1. “I” Search Research Project 2014-15 Begin thinking of your future

2. Why Research Careers Now?

3. Career Reality Continuous, rapid changes all around (e.g. technology) Continuous, rapid changes all around (e.g. technology) Keep learning to keep up! Keep learning to keep up!

4. Educational Attainment 1910 to 2014 Percent of Population Age 25 and Older www.census.gov/hhes/socdemo/education/data/cps/2014/tables.html

5. Education Pays

7. Living Wage in Petaluma and Santa Rosa 2014 Hourly Wages One Adult One Adult, One Child Two Adults Two Adults, One Child Two Adults, Two Childre n LivingWage$10.69$22.69$16.44$20.78$22.12 Poverty Wage $5.21$7.00$7.00$8.80$10.60 Minimum Wage $8.00$8.00$8.00$8.00$8.00 Information from : http://www.livingwage.geog.psu.edu/index.php Living Wage Calculatorhttp://www.livingwage.geog.psu.edu/index.php Living Wage - The living wage shown is the hourly rate that an individual must earn to support their family, if they are the sole provider and are working full-time (2080 hours per year). The poverty rate is converted to an hourly wage for the sake of comparison. Wages that are less than the living wage are shown in bold italics.

8. Typical Expenses in Petaluma These figures show the individual expenses that went into the living wage estimate. Their values vary by family size, composition, and the current location.

9. So many options …

11. Skills and Abilities What do you do well? What are your natural talents?

12. Interests What do you enjoy doing? What do you spend a lot of time doing? What do you WISH you could do?

13. Values What is important to you? familystatus familystatus religionfinancial gain religionfinancial gain competitionrecognition competitionrecognition creativityhelping others creativityhelping others education friends stabilityvariety education friends stabilityvariety

14. Go to www.cacareerzone.org

15. Other College Search Sources www.bigfuture.collegeboard.orgwww.act.org/collegesearchwww.collegeprowler.comwww.cappex.com