Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Money and Careers

Five priorities I look for in a job:

  • Fun and Involved
  • Fair pay
  • Travel
  • A place where you can see results
  • Group work, collaboration

Skills, qualities and talents:

  • Good time management
  • Communication
  • Being unsupervised
  • Organized
  • Problem solving and investigating
  • Working well with others
  • Polite
  • Objective view points

Qualities I would like to gain and that are attractive to employers

  • More confidence
  • Better leadership
  • Improve speaking ability when presenting

Jobs I am interested in



Police Officer

This job involves looking after the New Zealand in a proactive and efficient way. You have to be responsible and be able to stay calm.

As a police officer you may need to go on foot patrols, help in emergencies, and investigate crimes and crashes as well as sudden death. You also may need to interview people, make reports, arrest criminals and give evidence in court.


As a police officer you may work shifts and you may have to work on holidays and popular days off as well as be at risk of physical and verbal abuse.

There are a range of fields in the police which officers can undertake in addition to doing patrols. These specializations include: dog handler, Armed Offenders Squad, Detective and Police Education Officer.

Police officer need to undergo 19 weeks of The Royal New Zealand Police College training and have a driver’s license. The RNZPC is north of Wellington in Paremata.

Economist

As an economist you collect, study and analyze information looking for patterns in the economy. With these patterns economists try to make predictions and with this develop polices and plans.

As an economist you have to write and deliver report and advise businesses and the government.

To be a good economist you need to have good research skills, problems solving skills and good decision skills. You also need good communication skills, project management skills and good presentation.


To be an encomiast you need a degree in some sort of finance and math, stats and philosophy are helpful. You can get an economics degree from Victoria university in Wellington.

Share broker

Share Brokers trade and sells shares and other securities through the stock exchange for clients and you need to be able to build up a customer base. You also advise clients about investment and need to have good communication skills.

As a share broker you need to need to comply with rules set in New Zealand and stay up to date on you investments and on the market rules.

As a share broker there are two specializations.  You can offer personalized advice to your clients based on your research or you can be a share broker who just makes the trades of the shares.

Too become a share broker you should have skills such as communication, sales skills, computer knowledge and analytical skills. You also need to have good judgement and be able to work in a time and keep information private.
As a share broker you need English and Math credits, you also need a “National Certificate in Financial Services” as well as various certificates and approval from various organizations like the NZX and the FMA.

You can get a “National Certificate in Financial Services” from Open Polytechnic and WELTEC.


References
Create beautiful, professional resumes in minutes, free. (n.d.). CV Maker. Retrieved from https://cvmkr.com/
Economist - Careers New Zealand. (n.d.). Careers New Zealand. Retrieved from http://www.careers.govt.nz/default.aspx?id0=103
Police Officer - Summary. (n.d.). Careers New Zealand. Retrieved from http://www.careers.govt.nz/default.aspx?id0=103
Rose, R., Schwerdt, B., & Jorgensen, M. (2005, March). The ultimate resume guide. SEEK. Retrieved August, from http://www.seek.co.nz/jobs-resources/get-your-dream-job/resume-guide
Sharebroker - Careers New Zealand. (n.d.). Sharebroker - Summary - Careers New Zealand. Retrieved from http://www.careers.govt.nz/default.aspx?id0=103&id1=J33131


 

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