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CAREER PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT GRADES 6 -12 AND POST SECONDARY EDUCATION
Career Dots adds PURPOSE to the PROCESS
Dr. Carole B. Ricotta
• Computer Engineer
• Educator
• Electronics Engineer
• Lawyer
• Machinist
• Mechanic
• Medical Professional
• Physical Therapist
• Scientist
• Many other professions
With Career Dots users can start plotting a more assured course to their career destination beginning
in grade 6 [from one source], while taking into account their personal interests, educational and skills
levels, and other relevant factors. They can even see an audio/visual description of their desired
profession, as well as identify local resources, such as educational institutions that offer assistance in
helping them reach their goals.
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Why is it so difficult?
• Studies show that many dropout of school and/or college because they discovered that it’s not as easy as they taught
• Some go half-way through school, spending considerable dollars only to find out that they don’t like the career choice they’ve made
• Some never even work a day in their chosen field
• Most don’t realize, until it’s too late, that one’s personal interests has as much to do with a successful career path as does academic attainment
• If you don’t like what you’re doing, you likely won’t stay with it!
Saves time and money by
identifying the right career earlier
in academic development
Can technology help in guiding our youth and the
unemployed to meet their career goals?
With more than 40 million Youth, United States faces the challenge of high
(more than 15% and even higher in minority youth) unemployment amongst its
young population. While in schools and colleges, American youth widely stay
unclear about their career goals and lack of proper career guidance results in
either high drop-out rates or they simply lose focus towards their career
interests. Education sector facing billions of dollars of cuts has been unable to
provide satisfactory career counseling resources to the students, leaving more
than 81 million children without proper career guidance. U.S. Labor Department
has also announced deep cuts into much needed Summer Youth Employment
Programs across the nation while further deteriorating the possibility of gaining
job market insight by the American Generation Next
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Career Dots is a one-stop career assessment, mapping, and guidance
system that provides users cutting edge features to effectively explore, plan,
and manage their career goals.
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Figuratively speaking, Career Dots operates much
like a Global Positioning System (GPS) in that it
helps users determine the direction and distance to
their career destination as well as the resources
needed along the way.
With GPS-like capabilities, accessible from one
dashboard, Career Dots also enables its users to
explore alternative pathways, while taking into
account their education and skill-sets, work
experiences, and personal interests.
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Career Dots.com is hosted on servers provided by Trans-Atlantic Business Solutions (TABS)
Technological infrastructure will enable users with a wide-range of capabilities, including, but not limited to
Internet accessibility 24/7 via all browsers, using Apple and Windows
State-of-the-art learning experiences, with real-time online communications and interaction between students and counselors – EMPOWERING
Counselors – Innovative technological abilities to connect and communicate direct with students
One counselor can connect with individuals and groups of students via the Internet
Students – real-time interaction with personalized career planning systems from grade 6 through post-secondary education
Identify local resources and view audio / visual job descriptions
Not only able to receive instruction and guidance from counselor, but are able to navigate and plan their career path on their own
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Public and private schools have the greatest opportunity to impact the
minds of our youth. According to the 2002 Census of Governments, the
United States Census Bureau enumerated the following numbers of school
systems in the United States:
With so many schools, public and private, Why are so many of our citizens still un-
prepared for the workforce? Why are so many under-educated? Why are so many
dissatisfied with their professions? What can be done to change these trends?
• 13,506 school district governments
• 178 state-dependent school systems
• 1,330 local-dependent school systems
• 1,196 education service agencies
(agencies providing support services to
public school systems)
Total student enrollment = 49.5 mil in public and 6.2 mil in private schools
Costing tax payers $972 billion per year
CAREER DOTS WILL HELP REDUCE THE COST OF EDUCATION, WHILE ASSURING EDUCATION QUALITY AND ACADEMIC ATTAINMENT BY:
• Reducing the ratio of career counselors needed to assist student populations
• Having students participate in the planning and managing their own goals
• Improving the one-on-one interaction between students and teachers/counselor
Markets Market Specifics
The Unemployed Recent reports suggests that the unemployment rate is now 9%, representing more than 10 million people. • Actual unemployed is greater the 14 million • Military Veterans, displaced because of economic crisis
High school dropouts
Studies show that more than 1 million students dropout of school each year without a high school diploma • Cumulatively speaking, that’s more than 10 million over the last decade. • Many of these persons work in service industries, which represents most of
those now unemployed
Home Schooling The results of the 2003 National Household Education Surveys (NHES) program revealed that the number of students being home schooled in the United States in the spring of 2003 was 1,096,000 • A 29 percent increase from the estimated 850,000 students who were being
home schooled in the spring of 1999.
Post-secondary education and colleges
There are thousands of institutions of higher education located throughout America that can benefit for the capabilities offered by Career Dots
Social Non-Profits Nationally, there are thousands of non-profits directly engaged in helping American citizens seeking ways to improve their chances for employment.
Opportunities for providing services exists in these markets throughout America.
BUILDING UPON PERSONAL INTERESTS, CAREER DOTS ENABLES STUDENTS WITH
The answers to the questions being asked begins first with students knowing themselves, followed by having the right tools and support that can help them set realistic and attainable goal
• An accurate assessment of his or her education, experiences, and skills needs in other to satisfy career choice requisites
• The ability to plot their career course and see their choices before ever arriving at their destination
• Real-time online access to counselors • Access to all resources necessary to help
them achieve career goals, including • Colleges and post-secondary
education and apprenticeship programs
• Real-time visibility of job opportunities in their communities
ENABLES EDUCATORS AND COUNSELORS TO
• Baselines students’ experiences, and skills and education levels
• Help students accurately determine the requisite education, experience, and skills needed to satisfy career choices
• Access student profiles to develop individual education plans (IEP)
• Interact online with students to assist them plot their course and navigate to their career goal
Maria L. Otero M.Ed. ESA Certified Counselor Lakewood, Washington
"I was so excited to learn about Career Dots and all it has to offer. I work at a high school and we currently use a similar system our students can access to find what careers they are best suited for. I believe this program has so much more to offer. It’s a one-stop shop from building a profile to what training you would have to have to what schools offer those degrees. I also see the benefits for non-traditional college student, someone facing a transitional period in their lives or seeking a career change. This tool takes an individual into a more in-depth look at themselves, their strengths and their abilities; it can be a very empowering tool. I am so excited at what this program has to offer and what a great tool to add to a career counselor’s tool belt."
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AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF CAREER DOTS.
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