary; Art, Drama, and
Music Teachers, Postsecondary; Atmospheric, Earth,
Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary;
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary; Business
Te a c h e r s , Po s t s e c o n d a r y ; C h e m i s t r y Te a c h e r s , Po s t-
secondary; Communications Teachers, Postsecond-
ary; Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary;
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers,
Postsecondary; Economics Teachers, Postsecond-
ary; Education Teachers, Postsecondary; Engineer-
ing Teachers, Postsecondary; English Language
and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary; Environ-
mental Science Teachers, Postsecondary; Farm and
Home Management Advisors; Forestry and Conser-
vation Science Teachers, Postsecondary; Geography
Te a c h e r s , Po s t s e c o n d a r y ; G r a d u a t e Te a c h i n g A s s i s -
tants; Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary;
History Teachers, Postsecondary; Home Economics
Teachers, Postsecondary; Law Teachers, Postsecond-
ary; Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary; Math-
ematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary; Nursing
Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary; Philoso-
phy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary; Physics
Te a c h e r s , Po s t s e c o n d a r y ; Po l it i c a l S c i e n c e Te a c h e r s ,
Postsecondary; Psycholog y Teachers, Postsecondary;
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsec-
ondary; Self-Enrichment Education Teachers; Social
Work Teachers, Post second a r y ; Sociolog y Teachers,
Postsecondary; Vocational Education Teachers,
Postsecondary.
Skills: Learning Strategies; Instructing; Writing;
Reading Comprehension; Speaking; Persuasion;
Social Perceptiveness; Critical # inking.
Education and Training Programs: Latin Teacher
Education; Foreign Languages and Literatures,
General; Linguistics; Language Interpretation and
Tr a n s l at ion; A f r ic a n L a n g u a g e s , L iter at u re s , a nd
Linguistics; East Asian Languages, Literatures, and
Linguistics, General; Chinese Language and Lit-
erature; Japanese Language and Literature; Korean
Language and Literature; Tibetan Language and
Literature; others. Related Knowledge/Courses:
Foreign Language; Philosophy and # eology; His-
tory and Archeology; Sociology and Anthropology;
Geography; English Language.
Work Environment: Indoors; sitting.Graduate Teaching Assistants
! Personality Code: SC
! Education/Training Required: Bachelor’s
degree
! Annual Earnings: $28,060
! Beginning Wage: $15,660
! Earnings Growth Potential: High
! Growth: 22.9%
! Annual Job Openings: 20,601
! Self-Employed: 0.4%
! Part-Time: 27.8%Assist department chairperson, faculty members,
or other professional staff members in colleges
or universities by performing teaching or teach-
ing-related duties such as teaching lower-level
courses, developing teaching materials, prepar-
ing and giving examinations, and grading exam-
inations or papers. Graduate assistants must be
enrolled in graduate school programs. Gradu-
ate assistants who primarily perform non-teach-
ing duties such as laboratory research, should be