Acupuncture

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Duties and Responsibilities:  An acupuncturist is a complementary health practitioner who takes a holistic approach to the maintenance of health and the management of disease, with a focus on improving overall well being. Treating by inserting fine needles into the skin at particular locations to stimulate the energy flow along meridians (energy channels) and the body's own healing response.

Salary: An acupuncturist’s salary ranges between $75,000 and $80,000 each year.

Education: You will need the equivalent of a Bachelor’s degree to begin a career and start earning as an acupuncturist in a regionally accredited college or university.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Personally, I wouldn't like to be acupuncturists.

Why? Why not? Because I don’t like the job in general, I wouldn't like to work with needles.