Empathy Map

Sharon Parker

SAY“The environment was something I wasn’t prepared for…didn’t participate because Ai didn’t feel comfortable”

“Advancing my career earlier and quicker than most”

“The program offered an internship between my juniorAnd senior year of high school. Once you graduate youCan take a coop opportunity for a year while you go to college”

“Community college is a cheater way to get a job—don’t necessarily need a your degree to get it”

“ I’m confident in my workConfident in what I do”

“You need to focus on good job and money…If you have money you’re in a good position”

“ I’m not going to push myself so hardIt stresses me out”

“ I felt comfortable enough to go on interviews”

“Couldn’t find myself in high schoolA teacher pushed me to take more rigorousClasses then AP English”

“Science classes wereImportant—biotech showed meThat through scienceYou can do many things, have so manyOpportunities”

“Long term what I see myself doing for my careerI’d rather have a good paying job career job than A degree—I can get a degree anytime”

THINKInternships and co-opsAre good ways to transition from school to work while in high school or college

Being comfortable in the school or work environment is important

work experience is more importantThan getting a degree. Work experienceGets me in the door.

Getting a career job is important—And you don’t need a collegeDegree to get it.Can choose an alternate plan

Having confidence in yourselfAnd what you do is important

FEELMade a good choice in going theAlternate route

Getting a career job is betterthan getting a BS degree

He made a good choicebased on his what was important To him

Work experience workedMore to his advantage than toThose with a BS degree and no work experience

Can get a degree anytime

PROBLEM STATEMENT

Bob needs a way to validate his alternative school to work transitionexperience because individuals insist that he needs a BS degree to a career paying job.

StakeholderBob is a 23 year old man with an AA degree and two certificates In Biotechnologyand Bioengineering. He is a productOf a high school biotech academy Work internship and coo-ps and community college

Articulate

Validate

Justify

State

Individuals keep insisting thathe needs to have a BS degreeto get a good career paying joband he needs to do it now

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