50 Best Jobs for Your Personality

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

Jobs in " is Work Group: Law Clerks; Title Exam-
iners, Abstractors, and Searchers.
Skills: Writing; Active Listening; Spea k ing;
Time Management; Reading Comprehension;
Monitoring.
Education and Training Program: Legal Assistant/
Paralegal Training. Related Knowledge/Courses:
Clerical Practices; Law and Government; Computers
and Electronics; Personnel and Human Resources;
English Language; Customer and Personal Service.
Work Env ironment : Indoors; sitting; repetitive
motions.

Pharmacy Technicians

! Personality Code: CR
! Education/Training Required: Moderate-
term on-the-job training
! Annual Earnings: $26,720
! Beginning Wage: $18,520
! Earnings Growth Potential: Low
! Growth: 32.0%
! Annual Job Openings: 54,453
! Self-Employed: 0.2%
! Part-Time: 20.8%

Prepare medications under the direction of a
pharmacist. May measure, mix, count out, label,
and record amounts and dosages of medications.
Receive written prescription or refi ll requests and
verify that information is complete and accurate.
Maintain proper storage and security conditions
for drugs. Answer telephones, responding to ques-
tions or requests. Fill bottles with prescribed medi-
cations and type and affi x labels. Assist customers by
answering simple questions, locating items, or refer-
ring them to the pharmacist for medication informa-
tion. Price and fi le prescriptions that have been fi lled.
Clean and help maintain equipment and work areas
and sterilize glassware according to prescribed meth-
ods. Establish and maintain patient profi les, includ-
ing lists of medications taken by individual patients.

Education and Training Program: General Offi ce
Occupations and Clerical Services. Related Knowl-
edge/Courses: Clerical Practices; Economics and
Accounting; Customer and Personal Service; Person-
nel and Human Resources; Mathematics; Comput-
ers and Electronics.
Work Env ironment : Indoors; sitting; using hands
on objects, tools, or controls.

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

! Personality Code: CIE

! Education/Training Required: Associate
degree
! Annual Earnings: $44,990


! Beginning Wage: $28,360


! Earnings Growth Potential: Medium


! Growth: 22.2%


! Annual Job Openings: 22,756


! Self-Employed: 2.2%


! Part-Time: 11.0%


Assist lawyers by researching legal precedent,
investigating facts, or preparing legal documents.
Conduct research to support a legal proceeding,
to formulate a defense, or to initiate legal action.
Prepare legal documents, including briefs, pleadings,
appeals, wills, contracts, and real estate closing state-
ments. Prepare affi davits or other documents, main-
tain document fi le, and fi le pleadings with court
clerk. Gather and analyze research data, such as stat-
utes; decisions; and legal articles, codes, and docu-
ments. Investigate facts and law of cases to determine
causes of action and to prepare cases. Call upon wit-
nesses to testify at hearing. Direct and coordinate
law offi ce activity, including delivery of subpoenas.
Arbitrate disputes between parties and assist in real
estate closing process. Keep and monitor legal vol-
umes to ensure that law library is up to date. Appraise
and inventory real and personal property for estate
planning.
GOE—Interest Area/Cluster: 12. Law and Public
Safety. Work Group: 12.03. Legal Support. Other
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