Did you Know?

1. Did you Know?

2. It Takes A Village…..To Reach and Inspire Our Students Susan Coleman Orange Coast College

3. WHY is it important? WithoutEffective Career Development… Most career decision-making is unintentional and uninformed. 65% of working adults do not believe they are in the right job (NCDA/Gallup, 1999)

4. Who needs it?

5. The“Next” GenerationBorn Between 1980 and 1999 • Millennials • Screenagers • Echo-Boomers • Wired Generation • Dot-com Generation • Entitled Generation 75 million

6. Getting to Know Them…………. • Raised on Technology • Open-minded about globalization • Raised to “play” • Instant gratification/ coddled • Improved Literacy • Work well on teams

7. More …………………. • Work to live, not live to work • Employee for life is a “Myth” • Grew up with both parents working • 50% grew up with single parents

8. Attitudes or qualities they bring to the workplace…………. • Boredom • Low perception of boundaries • Willingness to sacrifice benefits for better work/life balance • Unwillingness to think of early job as careers • Expect employers to be socially responsible • Acceptance of authority and willingness to follow rules

9. Why should we care? • Boomers replacement in the workforce • Change jobs 19 times • High turnover of knowledge workers • We have a lot to learn from the “Millennials” • Influence the workplace for the next 50 years 80 million

10. What can we all do for our students? • Encourage experiences • Be a support system • Affirm who they are • Share information

11. Career Development Is Everyone’s Responsibility…….. Let’s infuse “Career Development” throughout the curriculum to be taught by not only counselors but teachers, parents, and the student’s too!

12. We’re here to help Grant funded, free resources Available to all….

13. Try this………... For Students

14. Missing Major Project • Target audience – Millennials • Fast and Easy • Uses technology • Start the career development process • Tool to link students to counselors and career centers

27. Remember…….. Students who have made decisions about their majors and careers are our most motivated students. They stay in school longer and get better grades.

28. Try this………… For Faculty

33. New from the QT Team

34. “Handy Activities for Student Success”Linking the Classroom to the Workplace • Based on the best of the QT • Targeted to faculty in the classroom • Short, focused, and fun activities that gives students: • Awareness about what they are learning in class to their lives • Better understanding of skills employers seek • Provide career strategies too negotiate the new world of work

35. Try it out! Write a Bio-Poem

37. Try This………… For Career Centers

38. Website: www.cccareers.org

40. CQT: Career Quick Tips CQT can be forwarded to faculty Ideas for integrating career information into the curriculum

41. Final words…. • Students who know where they are going and what they will be doing as they explore are more likely to continue the process. • Written plans can be adjusted and changed as students progress.

42. ROI…. for students with Career Development skills • More successful in the workplace • Make more money • Fewer health problems • Produce more goods and services • Experience shorter unemployment periods

43. What are you willing to do? Will you return to your campus and talk to just one faculty member or counselor about it?

44. Want More? Contact : • Susan Coleman scoleman@occ.cccd.edu • Rita Jones rjones@occ.cccd.edu