Career Clusters and Labor Market Information

1. Career Clusters and Labor Market Information Incorporating Career Resources into your Curriculum to Engage your Students

2. WHY relate your subject to careersReason #1 • Students become more engaged if the course work is RELEVANT • Why should I learn this? • Is this useful to me now? • How does this open doors for me?

3. WHY relate your subject to careers?Reason #2 • Studies show students need and rise to the challenge of MORE RIGOR • Add more rigor by emphasizing the real world application of the skills and knowledge they are developing in your class.

4. WHY relate your subject to careers?Reason #3 • Students with a thought-out career plan perform better academically, are more apt to complete a college program, and transition successfully into independent adulthood.

5. WHY relate your subject to careers?Reason #4 • Standards and benchmarks include career education.

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10. WHAT career info. do students need? • Self-knowledge— “It’s all about me!” • Interests, Values, Aptitudes and Skills • Job Market Information • Career Clusters/Pathways/Occupational Information • College (and other alternatives) Info. • Financial Literacy

11. Labor Market Information (that you and your students need to understand)

12. Changing Labor Force (USA) • Aging • 77 million baby boomers retiring before 2030 • By 2015, 19% of workforce will be over 55 yrs. • Diverse • More racially and ethnically diverse • 40% of U.S. population growth due to immigration

13. Surplus • World supply of highly skilled and relatively low pay workers is increasing • China has 220 million “surplus” workers (U.S. has 140 million workers) • Professionals available on world market in wide range of fields for a fraction of the cost of U.S. professionals

14. Surplus • Example: • 2005 College Graduates • China – 3.3 million • India – 3.1 million • U.S. – 1.3 million • Engineering Graduates in 2005 • China – 600,000 • India – 350,000 • U.S. – 70,000

15. Outsourcing • Outsourcing is utilizing experts from outside the business to perform specific tasks that the business once performed itself, often for reasons of lowering costs and efficient use of labor.

16. Mobile • Workers less likely to spend the major portion of their career with a single employer. • Employees (students) need skills marketable to a variety of employers rather than employer-specific training. • Employers may not invest in worker training if that training will make their employees more attractive to other companies.

17. Wireless • collaboration is mobile and personal. • Employees available to the world’s employers without moving.

18. “Because technology makes simple tasks easier, it places a burden on higher level skills” enGauge 21st Century Skills

19. “The illiterate of the 21st Century will not be those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.” Alvin Toffler, Futurist & Author

20. Best jobs of the 21st Century Students need to know it’s important to consider a career that will be in high demand in the future and will afford them the lifestyle they want without creating credit or debt problems.

21. Best jobs of the 21st Century Healthcare • Administration • Nursing • Physical health • Dentistry • Mental health

22. Best jobs of the 21st Century Business & Professional Services • Financial Services (Banking, Securities, Accting.) • Human Resources • Law • Communications • Public Relations • Sale & Marketing • Food Services

23. Best jobs of the 21st Century Technology • Biotechnology • Engineering • Information Technology • New Technologies (nanotechnology,…)

24. Worst jobs of the 21st Century • Manufacturing (Manufacturing is actually growing in ND.) • Journalism • Radio Announcers • Travel Agent Forbes.com 10-09-2007 The workers at the highest risk are those at all skill levels who do routine work!

25. ND Employment by Education Level Pro - $45,911 typical Unskilled – $19,501 typical Skilled - $31,221 typical Job Service North Dakota Employment Projections 2004-2014

26. Let’s look at examples of Jobs(ND High Demand Jobs) Unskilled (36%) Annual Salary Food Service $12,600 – $15,200 Receptionist $15,300 – $23,700 Truck Driver $17,900 – $31,600 Construction Laborer $19,500 – $27,200 Retail Clerk $12,900 – $27,200 Nurse Assistant $ 17,600 - $23,200

27. Let’s look at examples of Jobs(ND High Demand Jobs) Skilled (48%) Annual Salary Electric/Electronic Tech. $33,300 – $54,200 Dental Hygienist $46,100 – $57,200 Carpenter $22,600 – $34,100 Plumber $47,100 – $95,000 Nurse $33,400 – $54,200 Welder $23,200 – $39,100 Medical Sonographer $29,100 - $60,848

28. Let’s look at examples of Jobs(ND High Demand Jobs) Professional (16%) Annual Salary Social Worker $29,500 – $43,500 Engineer $40,000 – $84,000 Teacher $26,000 – $39,300 Pharmacist $56,200 – $85,600 Architect $30,600 – $64,000 Business Manager $39,300 – $70,700

29. Starting Pay forUncool, High-Paying Jobs Pharmacist 157,000 by 2020 $80,000 to $100,000 Nurse Anesthetist 13,000 by 2011 $80,000 to $95,000 Funeral Director 34,000 needed now up to $130,000

30. Starting Pay forUncool, High-Paying Jobs Industrial Electrician 200,000 by 2011 Up to $70,000 Commercial Plumber/ 107,000 by 2011 Pipefitter $56,000 to $95,000+ HVAC Cannot find enough up to $80,000

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34. 16 Career Clusters National Model

35. Use Career Clusters • There are 16 Career Clusters • Career Clusters help organize jobs by SKILLS needed and by INTEREST! • Use the Career Clusters Interest Survey • Then – students can look at the many jobs that may match their interests and talents.

37. Each Career Cluster Has A Plan of Study

38. A Plan of Study provides: • More occupations to think about • Suggested Classes • Other learning opportunities • Postsecondary programs to consider

39. Getting Real: Helping Teens Find Their Futureby Kenneth Gray, Penn State University “Postsecondary success hinges on 2 factors: Academic skills and the commitment that comes from career direction.”