Andy, a junior in high school, is considering his options for employment following graduation. His uncle, a master electrician, has suggested that Andy consider an apprenticeship with his company, in part because the occupation is considered a “bright outlook” job and it also is becoming recognized as a “green” industry. Andy’s friend, on the other hand, thinks that Andy should go to work with him at his father’s contracting business as a plaster tender. Andy quickly realizes that the choice he makes at graduation will have long-term effects on his opportunities for career advancement and lifelong income potential. Andy wants to consider many of the factors affecting this important decision, including the education and training needed to begin work, apprenticeship opportunities, licensure requirements, and wages. Assume the role of Andy’s grandfather who spent his entire career in the building trades and, in an essay of at least 150-words, compare several of the advantages and limitations associated with each career path.

Andy should look and identify his field of interest before choosing a specific career path. If she has none of preferences for his career choice then se can look for other factors to select specific career path.

Explanation:

Andy's grandfather has spend his life in building trades and he is a successful person. He thinks Andy should choose same career path as he did and he can be successful too but this is not the case. The thing can be different in this era, the preferences and nature of Andy might be different from his grand father. There are many others factors which also need to be considered as the job security, learning potential in the field, progress in career, wages and pay rise, working environment and others.

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a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.