The question, "What are you going to do after high school?", is becoming a common question. For many high school juniors and seniors this is the time of your life that you will choose a direction, a path. Some of you are feeling the weight of college applications, college shopping and some of you simply have no clue in what direction you want to go in after graduation, the possibilities are endless. Mrs. Rowland is here to help. Just remember this 52,000 hours + of your life will be spent working. Can you imagine that? Make sure you choose something you have interest in doing. I will give each of you the same advise I give my own children, find something you can be passionate about... after 20 years of teaching, I still love what I do. I wonder how many people can say that in the workplace today? I wish each of you the best of luck in making these decisions in the next few years. Remember what I say in class... we don't buy houses without walking through them. We don't buy cars without kicking the tires and starting the engine. So, before choosing your careers go job shadow and make sure this is a direction you are interested in pursuing. Now let's think about where the jobs are.
Where will the jobs be in 2012?
Hot jobs of the future will focus on health care, science, high-tech
According to the U.S. Labor Department, 13 of the 20 fastest-growing occupations between 2004 and 2014 are related to health care. Home health aides, medical assistants and physician assistants are in the top five.
What do you see in your crystal ball? Let us know .
The help wanted ads of 2012 will have a scant resemblance to today’s classifieds. Job titles more common in sci-fi novels such as space tour guide and molecular engineer will soon become common place. Remember us looking at the hover car in class and singing the theme song, "Meet George Jetson"........ yes, it only goes 10 feet off the ground but we all want one.
Tomorrow’s employers will put a premium on skilled and semi-skilled workers, especially in computers, health care, science and technology. And there will be job openings in the trades as baby boomers retire.
Are you ready for the brain race? That is what we are being asked.
MSNBNEWS reported: Opportunities abound as we become an information-rich society, said Marina Gorbis, executive director the Institute for the Future. With a growing number of video cameras, radio-frequency identification chips (RFID) and sensors gushing data, hot jobs will spring up, creating a demand for people who can cope and build new ways to comprehend it, she said.
“We’re entering an age where every object, every place, is surrounded by digital data. Times have changed..... my Dad retired from Armco Steel with 30 years of service. Today, lifelong learning will be the key to unlocking the future. People should expect to change careers six or seven times in their lifetime. Few jobs today, allow for people to get a job and stay there for their entire working career.
There is a race for brain power. Lifelong learning is part of our lives. If you stop learning, you will become unemployed and unemployable very quickly. Visualize quick sand... if you stay put too long you sink. So students, put on your shoes and start walking and learning.
Competitive innovation will produce hot jobs that are hard to imagine now. Engineers are building robots in new shapes and sizes. Times they are a changing....... remember the article about the little robot boy. The future is now.
"To get a hot job that makes big bucks, think health care or international business", said Lena Bottos, director of compensation at Salary.com. It could bump up your pay by 20 percent or more. It might even double your salary.
Highly skilled health-care professionals, like doctors and specialists, will be in demand because of aging baby boomers, which means big salaries, Bottos said. Health-care careers overall will likely enjoy job security. According to the U.S. Labor Department, 13 of the 20 fastest-growing occupations between 2004 and 2014 are related to health care. Home health aides, medical assistants and physician assistants are in the top five.
In business, professionals with international experience or knowledge — especially in finance or law — will be hot as the emphasis on global trade and business grows, Bottos said. Companies will navigate tax codes, laws, work regulations, environmental regulations and ethical questions worldwide.
fact file Fast growing jobs
The health sector will lead the way in future occupations. Below are the top fastest growing jobs from 2004-2014
Occupation New openings Pct. growth
Home health aides 350,000 56%
Network systems, data communications analysts 126,000 55%
Medical assistants 202,000 52%
Physician assistants 31,000 50%
Computer software engineers (applications) 222,000 48%
Physical therapist assistants 26,000 44%
Dental hygienists 68,000 43%
Computer software engineers (systems software) 146,000 43%
Dental assistants 114,000 43%
Personal and home care aides 287,000 41%
Source: U.S. Department of Labor
Some predictions suggest that everyone should anticipate living in different countries over their careers to succeed. Hot jobs are worldwide, and the ambitious must follow, especially this generation.
We are living in a time that that business is global. Matter fact, I shared with you the book I read this summer, "The World Is Flat". The gravity of industries is moving. It can only be to everyone's advantage to be fluent in a second langue. The borders are coming down worldwide.
Right now, the hardest jobs to fill can’t be outsourced or turned over to robots (at least not yet), and they’ll probably still be hot in 2012 because of retiring baby boomers, said Melanie Holmes, vice president of North American corporate affairs for Manpower, a worldwide employment services company. Sales representatives, teachers, mechanics, technicians, managers and truck drivers are the six hardest jobs to fill today, according to Manpower surveys.
The good news: Many of Manpower’s top 10 hardest jobs to fill don’t require a college degree, so they’re more accessible. But that’s part of the problem — the jobs are too ordinary, Holmes said. Delivery drivers, laborers and machine operators, which also made the top 10, are necessary, not glamorous.
“I’m not sure young people have thought of those occupations as attractive,” Holmes said. “Our country needs people who go to trade schools. We’re running out of people like machinists, mechanics and technicians because the people who are doing [those] jobs are retiring.”
A college degree alone won’t be a free pass to employment anymore.
So, what do you visualize the future workplace being like?
Comment if you would like on this stage of your life and the decisions that are a part of your junior/senior year.
What will you do to prepare yourself for the future workforce. ?
Where do you hope to end up? Would you be willing to work in a different country? Do you speak more than one language? Have you job-shadowed?
5 comments:
After high school, I plan on going to the University of North Carolina. I want to become a pediatrician somewhere in the future and I plan on doing so by majoring in Medicine. My high school career is important, and I'm doing the best I can to make the most of it. I get good grades, which is going to help me along the way. The demand for medical doctors will never decrease either so I am not going to be turned down because there are too many doctors. High school sets you up for your future. It's your job to work hard for what you want, and it's your job to go for the goal, no one else's.
Once I graduate high school, my plan is to either go to Miami University- Oxford or Ball State to get a secondary teacher's license. After I teach for a few years and get some experience, I dream of going to grad school and getting my masters and then a degree in administrative education to get a principalship. They make a lot more money than regular teachers which will be important for our generation. I am a straight A student and I plan on keeping it that way so that I can get into a good school with as much scholarship money as possible. I agree with Christina about how high school is just a prep for your future.
im gonna go to college. i dont see myself anywhere else. but i dont know which school i want to go to, or even what i want to major in. right now i am leaning towards architecture. maybe engineering. taking classes at MUM has shown me a big difference between college and high school. less homework, more reading, more freedom. its a big change from what im used to. and tests are worth quite a bit more so you actually have to study. especially if you're a bad test taker.
Tariq
After high school i plan on going to college in Florida for medical fields Or Columbia University in New York. I don't like when people like asks me about what college i'll be going to or pressureing me. After this i plan on getting married, getting myself a car and settleing down in Florida.
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