What are three roadblocks to choosing a nontraditional career?


What would be three benefits to choosing a nontraditional career?


What should you do if you are interested in a non-traditional career for yourself?


The Career Spotlight in our LiveLesson was about veterinary technicians. Would this be a non-traditional career for men or for women?

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  1. What are three roadblocks to choosing a nontraditional career? (3 points)
    - Finding mentors/role models- Gaining support from family/friends
    - Identifying and Reacing to Discrimination/harassment
    5. What would be three benefits to choosing a nontraditional career? (3 points)
    - Salary and Economic self-sufficiency
    - Broader job/advancement opportunities- Job satisfaction
    6. What non-traditional career would you be most interested in and why? (2 points)
    - Career in the field of teaching. Though most people are referring teaching to a woman's work, teaching does not dictates gender.

    7. What should you do if you are interested in a non-traditional career for yourself? (2 points)
    - The best way to determine whether you really want to purse the career is to gather as much information as possible — and gain experience wherever possible. 

    8. The Career Spotlight in our LiveLesson was about veterinary technicians. Would this be a non-traditional career for men or for women? (1 point)
    - Veterinary technicians are for men.