What does your future hold?Practical career guidance for teens

Career PlanningDo you currently have a job? Would you want to do your current high school job for the rest of your life?

Have you thought about your future plans?

Do you want to enjoy going to work and doing something that you want to do? With proper planning, you can have a CAREER!

You Career planning Success

Labor Market InformationLabor Market Information (LMI) is statistical data that

provides details of job growth for a particular area

http://www.careerinfonet.org/oview1.asp?next=oview1&Level=Overall&optstatus=&jobfam=&id=1&nodeid=3&soccode=&ShowAll=&stfips=39

Miami County Major Employers(Miami County Profile 2012)

Manufacturing, Trade, Government, Service

RegalConAgra IncCrane CoEvenflo Co IncF-Tech Inc/F&P AmericaUnited TechnologiesHartzellIllinois Tool Works Inc/HobartMeijer IncPiqua City SchoolsTroy City SchoolsUpper Valley Medical Center

Mfg Mfg Mfg Mfg Mfg Mfg Mfg Mfg Trade Govt Govt Serv

Establishments, Employment, and Wages by Sector: 2010 (Miami County Profiles)

Earnings potential, What is it?

Choose the level of education you wish to achieve

Choose the annual wage range that you wish to make

http://ohiolmi.com/jobs/CareerEdWage.htm

The following information came from :

http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi/cew/pdfs/collegepayoff-complete.pdf

 

Job Market in OhioBuckeye Top Fifty http://ohiolmi.com/proj/projections/ohio/Buckeye50.pdf

Occupations with High Employment Prospects in OhioA high prospect occupation is defined as an

occupation that pays at least the median wage in Ohio ($15.30 / hour) and has at least 500 annual openings.

http://ohiolmi.com/proj/projections/ohio/HighOccupationProspects.pdf

Advanced manufacturingHigh tech jobs in manufacturing are emerging

Ohio has a higher concentration of employment in manufacturing than most other states.

Many local employers have high wage jobs that are unfilled due to lack of skills and training in advanced manufacturing

Edge Factor - www.edgefactor.com

http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2012/09/10/slideshow-manufacturing-investments.html?s=image_gallery

Still undecided?College? Technical School? Military? Now is the time

to research Many students begin college without declaring a major

You can research careers before and during your first year of college

http://www.mynextmove.org/

College or Tech School : Where do I go?It’s important to compare schoolsDo they have the degree you desire?How much will it cost? There are over 50 career technical schools in Ohiohttp://students.ohiohighered.org/awe/locationsThere are 82 four year colleges and universities in Ohiohttp://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/

But how do I pay for continued education?

Yes, college and technical school is expensive but assistance is available

Scholarships, grants, work-study and loans

http://www.aie.org/

Free Application for Federal Student Aid…http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

The age of technologyBe cautious of your electronic communication

Your Facebook or MySpace pages Email addresses must be appropriate;

partydude@yahoo.com is NOT appropriateVoicemail messages must be appropriate; “Yo, you know

what to do, wait for the beep dogg!” is NOT appropriateRing back tones must be appropriate; Anything that you

wouldn’t want your Grandma to hear is NOT appropriatehttp://blog.simplyhired.com/2011/02/professional-email-add

ress-and-voicemail-message.html

Labor Market Siteshttp://lmi.state.oh.us

http://online.onetcenter.org

www.myskillsmyfuture.orgwww.mynextmove.orgwww.careerinfonet.org/skillswww.jobfit.com/area8workforce

Self Assessment Tools

Other Helpful WebsitesHelp with career travels…

http://www.knowhow2go.org/

Information on Ohio Workforce…http://workforce.ohio.gov/

Entrepreneur Information…http://ohiomeansbusiness.com/

Questions & Contact InfoLocal One-stop office:

The Job Center Network of Miami County 2040 N County Rd 25A

Troy, OH 45373937-440-3465

ODJFS Rep. & Presenter: Barbara NicodemusBarbara.Nicodemus@jfs.ohio.gov