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%)

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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 76.8 % To be able to get a better job70.4 To get training for a specific career 69.2 To be able to make more money 69.0 To gain a general education and appreciation of ideas 64.3 To prepare myself for graduate or professional school 57.7 To make me a more cultured person41.7%

Reasons noted as “very important” in deciding to go to college Parents wanted me to go46.4% Wanted to get away from home21.1% 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

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

Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) Graduate School of Education & Information Studies University of California, Los Angeles The American Freshman: National Norms for Fall 2006 Sylvia Hurtado & John H. Pryor January 19, 2007

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 Current Recession Skills Gap Training Requirements Aging Workforce

Jobfox Top 10 Most Recession-Proof Professions for 2008 Jobfox Top 10 Most Recession-Proof Professions for Sales Representative/ Business Development 2 Software Design/Development 3 Nursing 4 Accounting & Finance Executive 5 Accounting Staff

Jobfox Top 10 Most Recession-Proof Professions for 2008 Jobfox Top 10 Most Recession-Proof Professions for Networking/Systems Administration 7 Administrative Assistant 8 Business Analysis (Software Implementation) 9 Business Analysis (Research) 10 Finance Staff

10 Hot Professions for 2009 Auditor Career Counselor Counselor Public Relations Specialist Factor

10 Hot Professions for 2009 Health-Care Technician Mechanical Engineer Network/System Administrator Nurse Software Designer/Developer

Projected Skilled and Unskilled Worker Gap in 2010 and 2020 in the US Skilled Worker Gap5.3 million14 million Unskilled Worker Gap1.7 million 7 million Total Estimated Gap7.0 million21 million

Where Youth Will Be Needed

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 WCTC Career Development Services-Youth Services /youth.php WISCareers

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