Planning your career

The Future Looks Brighter with a Plan

The Goal• Should BE: • Select a career that “fits” the

student’s interests, values, and skills, and is “in demand”

• Select an education path that prepares the student for that career

• Obtain the required education/training

Consequences of No Career Direction

• The average college student switches majors three times

• In many colleges, 30-50% of the students do not earn a 4 year degree within 6 years

• Today, 57% of U. S. young adults (18-24 years old) live with parents

• When several hundred high school students were asked to list as many occupations as possible in 10 minutes, the average list included only 13 different occupations

Activity

List as many careers as possible!!!

$31,939

Source SLGFA

The average household income for Poinsett County

By 2020

How many JOBS will require a career

certificate or college degree

•54%

Careers•How much times does a typical student invest in school from kindergarten to twelfth grade?

Career

•14,000 hours• Multiply that amount of time by 600%

•84,000 hours• That is the amount of time someone

will spend in a career from 22 to 66 (working 40 hrs. per week)

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Grades 1-12 College Working

Why Further Your Education

• Learn new things

• Feel accomplished

• Meet new people

• Improve your skills

• Get a job or career that you want

• Earn $,$$$,$$$

Find the Educational Program For You

• Does the school offer a program of study you wish to pursue

• Is the school Big or Small• Location of the School• Cost of the School

• Visit College Campuses

The table below identifies the top growth industries in Northeast Arkansas

(discoverarkansas.net)NAICS Code NAICS Title Education Career Cluster

AEDC Targeted Industry Statewide

722000 Food Services and Drinking Places Hospitality and Tourism No333000 Machinery Manufacturing Manufacturing Yes 336000 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing Manufacturing Yes624000 Social Assistance Human Services No 488000 Support Activities for Transportation Transportation, Distribution and Logistics Yes 325000 Chemical Manufacturing Manufacturing No331000 Primary Metal Manufacturing Manufacturing No452000 General Merchandise Stores Marketing, Sales and Service No621000 Ambulatory Health Care Services Health Science No

451000 Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores

Marketing, Sales and Service No 

Research Different Careers

• Take a career Interest Survey• `Google Holland Code Quiz

What do you like to do?

What are your talents?

How do YOU see the future?