Engaging and Retaining Youth Through Career Development NYS Department of Labor

1. Engaging and Retaining Youth Through Career Development NYS Department of Labor Career Development & Youth Initiatives Office

2. Your Dream Career To be the next Lassie Work on a fire truck

3. What Happened?

4. Agenda • Discuss career planning • Understanding and interpreting labor market information • Integrating career planning tools (i.e. CareerZone) into youth programs

5. Shift Happens In the Past…. In the New Economy…. • People had 1-2 jobs and retired with a gold watch • Good jobs were available with a high school degree or less • Learning was a formal process that ended with a degree • Moving from Career Choice • Job Security • People will have 12-14 jobs in a lifetime • Jobseekers need strong skill set to compete in the labor market • Life-long learning is a necessity of the workplace for all types of workers • To Career Managementfor life • Personal Freedom and Control

6. Career Planning

7. The New Career Management Paradigm Career management is not so much about making the RIGHToccupational choice….. as it is about equipping individuals with the skills to make the “CONTINUAL” choices necessary throughout their lives….

8. To make these dreams a reality Everyone has dreams You have to plan your next moves….

9. Most people consider a career as a long term job or a series of occupations, however a career and what we do for a living impacts all aspects of our lives; Family, Friends,

10. Lifestyle Choices

11. Extras

12. Graduates with a Career Plan… • Are more certain of their career direction

13. Graduates with a Career Plan… • Are more confident in their ability to secure meaningful employment

14. Graduates with a Career Plan… • Where employed: more often have jobs related to current educational programs and their long-term career plan goals

15. Today, a major purpose of school is to prepare students for more school… I hope I pass!!

16. Most students can describe what they are “studying,” “doing,” or “taking” in school… However,they have a difficult time describing… what they are learning, why they are learning it, or how they can use it outside the classroom. + =

17. Students who leave the school system often discover that they know a lot about school… But,little about how the rest of the world works.

18. College Prep is Not Enough… Source: National Center on Education and the Economy, 2007

19. …But We Expect 100 Youth Participation in the Workforce • Who am I? • Where do I want to go? • How do I get there? To ensure this, youth who participate in career development can answer the following: 4

20. What Can We Do? Allow youth and adults to focus on who they are, what they have to offer, (skills/abilities/talents) and what is important to them! Give individuals: • Ability to choose and prepare for a career • Knowledge of how to get a job • Knowledge and skills to retain employment

21. Importance of the Career Plan Process • Prepare youth for productive employment and success in life • Motivate youth to achieve high standards Reduce drop out rates Reduce the number of at-risk youth

22. Labor Market Information (LMI)

23. BRAIN TEASER

24. July 2010 employment rate lowest since 1948 Lower rates of employment between April and June 2010 Labor Supply vs. Labor Demand Percentage of people hired via Social Networking? Reality Check

25. So Why Does LMI Matter? • Youth connect education to the world of work • Make informed decisions about the future • Do not attend post-secondary education just because • Understand the labor trends locally, state wide, nationally and globally

26. CareerZone

27. CareerZone • Website: www.careerzone.ny.gov • No cost, career exploration and planning tool using driven by O*NET • Information for more than 800 occupations and 450 world of work videos illustrating a day in the life of an occupation

28. Occupation Profiles • Indicates when an occupation is in-demand • Lists the following information associated with each occupation: • Interests • Tasks • Skills • Knowledge • Education • Wages • Similar Jobs • Real time job postings

29. Assess Yourself • Based on the Holland interest model • Youth can explore occupations based on interest • Interest areas include: • Realistic • Investigative • Artistic • Social • Enterprising • Conventional

30. STEM • Youth can explore careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) • STEMventure is interactive and allows youth to create their own avatar

31. Dollars and $ense • Create a budget based upon the following: • Wages of an occupation • Geographic location • Lifestyle choices

32. Portfolio • To create new account, click “Create Account” • CareerZone Portfolio is a secure, password protected account

33. Portfolio Cont’d • Portfolio is displayed in two different versions • -Intermediate level (Grades 6-8) • -Commencement level (Grades 9-12) • Contains modules where youth can: • -Assess their skills, talents, interests • -Track classes and work experience • -Create resumes • -Develop a NYS Education Career Plan

34. Contact Information Career Development and Youth Initiatives Office NYS Department of Labor youthoffice@labor.ny.gov Contact: Kristina Krise Contact: Paula Perna Phone: 518-457-2515 Phone: 518-457-1827 Email:kristina.krise@labor.ny.govEmail:paula.perna@labor.ny.gov