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Title: Strategic Career Development


1
Strategic Career Development
2
Workshop Objectives
  • Describe a framework for building sustainable
    livelihoods for youth
  • Define the three Ps, and six As of career
    development
  • Practice strategies for building career ladders
  • Examine the key elements of sectoral partnerships
  • Outline an action plan with next steps to
    strengthen career development activities for
    graduates

3
Three-Day Agenda
  • Welcome/Introductions/Objectives/Expectations
  • Examining the challenges
  • Outlining a strategic framework
  • Operationalizing the framework/Preparing young
    people
  • Building sectoral partnerships
  • Planning for action and next steps
  • Review of Key Themes
  • Evaluate and Adjourn

4
Defining Terms 1
  • Successful Graduate
  • Sustainable Livelihood
  • Career Ladder
  • Lifelong Learning
  • Unemployed/Under employed/Over employed
  • Career Strategy

5
Defining More Terms
  • First Job and Entry-Level Job
  • Good job/Bad job
  • Soft Skills
  • Transferable Skills
  • Technical Skills
  • Sector
  • High Growth/High Demand Industry

6
The Experiences of Young People
  • Out of 900 graduates surveyed, 86 percent
    identified career resources among their top five
    support needs.
  • 40 percent of surveyed graduates said career
    resources was their most pressing support need.
  • 67 percent of the Youth Build students who want
    GEDs arent getting them.
  • 43 percent say lack of job training is a barrier
    to improving their situation.

7
Current Trends
  • Globally there are 88 million unemployed women
    and men between the ages of 15 and 25 they
    represent half of all unemployed but only a
    quarter of the total population
  • Immigration is a significant source of youth
    population growth in the U.S., and by the end of
    the decade there will be six million unemployed,
    out-of-school, youth here
  • While adult unemployment is declining overall,
    youth unemployment is rising
  • Youth are up to three times more likely to be
    jobless than older generations
  • Rising poverty and globalization increase
    competition for jobs

8
Building on YouthBuilds Strengths
  • Long-term engagement with youth
  • Comprehensive, integrated program design
  • Safe, supportive learning environment
  • Linking work with study and personal development
  • 82 percent of graduates placed in post-secondary
    education and jobs
  • 80 percent of graduates report a decrease in
    negative behaviors
  • 85 percent engaged in civic activities
  • Substantive benefits to the community
  • Broad reputation for effectiveness

9
YouthBuilds Challenge
  • 67 of graduates who need a GED or diploma are
    not completing these key credentials
  • Graduates identify assistance with education,
    training, and career development as one of their
    most pressing needs
  • YouthBuild trains for construction but also
    inspires two thirds of our young people to pursue
    careers outside of the trades
  • 8.15/hour (16,952/year) does not lift out of
    poverty the half of our graduates who have
    families
  • Graduate placement and follow-up is not focused
    on career ladders
  • Limited resources for long-term graduate support
  • Constraints in program design and funder demands

10
A Career Development Framework
  • Three Ps
  • Six As

11
A Framework Three Ps
Career Partnerships (Post-secondary institutions,
WIBs, support services, employment sectors)
Individual Preparation (Self-directed and
staff-directed activities)
Fundamental Principles of Career
Development (credentials, income growth, early
exposure to work, career ladders)
12
Principles of Effective Career Development
  • Integrate career preparation throughout program
    from day one
  • Seek career ladders that lead to income growth
  • Ensure early, positive attachment to work life
  • Ensure early, positive attachment to college
  • Foster lifelong learning
  • Build assets such as skills, knowledge,
    credentials
  • Provide long-term supports
  • Teach transferable skills
  • Teach industry specific skills
  • Meet the needs of youth AND the needs of
    employers with a dual-customer approach to
    training and support
  • Build external partnerships with WIBs, colleges,
    employers

13
Exercise Principles in Action in Programs
  • Describe ways these principles can be embodied in
    program design and specific program activities
  • Integrate career preparation throughout program
    from day one
  • Ensure early, positive attachment to work life
  • Ensure early, positive attachment to college
  • Foster lifelong learning
  • Meet the needs of youth AND the needs of
    employers with a dual-customer approach to
    training and support

14
The Six As of Preparation and Partnerships
  • Assessment of Skills, Interests, Capabilities,
    Credentials
  • Alignment with Known Opportunities
  • Asset Building
  • Access to Systems, Networks, Institutions,
    Employers
  • Attachment to School, Work, and Supports
  • Advocacy and Advising

15
Asset Building in YouthBuild
  • Self esteem and self confidence
  • Individualized career development strategy
  • Knowledge, skills, attitudes to support work and
    school
  • Contacts with external resources
  • Mentor
  • AmeriCorps Education Award
  • Individual Development Account (IDA)
  • YouthBuild Asset Trust
  • Credentials
  • Wardrobe, a resume, and familiarity with work
    life
  • Peer support
  • Internship

16
Essential Credentials
  • GED or Diploma
  • Drivers License
  • OSHA Safety Certification
  • Red Cross First Aid
  • Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
  • National Work Readiness Credential (NWRC)
  • NCCER, HBI, or Union Construction Certifications
  • Other Industry-Specific Technical Credentials
  • Post-Secondary Certificate

17
Career Ladders
  • Single-Firm Career Ladder
  • Single-Industry Career Ladder
  • Sector-Based Career Ladder
  • Cross-Sector Career Ladder
  • Career ladders facilitate income growth, are
    based on skills and experience, and are supported
    by credentials that document education and
    training.

18
High Growth Industries
  • Advanced Manufacturing
  • Aerospace
  • Automotive
  • Biotechnology
  • Construction
  • Energy
  • Financial Services
  • Geospatial Technology
  • Health Care
  • Homeland Security
  • Hospitality
  • Information Technology
  • Retail
  • Transportation

19
Key Milestones
  • Control of substance abuse problems
  • Stable housing
  • Drivers license
  • Completion of GED or diploma
  • Basic skills competency
  • Completion of AmeriCorps service hours
  • Enrollment in post-secondary education
  • Successful internship
  • Successful first job entry AND exit

20
Targeting Careers for Graduates
21
Defining a Career Strategy
  • Student initiated, staff supported
  • Early introduction to work life and careers
  • Access a network of external partners
  • Links to post-secondary education and training
  • Harmonize individual needs with employers needs
  • Target career ladders
  • Identify credentials to move up career ladders
  • Predict future education and training
  • Provide generalized and specific job preparation
  • Emphasize literacy, numeracy, technology, and
    interpersonal skills
  • Provide ongoing support and follow up
  • Plan for income growth and asset building
  • Develop a first job entry and exit plan

22
A Proven Path from Poverty
Entry-Level Employment On Career Ladder
Resulting in a Vocational Credential
Supports
At least 1 Year in Community College
23
The Value of Post Secondary Education
  • In 1950 20 of jobs were considered skilled
  • In 2005 85 of jobs were considered skilled
  • 70 of jobs today require post secondary
    education
  • Relative wages for workers with only a secondary
    education have declined since 1970. All other
    workers wages have risen.
  • Workers with associates degree earn 25 more
    than those with high school credential only and
    unemployment is 33 lower
  • Workers with bachelors degree earn 75 more and
    unemployment is 66 lower

24
Pre-Baccalaureate Employment Market
  • Localemployers look locally for workers and
    community colleges market to local employers.
    Implications are that leaving town to seek better
    employment might not work at this skill level.
  • Informalspecific experience and skills is valued
    over formal education. Implications are that
    resumes and interviews must highlight all aspects
    of experience and capabilities.
  • Less stablemore cycles of unemployment and more
    likely to be laid off. Implications are that
    students must research occupations to understand
    trends and take employer training programs to
    protect against lay off.

25
Opportunities for Careers
  • Information technology, the fastest growing
    sector, will add 632,000 jobs, an 18 percent
    increase, by 2012
  • Construction industry needs 1 million new workers
    by 2012, a 15 percent increase
  • Retail trade will add nearly 600,000 jobs, a 15
    percent increase, by 2012
  • Advanced manufacturing will add over 400,000 by
    2012
  • Automotive industry needs 240,000 workers by 2012
  • Health care sector is projecting labor shortages
    for the next two decades

26
Resources for Careers NCCER
  • National Center for Construction Education and
    Research is the premier industry certifying
    organization
  • Rigorous, comprehensive, academically-aligned
    curriculum
  • 40 craft areas with 4 levels of certification
    from entry-level to journey
  • Portable, national, credentials supported by a
    web-based National Registry
  • Widely supported by state departments of
    education, community college system, and
    contractors

27
Resources for Careers NWRC
  • National Work Readiness Credential is an
    industry-recognized, national, portable,
    assessment of employment preparedness
  • NWRC shows competency in a broad range of basic,
    entry-level skills
  • Low-cost, computer-based, self-testing
  • Based on the SCANS and Equipped for the Future
    standards

28
Resources for Careers C-Tech
  • Low voltage cable networking curriculum and
    certification
  • Careers in communication, building controls, home
    installations
  • Four levels of industry-recognized certification
  • Engaging, hands-on, proven curriculum for
    YouthBuild population
  • Safe, stable, high demand construction-related
    jobs

29
Building Regional Sectoral Partnerships
30
Objectives
  • Define the purpose of regional sectoral
    partnerships in building career strategies for
    youth
  • Examine the role of the private sector
  • Examine the role of community colleges
  • Outline key elements of preparing youth for
    engagement in the workforce partnerships

31
Tracking Career-Related Outcomes
  • The goal is to ensure the health and well-being
    of graduates in sustainable livelihoods
  • All students and staff can describe a career
    strategy
  • Increase in GED and diploma completion
  • Increase in credentials gained
  • Increase in job placement and retention
  • Increase in college placement and retention
  • Increase in the average graduate wage
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