Whether you're a high school senior on your way to college or you're in college and trying to figure out what you want to become, we can help. Get info on applying to college in our Education section. Then take a minute to view our Dream Jobs and other career profiles. Find out what it takes to work in these jobs and see how real-life people became successful. Then use our Salary Wizard to find out how much you can expect to make. You don't have to have it all figured out right now, but when you decide to focus on your career we'll be here with all the resources you need.
Dream Job: Rodeo Clown
Rodeo clowns - who prefer to be called bullfighters - apprentice at local, small rodeos and at youth rodeo events. They may attend clown training schools, which hold training camps across the southwest and in Colorado, Montana, and Kansas - … Read more...
Dream Job: Roller Coaster Designer
Roller coasters are usually custom made. A park orders a new ride for the coming year, describing the desired features and the budget. Seko and the design director then develop a proposal for the park covering cost, design features, and … Read more...
Dream Job: Scuba Diver
The options for being a full-time diver are limited for those who don't work as an upper-level instructor, on a cruise boat, or in the Caribbean. In those scenarios, the job isn't seasonal, and the money is decent. Frei works part-time as … Read more...
Dream Job: Search and Rescue Captain
Rescue teams generally start with a profile of the person or people they're looking for, and follow established patterns of behavior to find them. Critical points are, What were they wearing? Are they familiar with the area? Do they have … Read more...
Dream Job: Sports Photographer
Salaries vary for sports photographers, who hold jobs at wire services such as Allsport, newspapers, magazines, Web sites, and sports card companies. Major publications and large newspapers pay very well, but it's not the industry norm. Read more...
Dream Job: Film Studio Executive
Studio executives live and breathe movies, day in and day out. They read scripts every night and take home as many as ten or more every Friday in a ritual known as Weekend Read. Their meals are paid for, because they dine out morning noon … Read more...
Dream Job: Trade Show Organizer
Arranging a large conference involves its share of juggling. The process begins a whopping five years in advance, when Olson secures a site for the conference. She coordinates the design of the floor plan, the pricing of the booths, … Read more...
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