Business and management
Business instructor
The jobs that I would consider picking in this case would have to be Business instructor: $47,000, Training & development specialist: $51,000, Compensation & benefits specialist: $47,000, Employee relations specialist: $58,000, Payroll specialist: $51,000. There are a number of reasons as to why these jobs come into consideration.
The salaries that are allocated to these jobs play a very important role in this selection. In the year 2006, the annual household income was at $50,000. This number has considerably gone up over the years. However, this means that by selecting these jobs, then the need to look for substitution income will considerable go low. This is also because a considerable number of Americans have to work two or more jobs in order to maintain an average American house hold. This range of jobs would ensure sufficient income to sustain the basics (Pearl, 1988).
The fact that these jobs can efficiently cater for an average lifestyle means that there is no need to put in more hours by working other jobs (Baron, 1994). This means that there is sufficient time to live a social life including interacting with loved ones and society. If spend wisely such a salary would ensure that there is also a little left that can be spent on the social life.
The nature of these jobs is that they are unique. This means that the probability of keeping such a job is increased (Garnham & Oakhill, 1999). This is because these jobs are not among the common jobs that are popular in the country. These jobs deal with numbers thus are limited to persons with an interest in numbers. The less common a career, the less likely that people will venture into that particular field. This means that unlike an individual in the marketing field, an individual in these particular jobs is not only likely to get a job but also to maintain it.
The information gathered as far as these particular jobs are concerned played a very important role in influencing my decision. Information is knowledge and one would rather go towards something that they are more familiar with. Good research on the internet as well as other sources is sufficient to provide information including the average income expected from each job as well as the requirements that the jobs need as well as those that one is to expect in choosing that particular job.
Fear of the unknown also plays a very important role in influencing the choices. This is in terms of the incomes that come with these particular jobs. What is evident is the fact that despite the unsteady economy and the fluctuating of dollar, the average income of the respecting jobs does not greatly decline (Galotti, 2002). This means that there is some sense of security as far as the salaries are concerned. In this case, the odds of receiving a salary decrease are greatly reduced.
The final reason of choosing this group of jobs lays in the risk factor (Moore, 2005). In essence there is an element of playing safe when choosing these particular jobs. An unsecure economy means that there are a lot of people being retrenched. These jobs ensure that one is not at the bottom of the food chair where they are likely to be sucked along with many others, but rather at a comfortable middle position that is likely to escape the proverbial axe.
References
Pearl, J. (1988). Probabilistic reasoning in intelligent systems: Networks of plausible inference. San Mateo, Calif: Kaufmann.
Baron, J. (1994). Thinking and deciding. Cambridge [England: Cambridge University Press.
Garnham, A., & Oakhill, J. (1999). Thinking and reasoning. Oxford [u.a.: Blackwell.
Galotti, K. M. (2002). Making decisions that matter: How people face important life choices. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Moore, D. A. (2005). Conflicts of interest: Challenges and solutions in business, law, medicine, and public policy. Cambridge [u.a.: Cambridge Univ. Press.
