1 / 13

The Future Looks Brighter with a Plan

The Future Looks Brighter with a Plan. Planning your career. The Goal. Should BE: Select a career that “fits” the student’s interests, values, and skills, and is “in demand” Select an education path that prepares the student for that career Obtain the required education/training.

tadeo
Download Presentation

The Future Looks Brighter with a Plan

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Future Looks Brighter with a Plan Planning your career

  2. The Goal • Should BE: • Select a career that “fits” the student’s interests, values, and skills, and is “in demand” • Select an education path that prepares the student for that career • Obtain the required education/training

  3. Consequences of No Career Direction • The average college student switches majors three times • In many colleges, 30-50% of the students do not earn a 4 year degree within 6 years • Today, 57% of U. S. young adults (18-24 years old) live with parents • When several hundred high school students were asked to list as many occupations as possible in 10 minutes, the average list included only 13 different occupations

  4. Activity List as many careers as possible!!!

  5. The average household income for Poinsett County $31,939 Source SLGFA

  6. By 2020 How many JOBS will require a career certificate or college degree • 54%

  7. Careers • How much times does a typical student invest in school from kindergarten to twelfth grade?

  8. Career • 14,000 hours • Multiply that amount of time by 600% • 84,000 hours • That is the amount of time someone will spend in a career from 22 to 66 (working 40 hrs. per week)

  9. Careers

  10. Why Further Your Education • Learn new things • Feel accomplished • Meet new people • Improve your skills • Get a job or career that you want • Earn $,$$$,$$$

  11. Find the Educational Program For You • Does the school offer a program of study you wish to pursue • Is the school Big or Small • Location of the School • Cost of the School • Visit College Campuses

  12. The table below identifies the top growth industries in Northeast Arkansas(discoverarkansas.net)

  13. Research Different Careers • Take a career Interest Survey • `Google Holland Code Quiz • What do you like to do? • What are your talents? • How do YOU see the future?

More Related