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Teacher & Counselor Orientation

Teacher & Counselor Orientation. Connecting Education With Life. Agenda. How to Help Students and Parents “ Get it ”. How the Global Workplace has Changed. Process for effective career/education planning. Career Management Web Site for Success. How Do Most Students

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Teacher & Counselor Orientation

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  1. Teacher & Counselor Orientation Connecting Education With Life

  2. Agenda • How to Help Students and Parents “Get it”. • How the GlobalWorkplace has Changed • Process for effective career/education planning. • Career ManagementWeb Site for Success

  3. How Do Most Students Approach Career Planning?

  4. Why Care? • Average college student switches majorstimes. three • In many colleges, of the students do not earn a • 4 year degree within 6 years. 30-50% • of the 18-24 yr. olds in the U.S. live with their parents. 57%

  5. Why Care? Fierce Workplace Competition Internet Workplace Competition Free, Global Communication Outsourcing

  6. Why Care? No Social Safety Net • Our parents’ generation (Social Safety Net) • Worked for the same company. Retired at 65. • Full company pension w/health care • Social Security • Enjoy retirement for 3-5 years, then died. • Our kids’ generation (On Your Own) • No Defined Pension plans or retiree healthcare. • Social Security? • Live to be 80 - 90 yrs. old.

  7. “Typical” Resources Used to Pick a Career • TV=> Big difference between TV drama and“real life”. • Friends=> Know what sounds “cool”, but probably not a knowledgeable source of information. • Life’s Interactions => Students use the services of Dentists and Teachers, but do they really know what it is like to do those jobs? • Parent=> 1000 career possibilities. What are the chances that a parent’s choice is the “right one” for their student.

  8. No Career Direction => Random Decisions => Poor Outcome “My son just graduated from college. He doesn’t have a clue what he wants to do. Maybe forensics. Maybe art.” “My daughter is a sophomore in college and she hates her major (accounting). She is changing majors, but doesn’t know what to choose. That means at least one more year of college that we cannot afford. “Now that I have a college degree, I need to think about a career. I majored in Marketing, but I’m not sure that’s what I want to do.”

  9. Simple Questions to Help Students “Get it”. • Would you pick a school extracurricular activity at random? • Why do you go to school? • Who plans to retire someday? Who expects to be a • millionaire? • How many hours in school from K-12?

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  11. Parent “Traps” • Too young to choose • Cannot evaluate career w/o doing it. • I didn’t plan. I’m OK. • Don’t worry. Be happy. It will work out. • My career or my plan is best for my child. • Must get a 4-year college degree. • We will do it LATER!

  12. 1000 Career Possibilities Assessments & Judgment 15-20 Careers to Evaluate Research 2-3 Careers to Try Network/ Intern/Co-op Your Career

  13. The Goal SHOULD NOT BE: “JUST GET INTO COLLEGE” SHOULD BE (in this order): • Select a career that “fits” my interests, values, and skills, • and is “in demand”. 2) Select an education path that prepares me for this career. 3) Obtain the required education/training. 4) Choose attractive industry and “winning” company.

  14. How You Can Help • Integrate Career Planning into your schoolcurriculum. • Linkschool web site to www.collegecareerlifeplanning.com. • Conduct parent career/education planningorientations. • Use Choices Plannerin your school. • Sharethis resource with colleagues, students and parents.

  15. Thank You!

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