Why Funeral Director is a good career?

Answer 1

the money is great...and you can lend a helping hand in the time of need!!!

Answer 2

Being a funeral director/embalmer is a real calling. Forget about the money: it's not that great. In Canada, you will be lucky to make about $40,000-50,000/year. That includes having to work a lot of evenings and week-ends and stat. holidays and some funeral homes still have staff answering phones at night: that means being on call 24/7. So then why do it? Job security? nah, trends are changing, people are going hi-tech with less traditional, less big fancy cars and expensive visitation, more simple non-denominational, detached from reality funeral experience. You have to learn to adapt. I work with a lot of old fashioned funeral directors and they are not all willing to change their ways. Funeral directing is a good career, but it's very demanding --- divorce rate among directors is very high and so is alcoholism-- and rewards a little. I've been in the business for many years now and I know that at the end of the day, if I helped a grieving family being able to see their dead daughter who committed suicide, or their grandfather who wasted away to nothing in a nursing home and give his back a peaceful look and his dignity, then I have helped them start the difficult project of grieving and that gives me all the reward I need.

Answer 3

This really takes a special person. I enrolled for all of this in college and had to drop out due to family circumstances. However, the pay is great, but the hours can be very, very long.
You are on call and have to work week ends. You do realize that you would also be an embalmist. I am a nurse so the human body does not bother me at all. The only problems I foresaw was babys and young people. Never the less, the career is a needy one and one that not many care for. Good luck.

Answer 4

Employment opportunities for funeral directors are expected to be good, particularly for those who also embalm. However, mortuary science graduates may have to relocate to find jobs.

Employment of funeral directors is projected to increase more slowly than the average for all occupations through the year 2014, reflecting slow growth in the death care services industry, where funeral directors are employed. The need to replace funeral directors who retire or leave the occupation for other reasons will account for more job openings than will employment growth. Funeral directors are older, on average, than workers in most other occupations and should be retiring in greater numbers between 2004 and 2014. In addition, some funeral directors leave the profession because of the long and irregular hours. Median annual earnings for funeral directors were $45,960 in May 2004. The middle 50 percent earned between $35,880 and $60,860. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $26,470 and the top 10 percent earned more than $85,910.

Salaries of funeral directors depend on the number of years of experience in funeral service, the number of services performed, the number of facilities operated, the area of the country, the size of the community, and the level of formal education. Funeral directors in large cities earn more than their counterparts in small towns and rural areas.

Answer 5

i would think it would be really depressing, but i saw this funeral director on oprah and he was actually really happy. He said he enjoyed being able to help families through a difficult time.

Answer 6

You will always have "customers" for your business as others have stated. However, one thing to consider: Even minor criminal offenses like excessive traffic tickets can get your mortician's license revoked. It is a trust issue. You pretty much have to be squeaky clean criminally to keep operating a funeral business.

Answer 7

dying will always be popular ,and if the President gets his wishes ,there is a funerals directors boom on the way

Answer 8

You get the satisfaction of helping people through their most difficult times and make really good money at the same time. Everybody wins.

Answer 9

u'll never be out of work... it's said, u r just then an unlucky person, if u start funeral business... and people will stop dying...

Answer 10

A lot of people are dying to see you!

Answer 11

You never run out of work