By Michael Iacono

Birkman Personality Presentation

My interest color is RED

• People with red Interests like hands-on / problem solving job responsibilities and professions that involve practical, technical, and objective activities. Red Interests include: building, implementing, organizing, producing, and delegating, which often lead to work in manufacturing, managing, directing, small business owning, and surgery.

Your usual style is RED

• People with red styles prefer to perform their job responsibilities in a manner that is action-oriented and practical. They prefer to work where things happen quickly and results are seen immediately. People with red styles tend to be straightforward, assertive, logical, personable, authoritative, friendly, direct, and resourceful, and usually thrive in a self-structured, high-pressured, hierarchical, production-oriented, competitive environment. You will want to choose a work environment or career path in which your style is welcomed and produces results.

Small Business Owner

They provide 75% of the new jobs created every year, and they are responsible for 96% of all exported goods.

Ninety-nine percent of all employers are small business owners.

Before you begin selling t-shirts in Time Square or offering oranges in Orlando, you need a business plan.

Present And Future

• Throughout the years, small business owners have provided goods and services, employment, and government taxes.

• Today, over 66 percent of new businesses remained open 2 years, 49 percent at least 4 years, and 30 percent at least 6 years.

Facts & Figures

• 36% of small business are female

• 64 % of small business are male

• Average work week for a small business is 80 hours

Average salary

• Average starting salary: $20,000.00

• Average salary after 5 years: $65,000.00

• Average salary after 10 to 15 years: $97,500.00

Associated Careers

• Once they’ve been their own boss – even if it’s for a few years – some small business owners find they can’t do anything else.

• they can easily find jobs as sales associates, financial analysts, and other positions that they excelled at in their own businesses.

FBI Agent • FBI agents investigate people suspected of

violating federal law, including serial killers, kidnappers, bank robbers, bombers, and perpetrators of mail fraud.

• FBI agents have limited power to arrest and no power to punish those suspected of violating federal law.

• The project-based nature of this career may keep it exciting, but the uncertainty of it can lead to frustration

Paying Your DuesPaying Your Dues

• The FBI has five entry programs: Law, The FBI has five entry programs: Law, Accounting, Science, Language, and Accounting, Science, Language, and Diversified, and each program has its own Diversified, and each program has its own specific academic requirements.specific academic requirements.

• In addition to giving each applicant difficult In addition to giving each applicant difficult written tests and interviews, the FBI written tests and interviews, the FBI conducts intensive background checks conducts intensive background checks including criminal record checks;including criminal record checks;

Average salaryAverage salary

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

• Average starting salary: $31,200.00 Average 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: Average salary after 10 to 15 years: $52,400.00$52,400.00

• # of people in profession: 10300# of people in profession: 10300

FBI

• 30% are Female

• 70% are male • FBI agents have strict loyalty and confidentiality

obligations which make participation in general professional associations difficult.

Inventor Inventor 

• The image of Alexander Graham Bell inventing the telephone in a relatively primitive lab is firmily printed on our mind’s eye.

• Engineering and development costs have dramatically increased, and invention today more often occurs in corporate labs and research and development departments;

A Day in the life of a InventorA Day in the life of a Inventor

• In addition to being creative, successful In addition to being creative, successful inventors must also be effective inventors must also be effective businesspeople. Developing a useful product businesspeople. Developing a useful product is only the first step in the process.is only the first step in the process.

• The inventor must also be able to negotiate The inventor must also be able to negotiate a favorable licensing contract with an a favorable licensing contract with an established manufacturer or have the established manufacturer or have the wherewithal to become an entrepreneur and wherewithal to become an entrepreneur and go into the business of manufacturing his or go into the business of manufacturing his or her ideas. her ideas.

# of people in profession# of people in profession

• Male: 100% Male: 100%

• Average hours per week: 60 Average hours per week: 60 Average starting salary: Average starting salary:

• Average salary after 5 years: Average salary after 5 years:

• Average salary after 10 to 15 years:Average salary after 10 to 15 years:

Major Employers

• United States Copyright Office

• US Patent and Trademark Office

Present And Future

• Those corporations built up the large research and development staffs, which have largely displaced the role of the individual inventor. Private

• Archimedes is the first legendary engineer.