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Did you Know?. It Takes A Village….. To Reach and Inspire Our Students. Susan Coleman Orange Coast College. WHY is it important?. Without Effective Career Development… Most career decision-making is unintentional and uninformed. 65% of working adults - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Did you Know?
It Takes A Village…..
To Reach and Inspire Our Students
Susan ColemanOrange Coast College
WHY is it important? Without Effective Career
Development…
Most career decision-making is unintentional and uninformed.
65% of working adults do not believe they are in the right job
(NCDA/Gallup, 1999)
Who needs it?
The“Next” GenerationBorn Between 1980 and 1999
Millennials Screenagers Echo-Boomers Wired Generation Dot-com Generation Entitled Generation 75 million
Getting to Know Them…………. Raised on Technology Open-minded about globalization Raised to “play” Instant gratification/ coddled Improved Literacy Work well on teams
More …………………. Work to live, not live to work Employee for life is a “Myth” Grew up with both parents working 50% grew up with single parents
Attitudes or qualities they bring to the workplace…………. Boredom Low perception of boundaries Willingness to sacrifice benefits for better
work/life balance Unwillingness to think of early job as
careers Expect employers to be socially responsible Acceptance of authority and willingness to
follow rules
Why should we care? Boomers replacement in the workforce Change jobs 19 times High turnover of knowledge workers We have a lot to learn from the
“Millennials” Influence the workplace
for the next 50 years80 million
What can we all do for our students?Encourage experiences
Be a support system
Affirm who they are
Share information
Career Development Is Everyone’s Responsibility……..
Let’s infuse “Career Development”
throughout the curriculum to be taught by not only counselors but teachers, parents, and the student’s
too!
We’re here to help
Grant funded, free resources
Available to all….
Try this………...For
Students
Missing Major Project Target audience – Millennials Fast and Easy Uses technology Start the career development process Tool to link students to counselors
and career centers
Remember……..Students who have made decisions
about their majors and careers are our most motivated students. They stay in school longer and get
better grades.
Try this…………For
Faculty
New from the QT Team
“Handy Activities for Student Success”
Linking the Classroom to the Workplace
Based on the best of the QT Targeted to faculty in the classroom Short, focused, and fun activities that
gives students: Awareness about what they are learning in
class to their lives Better understanding of skills employers
seek Provide career strategies too negotiate the
new world of work
Try it out!
Write a Bio-Poem
Try This…………For Career Centers
Website: www.cccareers.org
CQT: Career Quick Tips
CQT can be forwarded to faculty
Ideas for integrating career information into the curriculum
Final words….
Students who know where they are going and what they will be doing as they explore are more likely to continue the process.
Written plans can be adjusted and changed as students progress.
ROI…. for students with Career Development skills More successful in the workplace Make more money Fewer health problems Produce more goods and services Experience shorter unemployment
periods
What are you willing to do?Will you return to your campus and talk
to just one faculty member or counselor about it?
