DID YOU KNOW??? Source: HRDC,Statistics Canada, Ontario Education

Answer the following 15 questions:

1. The average job lasts: 10 years 5.5 years 3.6 years 2.3 years

2. The average 35-year old person has changed jobs every: 2 years 1.5 years 3 years 5.2 years

3.A person today will go job-hunting: 1-4 times in their lifetime 5-8 times in their lifetime 8-12 times in their lifetime More than 12 times in their lifetime

4.A person will change occupations: 1-2 times in their lifetime 3-4 times in their lifetime 5-7 times in their lifetime 8-10 times in their lifetime

5.What % of all current jobs will be eliminated in 20 years? 15% 25% 50% 60%

6.What % of secondary students are where they planned to be 6 years after high school? 5% 9% 18% 25%

7.What % of adults (all ages) would not choose the type of work they are in if they could start over? 10% 25% 50% 65%

8.What % of students expect post-secondary? 9.What % of parents expect post-secondary? 70% 80%

10.What % of students go to post secondary? 11. What % of students drop out of high school? 32% 26%

12.What % of students plan to go to work from high school? 13. What % of students go to work from high school? 9% 64%

14.What % of post-secondary students change programs or drop out after the first year? 15.What % of post-secondary students are not in work closely related to their programs two years after graduation? 47% 50%

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