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Career Pathways

The State of Michigan has developed the Michigan Career Pathways as a means to assist students and parents with valuable information to make wise decisions concerning the student's future.  Some of the information these Career Pathways provide are traits and characteristics of each pathway along with career options at different education levels within a pathway.  For additional information concerning career information, please contact your child's counselor or the Career Prep Coordinator.
 
   

Arts & Communication Pathway

Character Traits

    
Careers in this pathway are related to the humanities and performing, visual, literary, and media arts.  These include architecture; graphic, interior, and fashion design; writing; film; fine arts; journalism; languages; media; advertising; and public relations.   Are you a creative thinker? Are you imaginative, innovative, and original?  Do you like to communicate ideas?  Do you like making crafts, drawing, or playing a musical instrument, taking photos, or writing stories?    
   
Business, Management, Marketing & Technology Pathway

Character Traits

    
Careers in this path are related to the business environment.  These include entrepreneur, sales, marketing, computer/information systems, finance, accounting, personnel, economics, and management.   Do you enjoy being a leader, organizing people, planning activities, and talking?  Do you like to work with numbers or ideas?  Do you enjoy carrying through with an idea and seeing the end product?  Do you like things neat and orderly?  Would you enjoy balancing a checkbook, following the stock market or holding an office?     
  Engineering, Manufacturing & Industrial Technology Pathway

Character Traits

    
  Careers in this path are related to technologies necessary to design, develop, install, and maintain physical systems.  These include engineering, manufacturing, construction, service, and related technologies.   Are you mechanically inclined and practical?  Do you like reading diagrams and blueprints, and drawing building structures?  Are you curious about how things work?  Would you enjoy painting a house, repairing cars, wiring electrical circuits, or woodworking?    
 
   
  Health Sciences Pathway

Character Traits

    
  Careers in this path are related to the promotion of health and treatment of disease.  These include research, prevention, treatment, and related health technologies.   Do you like to care for people or animals who are sick or help them to stay well?  Are you interested in diseases and in how the body works?  Do you enjoy reading about science and medicine?  Would it be fun to learn first aid or volunteer at a hospital or veterinary clinic?    
 
   
  Human Services Pathway

Character Traits

    
  Careers in this path are related to economic, political, and social systems.  These include education, government, law and law enforcement, leisure and recreation, military, religion, child care, social services, and personal services.   Are you friendly, open, understanding, and cooperative?  Do you like to work with people to solve problems?  Is it important to you to do something that makes things better for other people?  Do you like to help friends with family problems?  Do you like reading, storytelling, traveling, or tutoring young children?    
 
   
  Natural Resources & Agri-Science Pathway

Character Traits

    
  Careers in this path are related to agriculture, the environment, and natural resources.  These include agricultural sciences, earth sciences, environmental sciences, fisheries, forestry, horticulture, and wildlife.   Are you a nature lover?  Are you practical, curious about the physical world, and interested in plants and animals?  Do you enjoy hunting or fishing?  Do you like to garden or mow the lawn?  Are you interested in protecting the environment?    
 
   
     

       Used by courtesy of the Michigan Department
 of Career Development