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CAREERS ADVICE TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
A) YOU are in charge.
50 years ago a career was like getting on a train. You were an accountant or a plumber and you'd be in this profession for 40 years. It was all very predictable and the tracks were fixed. In the 1970's it was like you were in a bus. During your working life you might have to transfer from bus to bus but there were established routes and roads. Today, having a career is like being in an all-purpose terrain vehicle and there are no roads.
50 years ago a career was like getting on a train. You were an accountant or a plumber and you'd be in this profession for 40 years. It was all very predictable and the tracks were fixed. In the 1970's it was like you were in a bus. During your working life you might have to transfer from bus to bus but there were established routes and roads. Today, having a career is like being in an all-purpose terrain vehicle and there are no roads.
21ST CENTURY CAREER EDUCATION
“21ST Career development needs to be focused on developing students rather than just fitting them into jobs.” Professor Jay Carey
The Challenge: How can we as school careers educators best help the young prepare for a changing and unpredictable future? i.e. In this increasing knowledge economy how can we contribute to the students’ ongoing process of constructing a careers reality.