Class 1

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Welcome! Class 1 Management 490-01 Career
Development
Dr. Rose Opengart
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• Introductions
• Syllabus
• Lock Book 1, Chapter 2

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Lock Book 1, Chapter 2

• The Changing World of Work
• Demographic trends
• Labor trends
• Work values and styles
• Education and training trends
• Economic forces
• Location and time trends

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Demographic trends

• Slower rate of growth of work force
• Average age is older but more youth
• Increased diversity
• More foreign-born workers

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Labor trends

• Mid-life career changes
• Two-income families
• White-collar increase/blue decrease
• Knowledge-based/technology increase
• Importance of creativity
• Service industries outpace goods (ex. health
  care employs 5x manufacturing)

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Work values and styles

• Meaningful work vs. money
• Definition of work changing (volunteer)
• Free agent workers
• Nonstandard workers (part-time, temp,
  self-empl.)

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Education and training trends

• Mismatch between available jobs and people
• Technical labor shortage
• Need for training, retraining

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Economic forces

• Global economy, deregulation, privatization
• More importing than exporting
• National debt

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Location and time trends

• Work at home
• Longer days and workweek
• Blurred boundaries between work and home

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Growing Declining Occupations

• Table 2-3 Occupations with fastest percentage
  increase
• Table 2-4 Occupations with fastest increase in
  numbers
• Where are the business jobs? (P. 72)

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• How do all these trends affect you and your
  career goals?