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Parents as Partners in Career Planning

John Pritchett, Career Counselor Waukesha County Technical College Career Development Services. Parents as Partners in Career Planning. Parent Concerns for their Children. Happy Healthy Safe Successful Self Supporting. What is a “Helicopter Parent”?.

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Parents as Partners in Career Planning

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  1. John Pritchett, Career Counselor Waukesha County Technical College Career Development Services Parents as Partners in Career Planning

  2. Parent Concerns for their Children • Happy • Healthy • Safe • Successful • Self Supporting

  3. What is a “Helicopter Parent”? A person who pays extremely close attention to his/her child; termed due to “hovering” closely overhead, whether their children need them or not. First reference to this term, by Cline and Fay in 1990 "Parenting with Love and Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility". College administrators began using term in the early 2000’s as the Millennial Generation began reaching college age. Hovering is increasing in the PreK-12 environment and among employers in the hiring process.

  4. Helicopter Parents

  5. The Research: 38% of students reported that parents had called or attended meetings with academic advisors. 31% of students reported that their parents had called professors to complain about a grade. Vanguard Group: 7 of 10 college recruits that are offered positions state "'Let me talk to my parents. I'll get back to you.“ According to the 2006 Recruiting Trends, 31% of employers reported receiving student resumes from parents. Parents have highest influence on career choice for Generation X (31%) and Millennials (42%)

  6. Helicopter Parents in School and the Workplace • http://abcnews.go.com/Video/player?ip=198.150.96.50&affil=&debug=&catId=&id=3699308 • http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&brand=msnbc&vid=47ed1607-9761-4334-b6bd-b66c9bc9a1c1

  7. Parents as Partners in Career Planning - Workshops • Communication and Career Planning using the MBTI • Realizing the Dream • Post High School Options

  8. Communication and Career Planning using the MBTI • Personality types are used as a tool to aid in communication between parents and their children • MBTI results are used to explore careers based on type and temperament

  9. Realizing The DreamAgenda • Welcome and Workshop Overview • Registration • Introductions • Realizing The Dream Video Introduction

  10. Realizing The DreamAgenda Activity 1 (Self Concept) Activity 2 (Interests) Activity 3 (Abilities) Activity 4 (Preferences) Overview of remaining activities • Career Research

  11. Post High School OptionsAgenda • Workshop Overview • Welcome / Registrations / Introductions • The Career Planning Process • Occupational Family Tree • Labor Market Trends

  12. Post High School OptionsAgenda • Informational Interviewing • Decision Making • Goal Setting • IDEAS (Interest Assessment) • Career Development Services – Web Links • WISCareers

  13. Choosing a career is a big decision • Planning for the future is not something you do once. It's an ongoing process. Career planning has three steps that your child will cycle through and repeat throughout his or her working life.

  14. The Career Planning Process

  15. The Three Steps in the Career Planning Process • Step One: Know yourself • Evaluate yourself—your interests, abilities, skills, and work values.   • Step Two: Explore options and choose a direction • Gather information to consider regarding career options that relate to what you know about yourself.   • Step Three: Make plans and take action • Consider issues that can affect your plans and take appropriate actions to accomplish your goals.

  16. The Career Constellation • “Most people consider their career to • be a series of progressive and related • jobs or occupations, but a career is • what we do to make a life, not just • earn a living.” • LeeAnn Bernier-Clarke, MEd, NCC, NCCC

  17. Post-High School Education and Training Options • On-the-Job Training • Military • Apprenticeship • Trade School • Technical College • Community College • 4-Year College

  18. Reasons noted as “very important” in deciding to go to college • To learn more about things that interest me 76.8 % • To be able to get a better job 70.4 • To get training for a specific career 69.2 • To be able to make more money 69.0 • To gain a general education andappreciation of ideas 64.3 • To prepare myself for graduate or professional school 57.7 • To make me a more cultured person 41.7%

  19. Reasons noted as “very important” in deciding to go to college • Parents wanted me to go 46.4% • Wanted to get away from home 21.1% • A mentor or role model encouraged me to go 17.2% • I could not find a job 5.6% • Nothing better to do 4.1%

  20. College-Going Decisions • 46.4% cite “parents wanted me to go” as a very important reason

  21. College-Going Decisions • Why go to any college? • 21.1% – to get away from home • 8.7% in 1978 • Why pick your particular college? • 19.6% – Living near home was very important reason in selecting college

  22. College-Going Decisions • Parental influence at both ends of the spectrum • Students go to college near home • Students go to college to get away from home

  23. Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) Graduate School of Education & Information Studies University of California, Los Angeles http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/heri.html Source: The American Freshman:National Norms for Fall 2006Sylvia Hurtado & John H. Pryor January 19, 2007

  24. Occupational Family Tree • Families play a major role in shaping their children’s educational and career decisions. • An Occupational family Tree can help explore family values, traditions and expectations

  25. Informational Interviewing • One of the best sources for gathering information about what’s happening in an occupation or an industry is to talk to people working in the field. This process is called Informational Interviewing.

  26. Labor Market Trends • Skills Gap • Training Requirements • Aging Workforce

  27. Projected Skilled and Unskilled Worker Gap in 2010 and 2020 in the US 2010 2020 Skilled Worker Gap 5.3 million 14 million Unskilled Worker Gap 1.7 million 7 million Total Estimated Gap 7.0 million 21 million

  28. Requirements for Full-Time Openings: May 2006 • No education or experience required 16% • High School Graduate, No Experience 4% • Certification, license, AA, or experience 49% • 4-yr. college or more 6% • 4-yr. college or more plus experience 25% • Source: UWM Employment and Training Institute

  29. Where Youth Will Be Needed

  30. When Gray is Golden Business in an Aging America • Health Care • Home Products • Recreation and Leisure Services • Financial Services and Products • Educational Services • Business Consulting • Wellness and Youth-Enhancing Products • Source: The Futurist July-August 1992

  31. Career Decision Making • Steps to Decision Making • Decision Making Grid

  32. Goal Setting • Planning is a matter of probabilities. Sometimes your plans will turn out and sometimes they won’t. Setting goals can help increase your probability of success.

  33. IDEAS • Interest, Determination, Exploration & Assessment System

  34. Web Resources • Waukesha County Technical College http://www.wctc.edu • WCTC Career Development Services-Youth Services • http://www.wctc.edu/web/career/careerdev/youth.php • WISCareers http://wiscareers.wisc.edu

  35. For More Information or Questions John Pritchett, Career Counselor Waukesha County Technical College (262) 695-7847 jpritchett@wctc.edu

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