Did you Know?

It Takes A Village…..

To Reach and Inspire Our Students

Susan ColemanOrange Coast College

WHY is it important? Without Effective 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)

Who needs it?

The“Next” GenerationBorn Between 1980 and 1999

Millennials Screenagers Echo-Boomers Wired Generation Dot-com Generation Entitled Generation 75 million

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

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

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

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 years80 million

What can we all do for our students?Encourage experiences

Be a support system

Affirm who they are

Share information

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!

We’re here to help

Grant funded, free resources

Available to all….

Try this………...For

Students

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

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.

Try this…………For

Faculty

New from the QT Team

“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

Try it out!

Write a Bio-Poem

Try This…………For Career Centers

Website: www.cccareers.org

CQT: Career Quick Tips

CQT can be forwarded to faculty

Ideas for integrating career information into the curriculum

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.

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

What are you willing to do?Will you return to your campus and talk

to just one faculty member or counselor about it?

Want More?Contact :

Susan Colemanscoleman@occ.cccd.edu

Rita Jonesrjones@occ.cccd.edu