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Engaging and Retaining Youth Through Career Development NYS Department of Labor Career Development & Youth Initiatives Office
Engaging and Retaining Youth Through Career
DevelopmentNYS Department of Labor
Career Development & Youth Initiatives Office
Your Dream CareerTo be the next
Lassie
Work on a fire truck
What
Happened
?
• Discuss career planning• Understanding and interpreting labor
market information• Integrating career planning tools (i.e.
CareerZone) into youth programs
Agenda
• People had 1-2 jobs and retired with a gold watch
• Good jobs were available with a high school degree or less
• Learning was a formal process that ended with a degree
• Moving from Career Choice
• Job Security
In the Past…. In the New Economy….• People will have 12-14 jobs in a
lifetime
• Jobseekers need strong skill set to compete in the labor market
• Life-long learning is a necessity of the workplace for all types of workers
• To Career Management for life
• Personal Freedom and Control
Career Planning
Career management is not so much about making the RIGHT occupational choice…..
as it is about equipping individualswith the skills to make the “CONTINUAL” choices necessary
throughout their lives….
The New Career Management Paradigm
Everyone
has dreams
You have to plan your next moves….
To make these dreams a reality
Most people consider a career as a long term job or a series of occupations, however a career and what we do for a living impacts all aspects of our lives;
Family,
Friends,
Lifestyle Choices
Extras
Are more certain of their career direction
Graduates with a Career Plan…
Are more confident in their ability to secure meaningful employment
Graduates with a Career Plan…
Where employed: more often have jobs related to
current educational programs and their long-term career plan goals
Graduates with a Career Plan…
I hope I pass!!
Today, a major purpose of school is to prepare students for more school…
However, they have a difficult time describing…
what they are learning,
why they are learning it, or how they can use it outside the classroom.
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Most students can describe what they are “studying,” “doing,” or “taking” in school…
Students who leave the school system often discover that they know a lot about school…But, little about how the rest of the world works.
Source: National Center on Education and the Economy, 2007
College Prep is Not Enough…
…But We Expect 100 Youth Participation in the Workforce
–Who am I?–Where do I want to go?– How do I get there?
To ensure this, youth who participate in career development can answer the following:
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Allow youth and adults to focus on who they are,
what they have to offer, (skills/abilities/talents)
and what is importantto them!
Ability to choose and prepare for a career
Knowledge of how to get a job
Knowledge and skills to retain employment
Give individuals:
What Can We Do?
Prepare youth for productive employment and success in life
Motivate youth to achieve high standards
Reduce drop out rates
Reduce the number of at-risk youth
Importance of the Career Plan Process
LaborMarket
Information(LMI)
BRAIN TEASER
July 2010 employment rate lowest since 1948
Lower rates of
employment
between April and June 2010
Labor Supply
vs. Labor
Demand
Reality Check
Percentage of
people hired via
Social Networkin
g?
• Youth connect education to the world of work
• Make informed decisions about the future
• Do not attend post-secondary education just because
• Understand the labor trends locally, state wide, nationally and globally
So Why Does LMI Matter?
CareerZone
• Website: www.careerzone.ny.gov
• No cost, career exploration and planning tool using driven by O*NET
• Information for more than 800 occupations and 450 world of work videos illustrating a day in the life of an occupation
CareerZone
• Indicates when an occupation is in-demand
• Lists the following information associated with each occupation:– Interests– Tasks– Skills– Knowledge– Education– Wages– Similar Jobs– Real time job postings
Occupation Profiles
• Based on the Holland interest model
• Youth can explore occupations based on interest
• Interest areas include:– Realistic– Investigative– Artistic– Social– Enterprising– Conventional
Assess Yourself
• Youth can explore careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
• STEMventure is interactive and allows youth to create their own avatar
STEM
• Create a budget based upon the following:– Wages of an
occupation– Geographic
location– Lifestyle
choices
Dollars and $ense
• To create new account, click “Create Account”
• CareerZone Portfolio is a secure, password protected account
Portfolio
Portfolio Cont’d• Portfolio is displayed in two
different versions-Intermediate level (Grades
6-8)-Commencement level
(Grades 9-12)• Contains modules where
youth can:-Assess their skills, talents,
interests-Track classes and work
experience-Create resumes-Develop a NYS Education
Career Plan
Career Development and Youth Initiatives Office
NYS Department of [email protected]
Contact: Kristina Krise Contact: Paula PernaPhone: 518-457-2515 Phone: 518-457-1827Email: [email protected] Email:
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