Topic for Descriptive Essay:
a. Choose one of the two job specialties that you wwrote about in your first essay. Describe facts and characteristics about that most preferred job. You must have an Introduction and a Conclusion.
b. Select 4 – 5 of the categories, listed below. (Select five categories, if you have insufficient detail for an overall length of six pages.)
c. Cite Four career-related Web sources in this section of your essay.
d. Provide an APA Reference for each of 4 career-related Internet sources that you cited. Under each Reference write an annotation with an evaluation of the source identified in the Reference. See below for an explanation of annotated References.
e. Use at least two of the career sites for which links are provided in this handout, such as the Occupational Outlook Handbook, and O*net Online. Use Web sites published by professional associations or other organizations for the remaining two References.
(1) Duties & Tasks (2) Training & Skills
(3) Work Style & Conditions (4) Paths of Advancement or Promotion
(5) Employment & Wage Outlook (6) Continuing Education
Remember:
-The Descriptive Essay should be 6 - 7 pages, including your title page, and annotated References on the last two pages.
-A Descriptive Essay that is only 4-5 pages in length doesn't have enough detail. You may need to add a fifth category of facts about your preferred job, if the overall length of your essay is less than six pages.
An annotation is a single paragraph of several sentences under a Reference. The annotation
summarizes briefly the content of the source, which you have identified in your Reference. Use
at least two of the following criteria to evaluate each of your four Internet sources in the
annotations:
(1) Accuracy (2) Authoritativeness (3) Objectivity (4) Coverage (5) Currency
