Career Awareness

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Career Awareness

• Job Trends

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What is a trend?
Something that changes over time, becomes
popular, then fades away. Something that follows
a general course then takes on a new direction.
Can you name any examples?

• Clothes
• Hair styles
• Colors in decorating
• Social conversation- Things you say.
• Brand names

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Trend example Transportation

• Boat or Horse (Stagecoach)
• Then later people used
• Train
• Then later people used
• Car/Bus
• Then later people used
• Airplane

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Trend example Music Media

• Records 45, 33, or 78
• 8-Track
• Cassette
• CD
• MP3 ITunes

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What jobs no longer exist or are very rare?

• Lighthouse keepers
• (Street) lamp lighter
• Stagecoach drivers
• Train conductor/Railroad workers
• Clock setters and cleaners
• Milkman

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Trends in Education

• Years ago, one teacher would teach many grades in
  a one-room school, students walked to school, and
  went home for lunch.
• Later grades were split into different rooms with
  a teacher for each room, transportation, food,
  and health care professionals provided.
• What jobs were created by this?
• Teachers, aides, counselors, school nurse,
  administrators, secretaries, architects,
  construction and maintenance workers, bus
  drivers, cafeteria workers, etc.

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Education Trend

• Now classes can be taught via the Internet and
  video conference between schools.
• How does this change jobs?
• Teachers must have technology training and
  someone has to set up the technology at schools.
• What jobs are created?
• IT/network technicians, computer technicians
  and programmers, Web and technical support
  specialists, etc.

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Technology Trend in Jobs

• How are jobs changing due to technology?
• People use faster means of travel to attend
  meetings
• OR
• Stay at home or at their office and use
  videoconferencing, e-mail, chat, networking,
  podcasting, phone, and fax to communicate.
• What skills will you need to keep up with trends
  and find a job that is in demand?

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Emerging Occupations

• Emerging occupations can be characterized as new
  occupations created by changes in technology,
  society, markets, or regulations.
• Emerging occupations may also be existing
  occupations that have been substantially modified
  by the same changes, and are increasing in
  employment.

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Get an emerging occupation for less worry over
downsizing and technological advancements.

• Home Health Aides Personal Care Aides
• Network Data Communications Computer Systems
  Analysts
• Medical Assistants
• Physician Assistants
• Computer Software/Applications/Systems Software
  Engineers
• Physical Therapists Assistants
• Occupational Therapists Assistants
• Dental Hygienists Dental Assistants
• Network/Computer Systems Database
  Administrators
• Forensic Science Technicians
• Diagnostic Medical Sonographers/Radiologists
• Veterinary Technologists Technicians
• Medical Scientists

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Other Emerging Occupations

• Preschool Teachers
• Postsecondary Teachers/Professors
• Cardiovascular Technologists Technicians
• Hydrologists
• Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
• Biomedical Engineers
• Employment Recruitment Placement Specialists
• Environmental Engineers
• Paralegals Legal Assistants

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more Emerging Occupations

• Consumer Credit Counselors
• Resettlement Coordinators
• Bus Aides
• Volunteer Coordinators
• Credentiallers
• Job Coaches
• Development Directors
• (U.S Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
  Statistics, March 2006)

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Look up these and other jobs in the Occupational
Outlook Handbook available at your library or
guidance office or go to http//www.bls.gov/ocohom
e.htm

• These jobs all require post-secondary education
  or training of some kind with strong math,
  science, and language skills. This is the case
  with most jobs offering major opportunities and
  good pay.

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Be Cool, Stay in SchoolMean Annual Earnings by
Educational Level
Estimates from www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0883617.htm
l 2004 earnings
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It Pays to Learn

• With more education you can have
• more opportunity for a job
• higher pay
• greater job satisfaction

During the course of our lives we change jobs 7
times on the average. Thats a lot of planning,
decision making, and training! Start preparing
now!