BIRKMAN TEST

BY: PARKER WEBER

TEST RESULTS - RED

People with red Interests like:

• hands-on / problem solving job responsibilities

• Building, implementing, organizing, producing, and delegating.

• Leads to work in manufacturing, managing, directing, small business owning, and surgery.

TEST RESULTS - YELLOW

People with yellow interests:

• Perform their job orderly and planned to meet a known schedule.

• Prefer to work where things get done with a minimum of interpretation and unexpected change.

• They are orderly, cautious, structured, loyal, systematic, solitary, methodical, and organized.

AEROSPACE ENGINEER

Aerospace Engineers:

• examine, analyze, design, produce, and make up

aircraft, spacecraft, high-altitude vehicles, missiles.

• Spend roughly 70% of their work time in a lab, at a computer, and assembling reports than doing anything else.

QUALITY OF LIFE

• Two Years Out: Junior members of research staff are swamped with work, both in the lab and in offices, crunching data and organizing research.

• Five Years Out: Five-year veterans lead research teams and turn into people managers as well as project

managers. • Ten Years Out: 5% start their own aerospace

research and development firms, based on patents, contacts, and access to adequate financing.

FACTS ON AEROSPACE• 55OOO members in the Aerospace Industry

• 15% female

• 85% male

• Average starting salary $39,000.00

• Average salary after 5 years $72,000.00

• Average salary after 10 to 15 years $90,000.00

PRESENT AND FUTURE

• Aerospace engineers who currently design shuttles, military aircraft, rockets, and missiles will design crafts that can land on and take off from the surfaces of other planets.

• The occupation would have a potentially limitless future

• The future of aerospace engineers is uncertain because of their heavy dependence on government funding.

FBI AGENT

FBI AGENTS

• Investigate people suspected of violating federal law, including serial killers, kidnappers, bank robbers,

bombers, and perpetrators of mail fraud. • Agents research and gather evidence on suspected

criminals. They have duties which include surveillance, transcription, research, coordination with local

authorities, and report-writing.

A DAY IN THE LIFE

• Most agents work by themselves or, if necessary, in pairs.

• They often travel for long periods. • The project-based nature of this career may keep it

exciting, but the uncertainty of it can lead to frustration.• Must be a United States citizen between twenty-three

and thirty-seven years of age• Five entry programs: Law, Accounting, Science,

Language, and Diversified.

TWO YEARSTWO YEARS: : • Paired with experienced agents in a specific division. Paired with experienced agents in a specific division. • work involves travel, investigation, surveillance, and report-writing. work involves travel, investigation, surveillance, and report-writing.

FIVE YEARSFIVE YEARS::• Have worked with a number of other government agencies on cases.Have worked with a number of other government agencies on cases.• Hours decrease, pay increases, and satisfaction levels are high. Hours decrease, pay increases, and satisfaction levels are high.

TEN YEARSTEN YEARS::• Most agents are still driven by the same motivations that encouraged Most agents are still driven by the same motivations that encouraged

them to enter the profession.them to enter the profession.• Those who show talent in organization and management move into Those who show talent in organization and management move into

assistant directorship positions on a local level assistant directorship positions on a local level

• Few return to Quantico at this point as instructors, trainers, and educators Few return to Quantico at this point as instructors, trainers, and educators

for the FBI training program.for the FBI training program.

FACTS• Number of people in profession: 10,300Number of people in profession: 10,300

• Female: 30%Female: 30%

• Male: 70%Male: 70%

• Average hours per week: 45Average hours per week: 45

• Average starting salary: $31,200.00Average starting salary: $31,200.00

• Average salary after 5 years: $44,300.00Average salary after 5 years: $44,300.00

• Average salary after 10 to 15 years: $52,400.00Average salary after 10 to 15 years: $52,400.00

Architect

• Beginning architects research zoning, building codes, and legal filings, draft plans from others’ designs, and build models at the side of a more experienced architect.

• Spend more time selling their ideas than designing.• A successful architect needs talent, practical,

interpersonal, and organizational skills, and most of all, patience.

• Need a five-year Bachelor of Architecture program, an affiliated two-year Master of Architecture program, or, for those whose undergraduate degrees were in a field unassociated with architecture, a three- to four-year

Master of Architecture program

QUALITY OF LIFETWO YEARSTWO YEARS::• Work as interns or research assistants to established architects, with Work as interns or research assistants to established architects, with

salaries in the low $20,000 range. salaries in the low $20,000 range. • They research zoning regulations, working with subcontractors, and They research zoning regulations, working with subcontractors, and

drafting plans, either manually or with computer assistance. drafting plans, either manually or with computer assistance. FIVE YEARSFIVE YEARS::• Get a chance to design parts of a building (a bathroom, a closet). Others Get a chance to design parts of a building (a bathroom, a closet). Others

are given areas of responsibility (lighting, heating, air conditioning). are given areas of responsibility (lighting, heating, air conditioning).

• Hours increase with responsibility, and another 20 percent decide to Hours increase with responsibility, and another 20 percent decide to leave the occupation, based on either frustration with the slow degree of leave the occupation, based on either frustration with the slow degree of

advancementadvancement TEN YEARSTEN YEARS: :

• Are competent designers and coordinators, able to recruit business, Are competent designers and coordinators, able to recruit business, successfully communicate with clients, and distinguish themselves successfully communicate with clients, and distinguish themselves

professionally.professionally. • They’ve become supervisors and teachers to newer entrants to the They’ve become supervisors and teachers to newer entrants to the

profession.profession.

FACTS• Amount of people in profession: 91000Amount of people in profession: 91000

• Female: 20%Female: 20%

• Male: 80%Male: 80%

• Average hours per week: 45Average hours per week: 45

• Average starting salary: $24,700.00Average starting salary: $24,700.00

• Average salary after 5 years: $38,900.00Average salary after 5 years: $38,900.00

• Average salary after 10 to 15 years: $80,000.00Average salary after 10 to 15 years: $80,000.00