1. Name of your career. FBI Special Agent 2. Name the college degree(s) you must have (or could be helpful to have) to achieve this career goal. Must have a four-year degree from a college or university accredited by one of the regional or national institutional associations recognized by the U.S.A Secretary of Education. 3. How many years of college does it take to earn the degree(s)?it takes four years of college. 4. Name 3 colleges you could attend locally to achieve or begin to achieve this career goal? (include the college’s web addresses)Georgia Tech,http://www.gatech.edu/ UGA, http://www.uga.edu/ FSU, http://www.fsu.edu/ 5. What training must you obtain to be able to begin this career (police academy, etc)? FBI academy in Quantico, Virginia. 6. How many hours/weeks of this training are required as a minimum?850 hours and 20 weeks. 7. Name three local academies you could go to and how many hours/weeks each requires for graduation. 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.Seeing new things, riding in the car FBI cars, trying to catch bad people, and doing cool FBI things, and getting to go to Washington, D.C. 9. Name 5 things about this career you don’t think you would like. I like everything except when you have to move when you are hired. 10. Name 5 critical skills you need to be successful in this career.To know a Foreign Language, Intelligence Experience, 11. Which skill do you believe is the MOST important? Why? Intelligence because you need intelligence for all jobs. 12. What type of training/degrees must you obtain to “move up the ladder” in this career (promotions etc.)? Bachelors Degree, or some sort of college dgree. 13. Name 3 traits you have that would make this career a good fit for you. Exiting, Fun, and Well paying 14. What is the average annual pay for a career like this? Translate that to hourly pay. $53,792 - $106179 15. How can you move up the pay scale in this career? More experience 16. What type of hours will you have to work? Would there be any travel involved? Night or day shifts and may travel a lot. 17. Is this career one that is growing in the U.S.? yes 18. Name 3 careers that go hand-in-hand with the one you have selected. Us Marshall, detective, police. 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? (answer should be 2 or more paragraphs long) I am not sure at this point I will pursue being a FBI Agent. It is something I would like to do though. So it is on my list of jobs I would like to do.
1. Name of your career. FBI Special Agent
2. Name the college degree(s) you must have (or could be helpful to have) to achieve this career goal.
Must have a four-year degree from a college or university accredited by one of the regional or national institutional associations recognized by the U.S.A Secretary of Education.
3. How many years of college does it take to earn the degree(s)? it takes four years of college.
4. Name 3 colleges you could attend locally to achieve or begin to achieve this career goal? (include the college’s web addresses) Georgia Tech, http://www.gatech.edu/
UGA, http://www.uga.edu/ FSU, http://www.fsu.edu/
5. What training must you obtain to be able to begin this career (police academy, etc)?
FBI academy in Quantico, Virginia.
6. How many hours/weeks of this training are required as a minimum? 850 hours and 20 weeks.
7. Name three local academies you could go to and how many hours/weeks each requires for graduation.
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. Seeing new things, riding in the car FBI cars, trying to catch bad people, and doing cool FBI things, and getting to go to Washington, D.C.
9. Name 5 things about this career you don’t think you would like. I like everything except when you have to move when you are hired.
10. Name 5 critical skills you need to be successful in this career. To know a Foreign Language, Intelligence Experience,
11. Which skill do you believe is the MOST important? Why? Intelligence because you need intelligence for all jobs.
12. What type of training/degrees must you obtain to “move up the ladder” in this career (promotions etc.)?
Bachelors Degree, or some sort of college dgree.
13. Name 3 traits you have that would make this career a good fit for you.
Exiting, Fun, and Well paying
14. What is the average annual pay for a career like this? Translate that to hourly pay.
$53,792 - $106179
15. How can you move up the pay scale in this career?
More experience
16. What type of hours will you have to work? Would there be any travel involved?
Night or day shifts and may travel a lot.
17. Is this career one that is growing in the U.S.? yes
18. Name 3 careers that go hand-in-hand with the one you have selected. Us Marshall, detective, police.
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? (answer should be 2 or more paragraphs long) I am not sure at this point I will pursue being a FBI Agent. It is something I would like to do though. So it is on my list of jobs I would like to do.