Finance

Lately in our Career Exploration class we have researched the Finance Cluster. The two careers I choose from this cluster were tellers and insurnance sales agents. These two careers were both similar and different in theri own types of ways. A big thing both careers shared was having to know a lot about customer and personal service. No one would want to buy an insurance plan with someone who didnt have a lot of social skills, or if they were always in a bad mood. Also, you want a person with good customer service as a teller so you can talk to them to cash your checks and recieve checks. They both also shared the work stlye of paying attetnion to detail. If you go to a teller to desposit a check you hope that they give you the right amount and mess it up. Tellers need to always have the exact amount of money or the result could be bad. Insurance Sales Agents also need to pay attention to detail so when soemthing goes wrong they know where their problem is. The work values relationships and independence were shard by both careers as well. Although they have their similarities, they also had some major differences. The projected growth was drastically different for the two careers. For a teller the growht was only -2% to 2%, while an insurance sales agent the growth was faster than average 20% to 28%. Another big differnece between the two was their salary. The annual wages for a teller was $24,940 while an insurance sales agent was $48,150. The insurance sales agent is alomst double then what the tellers was. Also, it is good to have a Bachelor's Degree for an insurance sales agent while only a high school diploma, or equivalent for a teller. After doing this research I concluded that I could see myself pursuing a career in finance. I love to work with money and I like the idea of working in one set spot such as a teller. Im excited to see what the future has in store for me and if I will have a career in the Finance cluster.