Diana Maniscalco

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Your Future is a Click Away

• Diana Maniscalco
• Media Specialist
• Westland Hialeah Senior

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What Hat will You be Wearing in 10 Years?
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Did You Know . . .

• The youth population, aged 16-24, will grow 7
  over 2002-2012 period
• The group aged 55-64 will increase by 43.6 or
  11.5 million persons
• Minorities and immigrants will constitute a
  larger share of the U.S. population, with
  Hispanics projected to grow much faster than all
  other racial and ethnic groups
• The male labor force is projected to grow by 10,
  compared with 14.3 for women
• Population trends affect employment opportunities

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What Does That Mean For ME?

• Service-providing industries (shift from good
  producing)
• Education
• Health Services
• Information computer related industries,
  Internet publishing, broadcasting, software
  publishers
• Leisure and hospitality amusement, gambling,
  recreation, physical fitness focus
• Trade, Transportation and Warehousing Truck
  transportation, wholesale and retail trade
• Financial activities Real estate, rental
  leasing/commercial industrial
  machinery/equipment rental and leasing, finance,
  insurance
• Government public education and hospitals

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Education is the Key

• Of the 50 highest-paying occupations, only air
  traffic controller doesnt require a college
  education!

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40 hours per week X 8.00 320.00
taxes -100.00
______

220.00 220.00 X 4 weeks
880.00
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Can You Afford the Life You Want?

• Monthly rent (with a roommate) 400.00
• Electric 50.00
• Phone 50.00
• Gas/insurance 200.00
• Car payment 200.00
• What about groceries, a haircut, a new CD,
  going to the movies or out to eat?

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The Importance of Finding the Perfect Career

• Type of work a job that utilizes ones
  abilities and gives a sense of accomplishment
• Security
• Company with a good reputation provides workers
  with pride
• Advancement
• Coworkers
• Pay is fair
• Hours fit your lifestyle
• Benefits
• Working conditions

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bridges.com Create your
portfolio Choices Planner Work
tab Interest Profiler, Work Values
Sorter, Basic Skills Survey, Workplace Skills
Checklist
STEP 1
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Interest Profiler 179 questions Answering a
question takes you to the next question Focus on
what you would like to do in the future, not only
what youre able to do right now. Be yourself!
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Work Values Sorter

• Rank your work values from most important to
  least important
• I make use of my abilities.
• I would be treated fairly by the company.
• I could be busy all the time.
• The job would provide an opportunity for
  advancement.
• I could give instructions and directions to
  others.
• My co-workers would be easy to get along with.
• I could try out my own new ideas.
• I could work alone.
• I would never pressured to do things that go
  against my sense of right and wrong.
• The job would provide for steady employment.
• I could do something different every day.
• My pay would compare well with that of other
  workers.

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Work Values Sorter
RESULT Your work values are ranked and a list
of matching careers appear on the screen!
Achievement Independence Recognition Relationship
s Working conditions Support
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Basic Skills Survey

• Reading Comprehension
• Active listening
• Writing
• Speaking
• Math
• Science
• Critical thinking
• Active learning
• Learning strategies
• Monitoring

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Workplace Skills Checklist

• Social skills
• Social Perceptiveness being aware of and
  understanding others' reactions
• Coordination adjusting actions in relation to
  others' actions
• Persuasion persuading others to approach things
  differently
• Negotiation bringing others together and trying
  to reconcile differences
• Instructing teaching others how to do something
• Service Orientation actively looking for ways
  to help people
• Complex problem solving
• Technical skills
• Systems skills
• Judgment and decision-making
• Resource Management
• Time Management

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Look at Your 3 Highest Interest Areas

• Are You Investigative?
• Social?
• Mechanical?
• Enterprising?
• Conventional?
• Artistic?

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Look at Career Clusters under your Interest areas
Step 2
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Once Youve Settled on a Career . . .Lets
Explore!
Step 3

• Job responsibilities
• Working conditions
• Money
• Outlook
• Specialty fields
• Licensing
• Aptitudes/skills needed
• Corresponding high school subjects

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Promote Your Career in a Brochure

• Include all information collected on career chart
• Include pictures
• Include charts showing projected growth

Step 4
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Now youve got to sell yourself!
Step 5

• Resume
• Cover Letter
• The Interview

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• Would you sooner be a ballooner or a grand-piano
  tuner?
• Olympic champion?
• Mountain guide?
• Its not easy to decide!
• Youve got to be someone!
• You cant be a doodler.
• Maybe you should be a voice.
• Someday you must make a choice.
• From Maybe you should fly a Jet! Maybe you should
  be a vet!
• By Theo. LeSieg