Lakeland Area Counselors Association Meeting Quail Hollow March 30 th , 2010

1. Lakeland Area Counselors Association Meeting Quail Hollow March 30th, 2010 John C. Lanshe, M.A. Assistant Director, University College Academic Advisement Center

2. High School Senior Career Issues… • Choosing a postsecondary vocational or technical school in which to pursue some skilled specialty. • Gaining access to a college and selecting a major field of study with its myriad of implications for later career paths. • Converting part-time work experience while in school into a full-time position in the labor market. • Entering the labor market for the first time. • Deliberating about military service, marriage, and combining work and continuing education. • Participating in an apprenticeship or other school-to-work transition process

3. What do you feel are the biggest career planning challenges facing high school students today?

4. Top 10 Fastest-Growing Occupations (www.acinet.org) OccupationEmployment Percent  ChangeTraining Needed2008 2018 1) Biomedical Engineers 16,100  27,600  72%  Bachelor's degree  2) Network systems and data communications analysts 292,000  447,800  53%  Bachelor's degree  3) Financial Examiners 27,000  38,100  41%  Bachelor's degree  4) Medical Scientists 109,400  153,600  40%  Doctoral degree  5) Physician Assistants 74,800  103,900  39%  Master's degree  6) Biochem & Biophysicists 23,200  31,900  37%  Doctoral degree 7) Athletic Trainers 16,400  22,400  37%  Bachelor's degree 8) Computer Software 514,800  689,900  34%  Bachelor's degree  9) Veterinarians 59,700  79,400  33%  First professional degree  10) Environmental Engineers 54,300  70,900  31%  Bachelor's degree

5. Top 10 Occupations with the Most Openings (www.acinet.org) OccupationEmployment 2008Job OpeningsTraining Needed 1) Elementary School 1,549,500 59,650 Bachelor's degree  teachers 2) Post Secondary Teachers 1,699,200 55,290 Doctoral degree  3) General and Operation 1,733,100 50,220 Bachelor's plus work managers experience  4) Accountants and Auditors 1,290,600 49,750 Bachelor's degree  5) Sec. school teachers 1,087,800 41,240 Bachelor's degree  6) Management Analysts 746,900 30,650 Bachelor‘s, plus work experience  7) Physicians and Surgeons 661,400 26,050 First professional degree 8) Middle School Teachers 659,500 25,110 Bachelor's degree  9) Lawyers 759,200 24,040 First professional degree 10) Computer systems 532,200 22,280 Bachelor's degree  analysts

6. Top 20 Highest-Paying Occupations by Median Hourly Wages (www.acinet.org) Median Wages 2008 OccupationHourlyAnnual 1 Anesthesiologists $80.00+   $166,400+   2 Internists, General $80.00+   $166,400+   3 Obstetricians and Gynecologists $80.00+   $166,400+   4 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons $80.00+   $166,400+   5 Orhtodontists $80.00+   $166,400+   6 Physicians and Surgeons, all other $80.00+   $166,400+   7 Prosthodontists $80.00+   $166,400+   8 Surgeons $80.00+   $166,400+   9 Chief Executives $76.23     $158,600     10 Family and General Practicioners $75.60     $157,200    1 1Psychiatrists $74.13     $154,200     12 Pediatricians, General $70.21     $146,000     13 Dentists, General $68.69     $142,900     14 Dentists, All other specialists $66.33     $138,000     15 Engineering Managers $55.42     $115,300     16 Podiatrists $54.60     $113,600     17 Natural Science Managers $54.23     $112,800     18 Computer and Information Systems Managers $53.95     $112,200     19 Airline Pilots, Copilots and Flight Engieers N/A     $111,700     20 Lawyers $53.17     $110,600     

7. Admission Categories Direct Admit Student qualifies for immediate entry to the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Creative and Professional Arts, Education, Engineering, Health Sciences and Human Services, Nursing, Summit College Standard Admit (University College) Provisional Admit (Summit College General) - Less than a 2.3 g.p.a. - Lower than a 16 ACT or 650 SAT composite - Deficient in completing the high school core curriculum

8. Undecided Students Fall 2009

9. Conservative EstimateBetween 55% and 65% of new freshman who began in summer/fall 2009 placed into remedial/development math (Basic Math I, Basic Math II and Intermediate Algebra).

10. Math Placement Information • Student pursuing majors requiring algebra with a Math ACT of 21 and below and an SAT Math of 500 and below are required to take the COMPASS math test. ACT Math 22 – 23 = College Algebra ACT Math 24 – 27 = PreCalculus ACT Math 28 + = Analytic Geom. Calc. I COMPASS test results could place a student in remedial math (Basic Math I, Basic Math II, Intermediate Algebra)

11. Career/Educational Planning Issues * Advisers must understand the relationship between educational achievement/motivation and career planning as they help students to… • assess academic strengths/weakness/remedies. (appreciative vs. deficit based advising) • manage and balance course load, study, personal issues,outside commitments and graduation timeline. • understand and develop strategies to successfully complete mathematics, science and modern languages.

13. Pre-Engineering Success Profile • 90% of the students earned at least a “C” in their first math class • 80% did not repeat or repeated only one math course • 70% received at least a “B” in their first math course • 53% of the students marched right through the math sequence • 2.28% (7 out of 306) students dropped their first math course (all in Analytic Geometry-Calculus I) • Fewer than 2% of the students who made it to the College of Engineering are not currently enrolled or are in poor academic standing

14. University Career Resources • Counseling Testing and Career Center • Center for Career Management • Career Planning Course • Academic Advisement Center • Bierce Library Career Resources • Faculty • Referrals for Information Interviews • Student Organizations • Undergraduate Bulletin • University College Curriculum Guides • Major specific career courses • Arts & Sciences Career Center

15. Go Zips!!!