Transcript Parents as Partners in Career Planning

Parents as Partners in
Career Planning
John Pritchett, Career Counselor
Waukesha County Technical College
Career Development Services
Parent Concerns
for their Children
Happy
Healthy
Safe
Successful
Self Supporting
What is a
“Helicopter Parent”?
A person who pays extremely close attention to his/her child;
termed due to “hovering” closely overhead, whether their
children need them or not.
First reference to this term, by Cline and Fay in 1990
"Parenting with Love and Logic: Teaching Children
Responsibility".
College administrators began using term in the early 2000’s as
the Millennial Generation began reaching college age.
Hovering is increasing in the PreK-12 environment and among
employers in the hiring process.
Helicopter Parents
The Research:
38% of students reported that parents had called or attended
meetings with academic advisors.
31% of students reported that their parents had called professors to
complain about a grade.
Vanguard Group: 7 of 10 college recruits that are offered positions
state "'Let me talk to my parents. I'll get back to you.“
According to the 2006 Recruiting Trends, 31% of employers reported
receiving student resumes from parents.
Parents have highest influence on career choice for Generation X
(31%) and Millennials (42%)
Helicopter Parents in
School and the Workplace
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Parents as Partners in Career
Planning - Workshops
Communication and Career Planning
using the MBTI
Realizing the Dream
Post High School Options
Communication and Career
Planning using the MBTI
Personality types are used as a tool to aid in
communication between parents and their
children
MBTI results are used to explore careers
based on type and temperament
Realizing The Dream
Agenda
Welcome and Workshop Overview
Registration
Introductions
Realizing The Dream
Video Introduction
Realizing The Dream
Agenda
Activity 1 (Self Concept)
Activity 2 (Interests)
Activity 3 (Abilities)
Activity 4 (Preferences)
Overview of remaining activities
Career Research
Post High School Options
Agenda
Workshop Overview
Welcome / Registrations /
Introductions
The Career Planning Process
Occupational Family Tree
Labor Market Trends
Post High School Options
Agenda
Informational Interviewing
Decision Making
Goal Setting
IDEAS (Interest Assessment)
Career Development Services – Web
Links
WISCareers
Choosing a career is a big
decision
Planning for the future is not
something you do once. It's an ongoing
process. Career planning has three
steps that your child will cycle
through and repeat throughout his or
her working life.
The Career Planning
Process
The Three Steps in the
Career Planning Process
Step One: Know yourself
Evaluate yourself—your interests, abilities, skills, and work
values.
Step Two: Explore options and choose a direction
Gather information to consider regarding career options that
relate to what you know about yourself.
Step Three: Make plans and take action
Consider issues that can affect your plans and take appropriate
actions to accomplish your goals.
The Career Constellation
“Most people consider their career to
be a series of progressive and related
jobs or occupations, but a career is
what we do to make a life, not just
earn a living.”
LeeAnn Bernier-Clarke, MEd, NCC, NCCC
Post-High School Education
and Training Options
On-the-Job Training
Military
Apprenticeship
Trade School
Technical College
Community College
4-Year College
Reasons noted as “very important”
in deciding to go to college
To learn more about things that interest me
To be able to get a better job
To get training for a specific career
To be able to make more money
To gain a general education and
appreciation of ideas
To prepare myself for graduate or
professional school
To make me a more cultured person
76.8 %
70.4
69.2
69.0
64.3
57.7
41.7%
Reasons noted as “very important”
in deciding to go to college
Parents wanted me to go
46.4%
Wanted to get away from home
21.1%
A mentor or role model encouraged me to go
17.2%
I could not find a job
5.6%
Nothing better to do
4.1%
College-Going Decisions
46.4% cite “parents wanted me to go” as a very
important reason
Reason for Attending College:
"My Parents Wanted Me To Go"
Percent "very important"
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1976 1979 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003
College-Going Decisions
Why go to any college?
21.1% – to get away from home
8.7% in 1978
Why pick your particular college?
19.6% – Living near home was very important
reason in selecting college
College-Going Decisions
Parental influence at both ends of the
spectrum
Students go to college near home
Students go to college to get away from home
Source:
The American Freshman:
National Norms for Fall 2006
Sylvia Hurtado & John H. Pryor
January 19, 2007
Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP)
Higher Education Research Institute (HERI)
Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
University of California, Los Angeles
http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/heri.html
Occupational Family Tree
Families play a major role in shaping
their children’s educational and
career decisions.
An Occupational family Tree can help
explore family values, traditions and
expectations
Informational Interviewing
One of the best sources for
gathering information about what’s
happening in an occupation or an
industry is to talk to people working
in the field. This process is called
Informational Interviewing.
Labor Market Trends
Skills Gap
Training Requirements
Aging Workforce
Projected Skilled and
Unskilled Worker Gap
in 2010 and 2020 in the US
2010
2020
Skilled Worker Gap
5.3 million
14 million
Unskilled Worker Gap
1.7 million
7 million
Total Estimated Gap
7.0 million
21 million
Requirements for FullTime Openings: May 2006
No education or experience required
16%
High School Graduate, No Experience
4%
Certification, license, AA, or experience 49%
4-yr. college or more
6%
4-yr. college or more plus experience
25%
Source: UWM Employment and Training Institute
Where Youth Will Be Needed
40,000
18 yr olds
65 yr olds
35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
When Gray is Golden
Business in an Aging America
Health Care
Home Products
Recreation and Leisure Services
Financial Services and Products
Educational Services
Business Consulting
Wellness and Youth-Enhancing Products
Source: The Futurist July-August 1992
Career Decision Making
Steps to Decision Making
Decision Making Grid
Goal Setting
Planning is a matter of probabilities.
Sometimes your plans will turn out
and sometimes they won’t. Setting
goals can help increase your
probability of success.
IDEAS
Interest, Determination, Exploration
& Assessment System
Web Resources
Waukesha County Technical College
http://www.wctc.edu
WCTC Career Development Services-Youth
Services
http://www.wctc.edu/web/career/careerdev
/youth.php
WISCareers http://wiscareers.wisc.edu
For More Information or
Questions
John Pritchett, Career Counselor
Waukesha County Technical College
(262) 695-7847
[email protected]