Why I Want To Become A Homicide Detective Or Orthodontist?
Homicide Detective and Orthodontist Ever since I was just a young girl I have always dreamed about becoming a Zoo keeper, but now that I am a junior in Highschool I have started looking into good realistic options for myself and my feature. Two careers that have really Interested in the last couple of years would have to be a Homicide Detective or an Orthodontist. My first choice in life when I was younger was becoming an Orthodontist. The main reason why I wanted to become an Orthodontist was to help patients feel confident about their smiles. As I got a little older I started to watch some crime scene investigation shows and the local news. The local News would always inform the citizens of the valley about the local crimes. The topic always seemed to Interests me so I would go on my own and research more about the investigation online. I would read about how they would start hiring Detectives to help investigate the cases. I would follow up on the case until the case has been closed and read how they determined the guilty suspect. Although becoming an Orthodontist would be a great and interesting career to study, with the research
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I have done I am sure that becoming a Detective would suit me best.
The daily lifestyle for a Detective usually starts by arriving to work around 6 or 7 am. Around 7:15am you will have a group meeting about any current investigations and upcoming plans to solve the unsolved cases. If in the middle of the night any crime or suspicious activity happened it would be brought up in your morning meeting. After your morning meeting you would arrive to the crime scene and would receive a check list from your supervisor with tasks that need to be completed to get a better idea of the suspects and more information about the case. The checklist tasks could range from interviewing whiteness, getting surveillance footage, and writing search warrants. Around lunch you will have another meeting with other Detectives around the city and police officers regarding the case and discussing the case while trying to put together evidence to help solve this case. You will usually have another meeting right before you leave for the day. You will have a total of three meeting a day regarding your evidence and data you have received for the day. The average Detective works full time about 8-9 hours a day or more and is on call most of the time. Salary for a Homicide Detective is around $94,600 a year.
To become a Detective in Oregon you will need to finish High school with a Diploma or GED. After you finish High School you will need to take at least four years of Criminal Justice or Law enforcement at the college level if not more, addition training is required. Training is located usually at your local police station. Training can take up to 3-5 years depending on how quickly you can pick up information and how motivated your are to finish training.
Another very good thing about becoming a Detective are there wages and benefits. Detectives get up to eleven paid holidays and up to thirteen paid sick days or vacation days. Sick days or vacation days may accumulate over the time of your career. You will never have to pay for your uniform or equipment unless you damage something very important. All the materials you will need like a car, camera, walkie-talkie, etc will be available to bower from your station. Life insurance, Dental, and Vision is also included in your benefits so you are protected under any circumstances.
The bureau expects 3,500 jobs for Detectives and Criminal Investigations to be added between 2010-2020, that is a 3% growth. Detectives usually start out with a pay of $26.00 and can accumulate over time to about $36.00 an hour. When being paid over time for a Detective is usually approximately $13.00 for your minimum starting pay, this can accumulate your overtime pay by staying with the company and being a good employee. Over time is around $13.00 you are getting paid on top of your Regular pay for example ( $26.00+$13.00=$39.00 an hour). There are about 30,000 positions in the United States and there are about 1,000 openings a year, this does not including the self employed Detectives just the ones that work through the government. Becoming a Detective can be a very difficult career to get into if you are not 100% motivated, but it's a risk I am will to take.
A lot of people may argue that since the Detective career only expanded 3% in the next ten years that the Dentistry/Orthodontist career would be a much better choice for me, in just ten years the Orthodontist career is growing by 16%.
Becoming an Orthodontist takes a lot of time,money, and effort. The schooling it takes to become an Orthodontist is almost ten years or more, and can cost up to more than $110,084 just for schooling. With schooling, I would have to switch schools at least twice to get all the classes and training completed. Orthodontists have more likely a chance at committing suicide by 5.45%. Most Orthodontist says because they do the same thing daily and from bending over they can get severe back pain. Even tho this is a great career you have to be in good physical Health and a very positive state of
mind.
Training to become an Orthodontist is very difficult and stressful. This career takes about ten years of schooling. You will need to get your High school diploma or a GED, after that you must complete a bachelor's degree that takes up to a good four years at the college level. Once you complete your bachelor degree you need to apply and be accepted into another four year Dental school causing you to switch locations probably out of state. After you have passed the four years of dental school you can sign up for an Orthodontic graduate program. This specializes in oral surgery, prosthodontics, and orthodontics. This is a very hard program to be accepted in. Many applicants have applied multiple times and have not been accepted. This program requires you to be in a lab from 5am-8pm and be working on patients and expanding your skills.
Although the schooling may seem overwhelming and expensive. Orthodontist do have great benefits. More than half Orthodontist get paid $207,000 a year and gets about $17,000 a month. Other benefits are you are getting paid holidays and paid for vacation and sick days. Vacation and sick pay can differ of years of experience and time time you have been with your company. Life insurance, dental, and vision is all included in a Orthodontists benefits.
This would be a very good career for someone who has a lot of time, money and motivation. For the next ten years (2020) the Orthodontist career is looks like it's going to expand by 16%. That is great information because the time a person would get done will all the required dental schooling it will be way past 2020. There are lots of ways to help pay for your school one is to apply for scholarships. If only they give you $1,000 that's better than nothing. With this career I will keep an open mind and still debate if this is the right path to my feature.
Which career is best for me? I personally think after researching both careers I am positive I know that the Detective/law enforcement would definitely be a better career choice for me. Although becoming an Orthodontist dose take more time they do make more money in the end it would be worth it. But I don't think I could afford the schooling and getting through ten years of college. I understand the chances of applicants getting accepted into becoming a Detective in the law force field but I ready to test my skills and explore something that I have a very passionate interests for.
I have done I am sure that becoming a Detective would suit me best.
The daily lifestyle for a Detective usually starts by arriving to work around 6 or 7 am. Around 7:15am you will have a group meeting about any current investigations and upcoming plans to solve the unsolved cases. If in the middle of the night any crime or suspicious activity happened it would be brought up in your morning meeting. After your morning meeting you would arrive to the crime scene and would receive a check list from your supervisor with tasks that need to be completed to get a better idea of the suspects and more information about the case. The checklist tasks could range from interviewing whiteness, getting surveillance footage, and writing search warrants. Around lunch you will have another meeting with other Detectives around the city and police officers regarding the case and discussing the case while trying to put together evidence to help solve this case. You will usually have another meeting right before you leave for the day. You will have a total of three meeting a day regarding your evidence and data you have received for the day. The average Detective works full time about 8-9 hours a day or more and is on call most of the time. Salary for a Homicide Detective is around $94,600 a year.
To become a Detective in Oregon you will need to finish High school with a Diploma or GED. After you finish High School you will need to take at least four years of Criminal Justice or Law enforcement at the college level if not more, addition training is required. Training is located usually at your local police station. Training can take up to 3-5 years depending on how quickly you can pick up information and how motivated your are to finish training.
Another very good thing about becoming a Detective are there wages and benefits. Detectives get up to eleven paid holidays and up to thirteen paid sick days or vacation days. Sick days or vacation days may accumulate over the time of your career. You will never have to pay for your uniform or equipment unless you damage something very important. All the materials you will need like a car, camera, walkie-talkie, etc will be available to bower from your station. Life insurance, Dental, and Vision is also included in your benefits so you are protected under any circumstances.
The bureau expects 3,500 jobs for Detectives and Criminal Investigations to be added between 2010-2020, that is a 3% growth. Detectives usually start out with a pay of $26.00 and can accumulate over time to about $36.00 an hour. When being paid over time for a Detective is usually approximately $13.00 for your minimum starting pay, this can accumulate your overtime pay by staying with the company and being a good employee. Over time is around $13.00 you are getting paid on top of your Regular pay for example ( $26.00+$13.00=$39.00 an hour). There are about 30,000 positions in the United States and there are about 1,000 openings a year, this does not including the self employed Detectives just the ones that work through the government. Becoming a Detective can be a very difficult career to get into if you are not 100% motivated, but it's a risk I am will to take.
A lot of people may argue that since the Detective career only expanded 3% in the next ten years that the Dentistry/Orthodontist career would be a much better choice for me, in just ten years the Orthodontist career is growing by 16%.
Becoming an Orthodontist takes a lot of time,money, and effort. The schooling it takes to become an Orthodontist is almost ten years or more, and can cost up to more than $110,084 just for schooling. With schooling, I would have to switch schools at least twice to get all the classes and training completed. Orthodontists have more likely a chance at committing suicide by 5.45%. Most Orthodontist says because they do the same thing daily and from bending over they can get severe back pain. Even tho this is a great career you have to be in good physical Health and a very positive state of
mind.
Training to become an Orthodontist is very difficult and stressful. This career takes about ten years of schooling. You will need to get your High school diploma or a GED, after that you must complete a bachelor's degree that takes up to a good four years at the college level. Once you complete your bachelor degree you need to apply and be accepted into another four year Dental school causing you to switch locations probably out of state. After you have passed the four years of dental school you can sign up for an Orthodontic graduate program. This specializes in oral surgery, prosthodontics, and orthodontics. This is a very hard program to be accepted in. Many applicants have applied multiple times and have not been accepted. This program requires you to be in a lab from 5am-8pm and be working on patients and expanding your skills.
Although the schooling may seem overwhelming and expensive. Orthodontist do have great benefits. More than half Orthodontist get paid $207,000 a year and gets about $17,000 a month. Other benefits are you are getting paid holidays and paid for vacation and sick days. Vacation and sick pay can differ of years of experience and time time you have been with your company. Life insurance, dental, and vision is all included in a Orthodontists benefits.
This would be a very good career for someone who has a lot of time, money and motivation. For the next ten years (2020) the Orthodontist career is looks like it's going to expand by 16%. That is great information because the time a person would get done will all the required dental schooling it will be way past 2020. There are lots of ways to help pay for your school one is to apply for scholarships. If only they give you $1,000 that's better than nothing. With this career I will keep an open mind and still debate if this is the right path to my feature.
Which career is best for me? I personally think after researching both careers I am positive I know that the Detective/law enforcement would definitely be a better career choice for me. Although becoming an Orthodontist dose take more time they do make more money in the end it would be worth it. But I don't think I could afford the schooling and getting through ten years of college. I understand the chances of applicants getting accepted into becoming a Detective in the law force field but I ready to test my skills and explore something that I have a very passionate interests for.