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High School Student Career Planning

High School Student Career Planning. Questions for Students. How many hours do you think you spend in school from grades 1-12? Why do you go to school? What are three things you are passionate about?.

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High School Student Career Planning

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  1. High School Student Career Planning

  2. Questions for Students • How many hours do you think you spend in school from grades 1-12? • Why do you go to school? • What are three things you are passionate about?

  3. Career- an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress.

  4. Career Decision Determines • How you spend most of your "awake" hours for the next 40 years? • Your opportunities for personal satisfaction and growth. • Your ability to meet your family's needs (e.g. housing, medical, college). • Your ability to eventually retire with the financial resources to enjoy it?

  5. Lifetime Value of Education

  6. http://www.npr.org/2014/02/11/275297408/going-to-college-may-cost-you-but-so-will-skipping-ithttp://www.npr.org/2014/02/11/275297408/going-to-college-may-cost-you-but-so-will-skipping-it

  7. Hours Invested

  8. How Much Income Do I Need?

  9. How Much Will A House Cost?

  10. Why Some Students Do Not Care • Easy to procrastinate. • Too scary to think about. • Too busy. No more homework! • Don’t know where to begin. • Don’t see the value.

  11. “Typical” Resources Used to Pick a Career • TV => There is a big difference between TV drama and “real life”.  • Friends => They’ll know what sounds “cool”, but unless they have proactively used the career /college tools available, they are probably not a knowledgeable source of information. • Life’s Interactions=> OK starting point, you have used the services of Dentists, Pharmacists, Teachers, etc. but… Do you really know what it is like to do their job?

  12. Best Resources to Research a Career • “Free” on-line resources • To clarify your interest/fit with various careers • To compare your personal skills/strengths against those required by various careers • To determine which careers offer the most opportunity • To develop your list of careers for consideration • To learn about the nature of work, education requirements, job outlook, earnings, etc.

  13. Better Resources to Pick a Career • Talk to People in Careers of Interest • Parent’s Friends • Friend’s Parents • Acquaintances from “Life’s Interactions” (e.g. teachers, dentists, store managers) • Career Day Presenters • Volunteering, Internships, Job Shadowing

  14. Suggestions Before Starting • Don't select a career based solely on $$$. • Do pick a career for which jobs are available with income levels adequate to meet your family's financial needs. • Don't expect a quick, easy answer.  The career planning process requires time and effort.  Invest the time to identify/evaluate careers that "fit" your needs, interests and abilities. • Do use a variety of tools and talk to several people in each career of interest. • Don't get discouraged or discredit the process when some “obviously” unacceptable careers appear on a list generated by an interest assessment tool (they will).  Career planning is not a precise science.  Reason and judgment must be applied.

  15. Career Planning Process Your Strengths (e.g., creativity, leadership, writing) Your Interests (e.g., people, math, science) Your Needs (e.g., income, growth, personal fulfillment) Identify Career Possibilities Occupational Outlook Summaries Networking, Internships, Job Shadowing, Volunteering CareerOneStop Job Summaries & Videos Evaluate/Select a Career

  16. Career Planning Process • Get motivated • Self Analysis • Develop a list of jobs to consider • Get on-line information for evaluation • Evaluate job options • Prepare a job comparison summary • Talk to people in occupations of strong interest. • Choose the “right” industry and company.

  17. Web Site Tool Demo • Naviance • www.collegecareerlifeplanning.com • Tools • College Planning Tools (Selecting, Applying & Financing) Naviance • Career Planning Tools (Self-assessment, Identify Careers Prospects, Retrieve Required Information, Evaluate Careers, Company/Industry Information, Evaluate Companies/Industries, Job Basics)

  18. The Door is Open. Will You Enter? • Invest time to review/use the tools • to make informed decisions. • Tell others who might benefit (friends, • cousins, neighbors, siblings) • Your Future Depends On It

  19. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpe-LKn-4gM

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