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What will your future be?

What will your future be?. Career Specialist Bridget Mondt. The Future for OC Students is Global… How does this change effect students?. The Times They are a Changin’ Today’s Student Today’s Environment –Global and Local. Farm Workers. Factory Workers. Schools Today.

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What will your future be?

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  1. What will your future be? Career Specialist Bridget Mondt

  2. The Future for OC Students is Global…How does this change effect students? • The Times They are a Changin’ • Today’s Student • Today’s Environment –Global and Local

  3. FarmWorkers FactoryWorkers Schools Today Created for the 20th Century

  4. Welcome to the 21st Century

  5. $1 Trillion Dollars Fiber Optics

  6. Beijing, Bangalore and Bethesda

  7. Life in the 70's

  8. Automation

  9. 4 Year College BA Degree

  10. For every twenty 9TH graders

  11. For every twenty 9TH graders 6 drop out

  12. For every twenty 9TH graders 6 graduates are work-bound 6 drop out

  13. For every twenty 9TH graders 6 graduates are work-bound 6 drop out 8 become college freshman

  14. For every twenty 9TH graders 6 graduates are work-bound 6 drop out 8 become college freshman 4 are college dropouts

  15. For every twenty 9TH graders 6 graduates are work-bound 6 drop out 8 become college freshman 4 are college dropouts 4 graduate from college

  16. For every twenty 9TH graders 6 graduates are work-bound 6 drop out 8 become college freshman 4 are college dropouts 4 graduate from college 2 secure high skills/high wage occupations

  17. For every twenty 9TH graders 6 graduates are work-bound 6 drop out 8 become college freshman 4 are college dropouts 4 graduate from college 2 are underemployed 2 secure high skills/high wage occupations

  18. For every twenty 9TH graders 6 graduates are work-bound 6 drop out 8 become college freshman 4 are college dropouts 4 graduate from college 2 are underemployed 2 secure high skills/high wage occupations

  19. How are we doing?

  20. For every twenty 9TH graders NOT WORKING 6 graduates are work-bound 6 drop out 8 become college freshman 4 are college dropouts 4 graduate from college 2 are underemployed 2 secure high skills/high wage occupations

  21. Post High School What’s your plan?

  22. It’s Your Life 100,000 The average lifetime includes hours at work! You’d Better LOVE what you do!

  23. 100,000hours @ work (NCDA/Gallup, 1999) Gallup Polls indicate 65% of working adults do not believe they are in the right job.

  24. Economic Independence 19 1960

  25. Economic Independence 19 Today 1960 29

  26. Average Income of Graduates Men Bachelor's degree or higher $48,400 High School Diploma or GED $29,600 Women Bachelor's degree or higher $39,500 High School Diploma or GED $23,500

  27. Orange County – Education/Training Requirements for Occupations Source: California Employment Development Dept, 2005

  28. Orange County – Education/Training Requirements for Occupations 22% Source: California Employment Development Dept, 2005

  29. Even with limited training, one can find good jobs paying a livable wage. Each of the following has many openings. • 12 months OJT or less: • Sales Representatives $59,850 • Exec. Secretaries $43,277 • Truck Drivers $38,070 • Customer Service Reps $33,665 • 12 months OJT to Associate Degree • Registered Nurse $71,927 • Computer Support $49,626 • Police and Sheriffs $65,194 • Carpenters $47,310 Yet Good 0, 1 & 2 Yr. College Jobs Exist Source: California Workforce Dept., 2007

  30. Orange Coast Community College 25% have a BA

  31. For every twenty 9TH graders 6 graduates are work-bound 6 drop out 8 become college freshman 4 are college dropouts 4 graduate from college 2 are underemployed 2 secure high skills/high wage occupations

  32. Investments Gold Stocks Bonds Real Estate

  33. Investments Diversify Gold Stocks Bonds Real Estate

  34. Invest in your Future

  35. certificate CTE 2 yr AA Interships 2 yr AA 4 yr BA Diversify

  36. Options There are many options after high school: • 2 and 4 year colleges • Technical Colleges • Corporate training programs • Apprenticeship training • Adult education • CTE/ROP • On-the-job training • Workplace experience • Intern/Apprenticeship • Military • Volunteer/Community Work • Entrepreneurship • Self-employment

  37. HOW?

  38. Understand what schools have to offer you! • Schools Mission Statement • Leadership • Counselors • Teachers • Career Center/Career Specialists • CTE/ROP

  39. Have a plan • Research • Test drive • Don’t be afraid to change

  40. “Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.” Aldous Huxley

  41. Let’s get started

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