Career Readiness Nassau BOCES Perkins Consortium Susan Gubing

Career Readiness Nassau BOCES Perkins Consortium Susan Gubing, Career. Smarts

Susan Gubing Career Planning, Work-based Learning, Advisory Boards, 21 st Century Skills 50 Years in Education • School/Industry Coordinator for Smithtown School District • Professional Development Provider for • Buffalo State and Hofstra – online Work-based Learning Certification • Numerous career and technical education departments • Author - Games 2 Careers Xtreme. Intern • NY State Education Consultant for CDOS Standards, Work-Based Learning Programs • Board of Directors for: Hauppauge Industrial Association Society for Human Resource Management Long Island Business Educators NYS Work Experience Association sue@careersmarts. com

1. Career Readiness 2. The Future Workplace 3. What Can You Do Now!

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COLLEGE READINESS

CAREER READINESS I AM CAREER READY! After completing numerous career and work-based Learning activities, can say with confidence. I Ø I have identified my career interests (Career DNA). Ø I have chosen which career clusters I wish to work in based upon their environments.

CAREER READINESS I can match my interests to: – High School and post-secondary course selections – Clubs, Community Service, Internships – Job titles and career ladders – Corporations who would hire me – Industry Credentials – Unions and professional associations Ø I can apply all of the above to real world situation I have created my career plan, resume and e. Portfolio to be used in plotting my future road to success.

CAREER READINESS I can apply all of the above to real world situations I have created my career plan, resume and e. Portfolio to be used in plotting my future road to success. ü I can locate an employer who matches my career interests. ü I can successfully apply for the position. ü I can succeed in the position because of my work success skills. ü I can get promoted!

WHAT IS YOUR ROLE? Future Workforce. PARENTS…. EDUCATORS…. . EMPLOYERS ASSIST OUR CHILDREN TO DEVELOP GOOD WORK HABITS AND FIND THEIR PASSIONS FOR LIFE SUCCESS!

“Average is Over!” Susan Gubing, Career. Smarts 12

Future Workers Beware: “Average is Over!” Your PQ + CQ is Better Than Your IQ! ü Are you preparing your students to “Think like an immigrant, act as an artisan and strategize as a waitress at a pancake house? ” ü What are the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for career success? ü Will our students be prepared for the fast, changing, competitive global world? 13

GENERATIONS Silent Generation – 75+ • High School Diploma • Life time Jobs at large, established companies. Pensions $ 35 M Babyboomers – 55 - 74 • High School Diploma + 2 or 4 year college degree • Life time Jobs at large, established companies Pensions $ 72 M Gen X – 35 - 54 • 2 or 4 year college degree • No more life time jobs. Beginning of global competition • No pensions 42 M MILLENNIALS – 16 - 34 • + 2 or 4 year college degree +Certifications • Global Competition • Short Term Employment 3 -5 years; No pensions, • Entrepreneurs 78 M Gen. Z – 0 - 15 • + 2 or 4 year college degree +Certifications, • Robots, Artificial Intelligence, Super technology • 14

TIME LINE 2000 - TODAY 2000 2004 2007 2012 2017 START OF ONLINE FLAT WORLD CONNECTED HYPERCONNECTED AVERAGE IS OVER AI – IA • PC • Create digital content • INTERNET • GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS • Create and share digital content • • • i. Phone Google Facebook Linked. In 4 G Skype Cloud APPS Workflow software • GLOBAL JOB COMPETITION • Outsourcing Artificial Intelligence/ Intelligent Assistants BIG DATA ROBOTS 15

Look At These Ideas Wearing Two Different Sets Of Glasses THE EDUCATOR! Do you demonstrate above average abilities in knowledge and skills? • • • Creativity Critical Thinking Collaboration Communications Technology YOUR STUDENTS! Do your students follow your lead of demonstrating above average behavior? Do you motivate your students to show curiosity, passion, solutions finding actions. Is your/their PQ + CQ stronger than your/their IQ ? Do all your students earn an “A”? If you are still doing what you have been doing for the past 20 years, then you are getting the same 16

CONNECTION TO OUR…… q Classrooms in regards to teaching methods and grading systems. q Career counseling activities q Ability to motivate our students to do more in school and in life. q Work-Based Learning placements. We need to reshape Work-Based Learning programs. Routine work to the 4 C’s q Colleagues 17

Thomas Friedman, Average is Over, https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=s. Rm. Fq_PJ 6 w 0&t=101 s 5 Pillars Formula for Success - 2012 Foundation of the greatest public and private partnership in the world Educate our people World’s best infrastructure Open immigration policy Best rules for investing and attack capital Have the world’s most government funded research 18

The World’s Jobs Are Changing… Pulled UP – more knowledge Pullet Out – more software and … Pull Down - outsourcing 19

Everyone Must Pass the Bar Exam! It doesn’t matter what is on your resume/cv. • Employees are given specific tests • Hire art? https: //www. hireart. com/ • Find Your Best Fit • “We match talented sales and customer service people with forwardthinking companies”. Employers don’t want you to take a chance on you. • Only hire a new employee if they can add value “Email list: ” Who is watching your performance • • Big data creates the “email list. ” What is the measurement of your success? 20

IBM THINK Forum | Tom Friedman on The Leadership Agenda: That Used to Be Us Duration: (31: 37) https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=URKf. Xe_7 o. OE&featur e=youtu. be 17: 00 – 27: 00 What is your unique value proposition? What are you looking for in an employee? • • High end white collar high law firm Low end white color in India outsourcing Blue collar - Du. Pont Green collar – US Army 1. Critical thinking 2. Reasoning 3. Problem-solving in order to get an interview Invent, re-invent and engineer their own job while they are doing it. Find a Job or Invent a Job 21

Life Long Learning https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ACLDQn. Vx. Kc. E SOCIAL CONTRACT AT&T(26: 00) HR POLICY: • Identify skills. • Created courses • $8500 a year • On your time (28: 00) You can be a life time employee if you are a life long learner. Intelligent Assistant: AI into IA (28: 00) Qual. Comm – janitors are maintenance technologists Kahn Academy: Free SAT courses (31: 00) 32: 55 Certification badges: Opportunity @ Work No college degree 22

FINDING & GETTING EMPLOYMENT HAS CHANGED Richard Bolles: What Color is Your Parachute Linked. In is your new resume Google is your new job finder 23

CORPORATE WEBSITES ARE PACKED WITH CAREER RESOURCES

Linked. In is Your New Resume Sue Gubing If you’re not already on Linked. In join now! Corporate and agency headhunters avoid advertising an open position, but go searching on Linked. In for what employers call “passive jobseekers. ” (You ain’t lookin’ for them, but they are lookin’ for you. ) They search by keywords.

“Don’t forget this: for an employer, hiring is essentially an elimination game. ” Employers look for any reason to eliminate you! Why? ○ To make their task of hiring easier! ○ Their goal: minimum # of face-to-face interviews! Note: Skilled HR managers can scan & eliminate a resume in approx. 8 seconds! Moral of the Story? DON’T GIVE THEM A REASON TO ELIMINATE YOU!

5. 4 - the magic number a. k. a. the average number of faceto-face interviews an employer conducts… increase your odds… where are you posting your resume? Job-boards Social Media Employer Website Referral 219 resumes 116 resumes 33 resumes 10 resumes Job Searching Becomes An Art

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Advice to the Millennials https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=x 6 RHrtobf. Zk 4 minutes How do you think like an immigrant? How do you think like an artisan? How do you think like a starter-upper in Silicon Valley? Be in Beta - You are never FINISHED! PQ + CQ is better than IQ Always think like a waitress. Always think like an entrepreneurial. 30

2 Challenges: Bring below skilled students from the bottom to average Need to bring the average to the global heights We need more creative, non routine workers More and better education focused on the 3 c’s: creativity, communications and collaboration. Invent, re-invent and engineer their own job We all have to really become residents of Garrison Keillor's fictional Lake Wobegon where …. . all the men are strong …. . all the women are good-looking and …. . all the children are above average Because in this hyper-connected world average is officially over! 31

NASSAU COUNSELOR’S ASSOCATION – MARCH 17 TH ADELPHI COLLEGE Workshop Session II 11: 45 a. m. – 12: 45 p. m. The “Nuts & Bolts” of Building the Career Awareness Program for Your Middle School Students Susan H. Gubing Industry/Educational Consultant, Career. Smarts Susan Gubing will help create the blueprint for your student career awareness program. This workshop will define the parameters of the program, the foundation needed to build upon, the team of builders who you will work with, and the creative activities you can offer your entire student population. There will be an opportunity to share your current practices along with a discussion about concepts career e. Portfolios, online career resources, discovering One’s Career DNA, and establishing a “Career Advisory Board” for your school.