CREATING EFFECTIVE CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

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Increasing Personal Success with Career
Development Resources
Charlsey Cartwright Executive Director California
Career Resource Network (CalCRN) Sacramento,
CA Phil Jarvis Vice President National
Life/Work Center Ottawa, Canada
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CalCRN Carl D. Perkins Act, Section 118

• Develops and distributes high quality career
  information to hundreds of thousands of students,
  job-seekers, educators and career practitioners
  in California each year.
• Part of a nationwide program called the America's
  Career Resource Network (ACRN)

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Creating Effective Career Development Programs

• Two Assumptions
• Developing effective career management skills is
  critical for leading successful lives.
• Despite limited resources, we can help students
  to become effective career self-managers.

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Assumption 1

• The Critical Importance
• of Effective, Intentional
• Career Development

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Recent Research ShowsInformed Considered
Career Development Works

• Educational Outcomes
• Improved preparation and participation in
  postsecondary education
• Better articulation among levels of education and
  between education and work
• Higher graduation and retention rates
• Social Benefits
• Higher levels of worker satisfaction and career
  retention
• Shorter path to primary labor market for young
  workers
• Lower incidence of work-related stress and
  depression
• Economic Consequences
• Higher incomes and increased tax revenues
• Lower rates and shorter periods of unemployment
• Increased worker productivity
• The Educational, Social, and Economic Value of
• Informed and Considered Career Decisions
• Scott Gillie and Meegan Gillie Isenhour, Fall 2003

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Most career decision-making is unintentional and
uninformed

• 78 of students credit their parents as the top
  adult influence regarding career planning
  (Source Ferris State University, April 2002)
• 65 of working adults do not believe they are in
  the right job
• (NCDA/Gallup, 1999)

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Most H.S. Graduates are Not Ready for Adult Life

• Too few students see personal relevance in their
  studies
• Only 28 percent of 12th-grade students believe
  that school work is meaningful
• Only 39 believe that school work will have any
  bearing on their success in later life
• In the largest 32 urban U.S. districts, only 50
  of students who enroll graduate (National Center
  for Education Statistics and reported in The
  Condition of Education 2002)
• In California, the 2001 graduation rate was
  68.9. With an 82 rate for Asian students, 75.5
  for White students, 57 for Hispanic students,
  55.3 for Black students, and 49.7 for native
  American students.  (Who Graduates? Who Doesn't?
  A Statistical Portrait of Public High School
  Graduation, Class of 2001 The Urban
  Institute/Education Policy Center, February 2004)
  
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Assumption 2

• Despite Funding Personnel Reductions,
• We can help students become effective career
  self-managers.

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Examples of Effective Career Development
Programs in California

• Thomas Downey High School-Medical ROP, Modesto
• WorkStart YES, Stockton
• Woodland Unified School District
• Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa

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Changing Work DynamicWhat the workforce
experiences today and in the future

• Global competition made possible by rapidly
  evolving technology
• Organizations continuously re-defining their
  missions and right-sizing
• Re-definition of jobs and work Youth will face
  up to 25 jobs in 5 different occupational
  sectors

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Choosing the Right Compass

• Industry Sectors are organizational constructs
  based on nature of work, economics, etc.
  changing at an accelerating, and unpredictable
  rate
• human nature much more complicated, but
  universal and enduring

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The Old Paradigm in Career Development and
Planning
From A linear, destination-oriented model of
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Job Choice
Retirement
Employment
Education/Training
Source Phil Jarvis, Vice President National
Life/Work Center
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Moving to a New Paradigm in Career Development
and Planning
Source Phil Jarvis, Vice President National
Life/Work Center
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Moving to a New Paradigm in Career Development
and Planning (continued

• To Follow your HEART
• Who are you now?
• What are your special assets/talents?
• Who needs what you like to do?
• What work environment do you want?
• What are you passionate about
• What skills do you need to manage your career?

Source Phil Jarvis, Vice President National
Life/Work Center
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SCANS Employability Skills (What Employers Want
in Employees)

• Can communicate, solve problems and continue to
  learn
• Have positive attitudes and behaviors
• Are responsible and adaptable
• Who can work with others as a team
• Have strong educational and career exploration
  and planning skills
• Secretarys Commission on Achieving Necessary
  Skills (SCANS)

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Tools to Help Students Learn Career
Self-Management The following tools are all
used successfully in school settings and make
education more relevant to students
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CalCRN Resources

• The Real Game Series
• California Career Planning Guide (CCPG)
• California CareerZone ( Reality Check)
• Smart Options
• Career Development Facilitator (CDF) Program
• www.californiacareers.info

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Career Management Curricula
Years 9 10
Years 3 4
Years 5 6
Years 11 12
www.realgame.com
Years 7 8
Adults
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The Real Game Series

• Aligned with California Academic Standards
• Implements the National Career Development
  Guidelines
• Meets ASCA National Standards for Career
  Development
• Is consistent with SCANS foundations skills and
  competencies
• Identifies learning objectives and performance
  indicators for each learning unit
• Provides a performance review for each game
• The Real Game Series U.S. Video CD
• Training Promotion

Handout Mt. Diablo DVD!
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The High FiveCareer Management Principles

• Focus on the journey, not the destination. Become
  a good traveler.
• Know yourself, believe in yourself and follow
  your heart.
• Youre not alone. Access your allies, and be a
  good ally.
• Change is constant, and brings with it new
  opportunities.
• Learning is lifelong, and its good. We are most
  alive when we are learning.

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Benefits of The Real Game SeriesAs reported
from parents, teachers, administrators, and
counselors

• Learners see the relevance of their education to
  their future lives
• Learners become more enthusiastic about school
  and learning
• Academic performance increases
• Attendance increases
• Learners develop strong career management skills
• Bullying behavior decreases and
• Learners are more communicative and understanding.

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California Career Planning Guide
(CCPG)2003-2005 intended for students,
teachers, counselors, parents, and anyone wanting
to develop their career/life skills.
Handout!

• . . . helps people of all ages plan their
  futures. It includes
• an introduction to career planning
• how to develop good career/life management
  skills
• self-assessments
• ways to investigate the world of work
• how to identify and meet education and training
  needs
• how to create a Career Action Plan.

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www.cacareerzone.org
Handout!
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Smart OptionsCareer Exploration Based on
Multiple Intelligences

Handout!

• Gardner
• Bodily-kinesthetic Intelligence
• Interpersonal Intelligence (EI)
• Intrapersonal Intelligence (EI)
• Linguistic Intelligence
• Logical-Mathematical Intelligence
• Musical Intelligence
• Naturalist Intelligence
• Spatial Intelligence

• Armstrong
• Body Smarts
• People Smarts (EI)
• Self Smarts (EI)
• Word Smarts
• Logic Smarts
• Music Smarts
• Nature Smarts
• Image Smarts

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Career Development Facilitator(CDF) Program
Handout

• Increases skills of persons working in career
  development settings, such as
• Adult counseling/career centers
• K-12 school systems
• Technical college system
• Career resource centers
• Employment service, Vocational rehabilitation
• Business and industry human resources
• One-stop career centers
• School-to-Career programs
• Community-based organizations

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CalCRN Website
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Charlsey Cartwright Executive Director California
Career Resource Network (CalCRN) (916)
323-6544 calcrn_at_cwo.com Phil Jarvis Vice
President National Life/Work Center Ottawa,
Canada psjarvis_at_lifework.ca