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Building Your Child's Future Together

AMERICAN SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATION

This information is deisgned for YOU-the parent.
Family is still the #1 influence in a student's life.
When planning with your son/daughter, please consider the following:

Work situations and skills needed for employment are constantly changing.
Almost half of the working population expect to change jobs in the next three years.
Retraining and upgrading skills will be a requirement for maintaining employment.
Two/Thirds of the jobs created today will require education beyond high school.
The worker of tomorrow must be able to work as a team member, communicate, solve problems, use technologies, adapt to change, and be drug-free.

CAREER DEVELOPMENT IS A LIFE-LONG PROCESS.
Development Traits

Develops a sense of self-identity.
Begins a more prominent and realistic work/career search.
Develops a concern about social issues.
Matures sexually with physical and emotional changes.
Increases independence

Career Needs

Understand how individual personality, abilities, and interests relate to career goals.
Understand how education relates to college majors, further training and/or entry into the job market.
Demonstrate transferable skills that can apply to a variety of occupations and changing work requirements.
Be able to use a wide variety of career information resources.
Show responsible decision making.

Parent Involvement

Help your child make independent decisions.
Encourage exploration of all kinds of post secondary education opportunities.
Involve yourself in your child's future planning
Give certain economic responsibilities.
Encourage job awareness.
Be flexible as the decision-making process evolves. It takes patience and numerous modifications.

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