Name of your career. Private Investigator 2. Name the college degree(s) you must have (or could be helpful to have) to achieve this career goal. It would be helpful to take a Criminal Justice class. But you do not need an actual degree to be a PI. 3. How many years of college does it take to earn the degree(s)? The more training you can get is recommended. So a 2-4 year college is also recommended. 4. Name 3 colleges you could attend locally to achieve or begin to achieve this career goal? (Include the college’s web addresses) Local web addresses that could be attended would be; The DeVry College, Westwood College, and the University of Phoenix.http://www.criminaljusticedegreesguide.com/state/georgia.html 5. What training must you obtain to be able to begin this career (police academy, etc)? You would not need any training except for in California. But you could train in Criminal Justice so you will have some training in school. 6. How many hours/weeks of this training are required as a minimum? No hours of training are REQUIRED. 7. Name three local academies you could go to and how many hours/weeks each requires for graduation. You can take a Masters academy class in Atlanta, there is a private detective class in Atlanta, and there is a security officer class in Atlanta also. You do not need to attend these classes unless you want to carry a weapon or have a firearms license. Include the possible cost of attending and entry requirements. If your career is federal (FBI, US Marshal), find the federal academy you must attend and give its requirements for entry and graduation. 8. Name 5 activities of interest to you that someone in this career does on a regular basis. They are willing to take time out of the weekends and at nights to creep on people’s business to find out information about the case. They also can get some serious cases with crazy people witch must take extreme caution and they also are able to they also work 12 to 15 hours a day on a case. The idea of doing surveillance on a person is interesting to me. And the fact that you are trying to be sneaky for months at a time on a single case is exciting. 9. Name 5 things about this career you don’t think you would like. I would not like to be standing on my feet for many hours of the day. I would not like the fact that I would have to give up the whole weekend. I would also not like the fact that you would have to stay in a particular place for hours at a time and you would have to follow people around. 10. Name 5 critical skills you need to be successful in this career. You need to be able to be sneaky. You also need to be very careful when it comes to serving people. You need to be able to speak loud and clearly in front of people. You should also know how to type a document very professionally. You should also be able to be able to be a good driver and be able to stay on your feet for a long period of times. 11. Which skill do you believe is the MOST important? Why? I believe that being sneaky is the most important because if you are not sneaky, then you are technically not being a “private investigator” you are just being an investigator. You have to be sneaky because if you are not you could just blow your cover completely. 12. What type of training/degrees must you obtain to “move up the ladder” in this career (promotions etc.)? You do not need any training specifically but you would want to take some criminal justice courses so you can get familiar with the law, or you could take a police academy. That would also help. 13. Name 3 traits you have that would make this career a good fit for you. I am very quiet. This is good if you want to be sneaky. I am short which could make it easy to hide. And I am very easy to hide.14. What is the average annual pay for a career like this? Translate that to hourly pay.
Entry Wage
$10.27
$21,350
Median Wage
$15.06
$31,310
Experienced Wage
$20.51
$42,660
15. How can you move up the pay scale in this career? The more experienced you are, the more you get paid by the hour. 16. What type of hours will you have to work? Would there be any travel involved? You would have to work the weekends, the nights, and daytime, and yes, there would be a lot of traveling done. 17. Is this career one that is growing in the U.S.? Yes it a growing career. 18. Name 3 careers that go hand-in-hand with the one you have selected. Police officer, attorney, and a county sheriff.
Summary: Based on what you discovered about this career, is it still one you think you would like to pursue? why did you answer this way and what do you expect to get out of this career.
I think i would like to persue this career. The idea of Private Investigating just interests me. I would really enjoy to work with people on spying on the, and stuff. I would like to follow people around and see how they live on a day to day basis. I wouldnt like the fact that you dont get paid alot of money but you can always work up from there. I would like to be a chef, but i would like to do private investigation in the spare time too. I think i would expect to become more literate while Working this job because you would have to grow a very big vocabulary. I think i would also to expect to get a big salary out of this career. I mean you are trying to find out something about another person by being very sneeky. So i do tyhink you would want to have a big salary.
Private Investigator
2. Name the college degree(s) you must have (or could be helpful to have) to achieve this career goal.
It would be helpful to take a Criminal Justice class. But you do not need an actual degree to be a PI.
3. How many years of college does it take to earn the degree(s)?
The more training you can get is recommended. So a 2-4 year college is also recommended.
4. Name 3 colleges you could attend locally to achieve or begin to achieve this career goal? (Include the college’s web addresses)
Local web addresses that could be attended would be; The DeVry College, Westwood College, and the University of Phoenix. http://www.criminaljusticedegreesguide.com/state/georgia.html
5. What training must you obtain to be able to begin this career (police academy, etc)?
You would not need any training except for in California. But you could train in Criminal Justice so you will have some training in school.
6. How many hours/weeks of this training are required as a minimum?
No hours of training are REQUIRED.
7. Name three local academies you could go to and how many hours/weeks each requires for graduation.
You can take a Masters academy class in Atlanta, there is a private detective class in Atlanta, and there is a security officer class in Atlanta also. You do not need to attend these classes unless you want to carry a weapon or have a firearms license.
Include the possible cost of attending and entry requirements.
If your career is federal (FBI, US Marshal), find the federal academy you must attend and give its requirements for entry and graduation.
8. Name 5 activities of interest to you that someone in this career does on a regular basis.
They are willing to take time out of the weekends and at nights to creep on people’s business to find out information about the case. They also can get some serious cases with crazy people witch must take extreme caution and they also are able to they also work 12 to 15 hours a day on a case. The idea of doing surveillance on a person is interesting to me. And the fact that you are trying to be sneaky for months at a time on a single case is exciting.
9. Name 5 things about this career you don’t think you would like.
I would not like to be standing on my feet for many hours of the day. I would not like the fact that I would have to give up the whole weekend. I would also not like the fact that you would have to stay in a particular place for hours at a time and you would have to follow people around.
10. Name 5 critical skills you need to be successful in this career.
You need to be able to be sneaky. You also need to be very careful when it comes to serving people. You need to be able to speak loud and clearly in front of people. You should also know how to type a document very professionally. You should also be able to be able to be a good driver and be able to stay on your feet for a long period of times.
11. Which skill do you believe is the MOST important? Why?
I believe that being sneaky is the most important because if you are not sneaky, then you are technically not being a “private investigator” you are just being an investigator. You have to be sneaky because if you are not you could just blow your cover completely.
12. What type of training/degrees must you obtain to “move up the ladder” in this career (promotions etc.)?
You do not need any training specifically but you would want to take some criminal justice courses so you can get familiar with the law, or you could take a police academy. That would also help.
13. Name 3 traits you have that would make this career a good fit for you.
I am very quiet. This is good if you want to be sneaky. I am short which could make it easy to hide. And I am very easy to hide.
15. How can you move up the pay scale in this career?
The more experienced you are, the more you get paid by the hour.
16. What type of hours will you have to work? Would there be any travel involved?
You would have to work the weekends, the nights, and daytime, and yes, there would be a lot of traveling done.
17. Is this career one that is growing in the U.S.?
Yes it a growing career.
18. Name 3 careers that go hand-in-hand with the one you have selected.
Police officer, attorney, and a county sheriff.
Summary: Based on what you discovered about this career, is it still one you think you would like to pursue? why did you answer this way and what do you expect to get out of this career.
I think i would like to persue this career. The idea of Private Investigating just interests me. I would really enjoy to work with people on spying on the, and stuff. I would like to follow people around and see how they live on a day to day basis. I wouldnt like the fact that you dont get paid alot of money but you can always work up from there. I would like to be a chef, but i would like to do private investigation in the spare time too. I think i would expect to become more literate while Working this job because you would have to grow a very big vocabulary. I think i would also to expect to get a big salary out of this career. I mean you are trying to find out something about another person by being very sneeky. So i do tyhink you would want to have a big salary.