50 Best Jobs for Your Personality

Part IV: Descriptions of the 50 Best Jobs for Each Personality Type _______________________________

Court Reporters .............................................................

! Personality Code: CE

! Education/Training Required:
Postsecondary vocational training
! Annual Earnings: $45,330

! Beginning Wage: $23,810

! Earnings Growth Potential: High

! Growth: 24.5%

! Annual Job Openings: 2,620

! Self-Employed: 7.9%

! Part-Time: 13.6%

Use verbatim methods and equipment to cap-

ture, store, retrieve, and transcribe pretrial and

trial proceedings or other information. Includes

stenocaptioners who operate computerized steno-

graphic captioning equipment to provide captions

of live or prerecorded broadcasts for hearing-

impaired viewers. Take notes in shorthand or use a

stenotype or shorthand machine that prints letters on

a paper tape. Provide transcripts of proceedings upon

request of judges, lawyers, or the public. Record ver-

batim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies,

committee meetings, and other proceedings, using

computerized recording equipment, electronic steno-

graph machines, or stenomasks. Transcribe recorded

proceedings in accordance with established formats.

Ask speakers to clarify inaudible statements. File a

legible transcript of records of a court case with the

court clerk’s offi ce. File and store shorthand notes

of court session. Respond to requests during court

sessions to read portions of the proceedings already

recorded. Record depositions and other proceedings

for attorneys. Verify accuracy of transcripts by check-

ing copies against original records of proceedings and

accuracy of rulings by checking with judges. Record

symbols on computer disks or CD-ROM; then trans-

late and display them as text in computer-aided tran-

scription process.

GOE—Interest Area/Cluster: 07. Government and

Public Administration. Work Group: 07.04. Public

Administration Clerical Support. Other Jobs in " is

Work Group: Court Clerks; Court, Municipal, and

License Clerks; License Clerks; Municipal Clerks.

Skills: Reading Comprehension; Active Listen-

ing; Equipment Selection; Operation and Control;

Equipment Maintenance; Operation Monitoring;

Operations Analysis; Installation.

Education and Training Program: Court Report-

ing/Court Reporter Training. Related Knowledge/

Courses: Clerical Practices; English Language; Law

and Government; Computers and Electronics; Pro-

duction and Processing; Customer and Personal

Service.

Work Env ironment : Indoors; noisy; sitting; using

hands on objects, tools, or controls; repetitive

motions.

Court, Municipal, and License Clerks ............................

See Court Clerks (a Conventional job), License

Clerks (a Conventional job), and Municipal Clerks (a

Conventional job), described separately.

Database Administrators ...............................................

! Personality Code: CI

! Education/Training Required: Bachelor’s

degree

! Annual Earnings: $67,250

! Beginning Wage: $38,890

! Earnings Growth Potential: High

! Growth: 28.6%

! Annual Job Openings: 8,258

! Self-Employed: 1.3%

! Part-Time: 5.3%

Coordinate changes to computer databases. Test

and implement the databases, applying knowl-

edge of database management systems. May plan,

coordinate, and implement security measures to

safeguard computer databases. Test programs or