MyGen
Profile GeneratorI'll be graduating from ODU this December with a B.S. in marine biology, minor in chemistry, and I'm interested in animal rescue. I'd love to work for the Humane Society or a similar organization in the DC area. Why DC? Well, because my husband and I lived there before we moved down here for me to finish school, and I miss it very much and want to go back.
So why animal rescue? I've always been interested in some kind of career having to do with working with animals. Recently I read two books that changed my life. One was a photo journal about the efforts of Best Friends Animal Sanctuary to help animals displaced by Hurricane Katrina. The other one was Rescued, a more encompassing book about the overall animal rescue effort immediately following Katrina.
I was in the bookstore, reading through these books. The sacrifices that the volunteers made for these animals took my breath away and sometimes brought tears to my eyes. I thought to myself, this is something I'd really love to do. Then I realized, I can do it! It seems so serendipitous -- I'm about to graduate in December, with a biology degree, and want to move back to DC, which happens to be where the headquarters of the Humane Society.
Suddenly the path ahead seems crystal-clear, with doors opening straight down all the way. This is how I know I've finally figured out the right career path for me -- everything seems suddenly illuminated. And I can't tel you what a relief it finally is to feel this way. It doesn't even bother me that I'm relatively "old" to be starting a new career. There were many people who, after working with the Katrina animals, decided that they wanted to spend the rest of their lives helping animals and switched careers mid-life. Some of these people quit their jobs to open new 503(c) non-profit organizations. Some of them were even fired from their old jobs (because of the time spent away from work while volunteering in New Orleans), but were hired by the Humane Society, Best Friends or the like to help out with their animal rescue operations! So, if they can do it, so can I. And this is definitely a career with job stability -- there will always be a need for humans to speak up on behalf of those who can't speak for themselves.
Update: I've been hired part-time by the Norfolk SPCA! They are interested in hiring me full-time after I graduate in December and say there's lots of room for advancement.
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The Mechanic
You are calm and collected, even in the most difficult of situations.
A person of action and self-direction, you love being independent.
To outsiders you seem impulsive, surprising, and unpredictable.
You are good at understanding how all things work, except for people.
You would make an excellent pilot, forensic pathologist, or athlete.
What's Your Personality Type?
ISTP is introvert, sensing, thinking, perceiving.
