Practical career guidance for teens

Career Planning

Do 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!

Why is education so important?http://ohiolmi.com/proj/projections/ohio/EdPays.pdf

High school diploma = average $626 per week

Bachelor’s degree = average $1038 per week

You can earn over $20,000 more per year with a degree

Future Trends in the Workforce

Expectations of the 21st Century Workforce :90% of the fastest-growing occupations require some education beyond

high school. (U.S. Department of Education, 2006a) In 2010, the number of jobs requiring at least a bachelor’s degree increased

21.6%, and the number of jobs requiring at least an associate’s degree increased to 32%. (Ohio Business Roundtable, 2006)

The proportion of new jobs requiring a high school education or less is expected to drop from 47% in 2004 to 37% in 2014. (Hecker, 2005)

If current trends continue, more than 40 percent of manufacturing jobs will require postsecondary education by 2012. Thirty years ago, more than half of U.S. manufacturing workers did not even have a high school diploma. (Ohio Business Roundtable, 2006)

Labor Market Information

Labor 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

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

Job Market in Ohio

Buckeye Top Fifty http://ohiolmi.com/proj/projections/ohio/Buckeye50.pdf

Northwest Ohio Jobs in Manufacturinghttp://www.ohiomeansbusiness.com/key-industries/

manufacturing.php

Advanced manufacturingHigh tech jobs in manufacturing are emerging

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

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/

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 dog!” is NOT appropriateRingback tones must be appropriate; Anything that you

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

address-and-voicemail-message.html

Questions & Contact Info

Local One-stop office: Paulding County One-stop

250 Dooley Drive, Suite B

Paulding, OH 45879

419-399-3345

WIA Youth Rep: Sonya Herber

ODJFS Rep: Jeannie Bourk

Workshop Presenter: Laura Jones