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Career Types and Clusters

The nature of work changes all the time. Ten years ago designers worked with drawing boards and stenciling facilities. Now they work with design software and databases. The latest news is that there are medical doctors working as artists. There are also artists helping to design medical facilities. It may be of your interest to know how your work skills may fit into the changing patterns. You never know, after all, your skills may help to land in a job position you have never dreamt of. Check out how careers are linked to each other.

 Career Types and Areas 

Administration and Sales

  • Employment-Related Services
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Management
  • Regulation & Protection

Business Operations

  • Communications & Records
  • Financial Transactions
  • Distribution & Dispatching
  • Transport Operation & Related
  • Agriculture, Forestry & Related
  • Computer & Information Specialties
  • Construction & Maintenance
  • Crafts & Related
  • Manufacturing & Processing
  • Mechanical & Electrical Specialties

Science and Technology

  • Engineering & Technologies
  • Natural Science & Technologies
  • Medical Technologies
  • Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
  • Social Science

Arts

  • Applied Arts (Visual)
  • Creative & Performing Arts
  • Applied Arts (Written & Spoken)

Social Service

  • Health Care
  • Education
  • Community Services
  • Personal Services

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 Career Clusters 

A career cluster is a grouping of occupations and broad industries based on commonalities in the requirement of skills and the appliction specific knowledge associated with them. The sixteen career clusters provide an organizing tool for schools, small learning communities, academies and magnet schools. Note that under every title, the items are connected to each other thus making transitions between them feasible and help career decison making. Some common career clusters:

  • Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
  • Architecture & Construction
  • Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications
  • Business, Management & Administration
  • Education & Training
  • Finance
  • Government & Public Administration
  • Health Science
  • Hospitality & Tourism
  • Human Services
  • Information Technology
  • Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
  • Manufacturing
  • Marketing, Sales & Service
  • Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
  • Transportation, Distribution & Logistics

Details of the internal connections within clusters can be viewed in the PDF file below.


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