non-traditional occupations: why are we still talking about this? lynn reha, icsps october 27, 2011...
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Non-traditional Occupations: Why Are We Still Talking About This?
Lynn Reha, ICSPS October 27, 2011
Photo courtesy Lake Land College
Which careers are nontraditional?
NTO Careers:
Nontraditional Careers are good…For womenFor men
For businessesFor education
Non-traditional jobs are attractive to women because they generally offer higher entry-level wages and a career ladder with pay between $20 and $30 per hour.1
1http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/nontra2008.htm
Growth in the economy is projected to expand employment in many of these occupations and secondly, there will be strong demand for workers in these fields due to projected retirements or transfers of current workers to other occupations.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau, Nontraditional Occupations for Women in 2008.
High wage High demand
NTO Careers are good for women.
Eighty percent of Fortune 1000 STEM executives report that their companies face challenges in hiring adequate numbers of women and minorities for STEM positions and 95% believe the US will lose its global leadership in science and technology due to a shortage of STEM talent.
Bayer Facts of Science Education Survey, 2008
There was a 79% decline in the number of incoming undergraduate women interested in majoring in Computer Science between 2000 and 2008.
National Center for Women in Information Technology, 2008
Women needed Recruitment vital
Women are good for STEM careers.
Non-traditional occupations: a good choice for women
Nontraditional jobs are attractive to women because they generally offer higher entry-level wages and a career ladder with pay between $20 and $30 per hour.1
An AA degree in Child Care and an electrician’s apprenticeship both take about 2 years to complete.
Child care workers Median wages (2009) $9.25 hourly, $19,240 annual2
Electricians Median wages (2009) $22.68 hourly, $47,180 annual3
1http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/nontra2009.htm2 http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/39-9011.003 http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/47-2111.00
Nontraditional occupations: a good choice for men
Wages, i. e. nursing Job security1
Room to pursue interests and commitments outside of work. 1
Job satisfaction2
Upward mobility in contrast to family of origin3
1Lupton, B. (2006). Explaining men’s entry into female-concentrated occupations: issues of masculinity and social class. Gender, Work & Organization, 13(2), 103-128.
2acobs, J. E., Chhin, C. S., & Bleeker, M.M. (2006). Enduring links: parents’ expectations and their young adult children’s gender-typed occupational choices. Educational Research and Evaluation, 12(4), 395-407.
3Dodson, T., & Borders, L. D. (2006). Men in traditional and nontraditional careers: gender role attitudes, gender role conflict, and job satisfaction. The Career Development Quarterly, 54.
Increased success and competitiveness Increased adaptability Broader service range Avoidance of usage errors Reduced absenteeism and employee turnover
NTO: A good choice for the workplace
Helping Ensure Educational and Career Equity
Perkins Core Indicators
Research-based practice
What’s working in NTO?
Educational Root Causes Academic proficiency Access to and participation in math,
science and technology Hands-on instructional strategies
Source: National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Foundation (2009). Nontraditional Career Preparation: Root Causes & Strategies
Teach spatial skills
Reducing Stereotype Threat
Address stereotype threat
Career Information Root Causes Bias-free materials and
practices Early intervention Comprehensive career
information Involvement of parents
Source: National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Foundation
(2009). Nontraditional Career Preparation: Root Causes & Strategies
Success Has No Gender
Could This Be Your Life?Could This Be Your Life?
STEM Equity Pipeline/NAPE
Program improvement begins with institutional assessment like theNew Look Self-Study 2.0
Where Do We Start?
National Girls Collaborative Project
Lynn Reha [email protected]
Illinois Center for Specialized Professional Support
www.icsps.ilstu.edu
THANK YOU.
This presentation will be available online www.icsps.ilstu.edu
QUESTIONS?
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Photo courtesy Lake Land College
National Girls Collaborative Project http://www.ngcproject.org/directory/index.cfm
Doing What Works
http://www.dww.ed.gov/topic/?T_ID=1 STEM Equity Pipeline
http://www.stemequitypipeline.org/Default.aspx Success Has No Gender
http://home.cod.edu/academics/specialprograms/nontraditional
Could This Be Your Life http://www.icsps.ilstu.edu/projects/index_ctbyl.html
Dot Divas http://www.dotdiva.org Engineer Your Life http://www.engineeryourlife.org/http
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