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Non-traditional Occupations: Why Are We Still Talking About This?

Non-traditional Occupations: Why Are We Still Talking About This?. Lynn Reha, ICSPS October 27, 2011. Photo courtesy Lake Land College. NTO Careers:. Which careers are nontraditional?. Nontraditional Careers are good…. For women For men For businesses

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Non-traditional Occupations: Why Are We Still Talking About This?

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  1. Non-traditional Occupations: Why Are We Still Talking About This? Lynn Reha, ICSPS October 27, 2011 Photo courtesy Lake Land College

  2. NTO Careers: Which careers are nontraditional?

  3. Nontraditional Careers are good… • For women • For men • For businesses • For education

  4. NTO Careers are good for women. High wage High demand Non-traditional jobs are attractive to women because they generally offer higher entry-level wages and a career ladder with pay between $20 and $30 per hour.1 1http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/nontra2008.htm Growth in the economy is projected to expand employment in many of these occupations and secondly, there will be strong demand for workers in these fields due to projected retirements or transfers of current workers to other occupations. Source: U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau, Nontraditional Occupations for Women in 2008.

  5. Women are good for STEM careers. Women needed Recruitment vital Eighty percent of Fortune 1000 STEM executives report that their companies face challenges in hiring adequate numbers of women and minorities for STEM positions and 95% believe the US will lose its global leadership in science and technology due to a shortage of STEM talent. Bayer Facts of Science Education Survey, 2008 There was a 79% decline in the number of incoming undergraduate women interested in majoring in Computer Science between 2000 and 2008. National Center for Women in Information Technology, 2008

  6. Non-traditional occupations: a good choice for women Nontraditional jobs are attractive to women because they generally offer higher entry-level wages and a career ladder with pay between $20 and $30 per hour.1 An AA degree in Child Care and an electrician’s apprenticeship both take about 2 years to complete. Child care workers Median wages (2009) $9.25 hourly, $19,240 annual2 Electricians Median wages (2009) $22.68 hourly, $47,180 annual3 1http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/nontra2009.htm 2http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/39-9011.00 3 http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/47-2111.00

  7. Nontraditional occupations: a good choice for men • Wages, i. e. nursing • Job security1 • Room to pursue interests and commitments outside of work. 1 • Job satisfaction2 • Upward mobility in contrast to family of origin3 1Lupton, B. (2006). Explaining men’s entry into female-concentrated occupations: issues of masculinity and social class. Gender, Work & Organization, 13(2), 103-128. 2acobs, J. E., Chhin, C. S., & Bleeker, M.M. (2006). Enduring links: parents’ expectations and their young adult children’s gender-typed occupational choices. Educational Research and Evaluation, 12(4), 395-407. 3Dodson, T., & Borders, L. D. (2006). Men in traditional and nontraditional careers: gender role attitudes, gender role conflict, and job satisfaction.The Career Development Quarterly, 54.

  8. NTO: A good choice for the workplace • Increased success and competitiveness • Increased adaptability • Broader service range • Avoidance of usage errors • Reduced absenteeism and employee turnover

  9. Helping Ensure Educational and Career Equity Perkins Core Indicators

  10. What’s working in NTO? Research-based practice

  11. Educational Root Causes Academic proficiency Access to and participation in math, science and technology Hands-on instructional strategies Source: National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Foundation (2009). Nontraditional Career Preparation: Root Causes & Strategies

  12. Teach spatial skills

  13. Reducing Stereotype Threat

  14. Address stereotype threat

  15. Career Information Root Causes Bias-free materials and practices Early intervention Comprehensive career information Involvement of parents Source: National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Foundation (2009). Nontraditional Career Preparation: Root Causes & Strategies

  16. Success Has No Gender

  17. Could This Be Your Life? Could This Be Your Life?

  18. STEM Equity Pipeline/NAPE

  19. Where Do We Start? Program improvement begins with institutional assessment like the New Look Self-Study 2.0

  20. National Girls Collaborative Project

  21. Thank You. Lynn Reha lcreha@ilstu.edu Illinois Center for Specialized Professional Support www.icsps.ilstu.edu

  22. QUESTIONS? This presentation will be available online www.icsps.ilstu.edu Photo courtesy Lake Land College

  23. Websites • National Girls Collaborative Project http://www.ngcproject.org/directory/index.cfm • Doing What Works http://www.dww.ed.gov/topic/?T_ID=1 • STEM Equity Pipeline http://www.stemequitypipeline.org/Default.aspx • Success Has No Gender http://home.cod.edu/academics/specialprograms/nontraditional • Could This Be Your Life http://www.icsps.ilstu.edu/projects/index_ctbyl.html • Dot Divas http://www.dotdiva.org • Engineer Your Life http://www.engineeryourlife.org/http

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