Teacher Resource for Labor Market Information (LMI) 

National Career Development Guidelines:

6.  Skills to locate, understand and use career information
7.  Knowledge of skills necessary to seek and obtain jobs
12. Understanding the process of career planning

In an effort to provide labor market information (LMI), GDOE is suggesting that instructors provide this information by placing labor market information on any instructor produced classroom handout.  One may place the information in a bubble, a block, around the margin.  The hope is that students will read the information and perhaps ask a question regarding the information.  A TEACHABLE MOMENT!!!  Examples of handouts might include worksheets, syllabus, and test.  Below are examples of information that one might include on any instructor- produced handout.

Postsecondary education of Electrical Apprentices is increasing.  The National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee is the education and training arm of the National Electrical Contractors Association and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers as well as a member of the ACTE Business-Education Partnership.  For more information, visit www.njatc.org.

For information about Georgia two-year and four-year colleges, technical colleges, and financial aid go to www.GAcollege411.org.

According to the Georgia Department of Labor, health information careers and computer related career are in the top fastest growing occupations in the Georgia.   For more information, visit http://campus.ahima.org. 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics says that, “Opportunities should be very good” for Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVACR) technicians with technical or formal apprenticeship training.  According to the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI), an additional 20,000 technicians and installers are needed each year to meet the demand of the industry.  For more information visit, www.coolcareers.org. Health services including home healthcare services, hospitals, and offices of health practitioners will add 2.8 million new jobs as demand for healthcare increases because of an aging population and longer life expectancies.  (BLS)

The Georgia Student Finance Commission publishes Georgia's Colleges, Universities and Technical Colleges.  This catalog lists all postsecondary schools in Georgia with a thumbnail sketch of each school, programs of study, financial aid information and more.  This publication is free and can be found in your career center.  All students should consider themselves postsecondary students. 

PROBE is a postsecondary fair usually held in a mall in your area.  Ask your counselor about PROBE!

By 2010, more than 42% of job growth in the economy will require a vocational certificate, associate's degree, bachelor's degree, or higher.  Therefore postsecondary education is important to ALL students.

Between 2000 and 2010, jobs that require an associate's or bachelor's degree are projected to grow at a much faster rate than the average of all jobs: 21.7% v. 15.2 %.  Therefore postsecondary education is important to ALL students. Eight of the ten fastest growing jobs from 2000 to 2010 require some form of postsecondary education, and this trend will continue.  Therefore, all students should consider continuing their education after high school.Of the 30 fastest growing occupations, 21 (or 70%) generally require a postsecondary or other training beyond high school.Only two of the 30 largest declining occupations require postsecondary education. High school dropouts earned 27 and 30 percent less, respectively, than their male and female counterparts who had a high school diploma or GED.Over the last decade, between 347,000 and 544,000 10^th through 12^th grade students dropout of high school each year. Don't be part of this statistic!!  Your chances of finding a high-paying job will be SLIM to NONE!!!

In the fall of 2000, 28% of entering freshmen enrolled in one or more remedial reading, writing, or mathematics courses.

Students who take remedial coursework are much less likely to persist and eventually earn a degree than are other students, with those requiring the remediation (more than two semesters of reading) being six times less likely to earn a baccalaureate degree than those requiring no additional work.

Among students who sought a bachelor's degree and began their postsecondary studies at a 4-year institution year institution in 1995-96, just over half graduated from that institution within six years.

Although over 97 % of students aspire to enter college, only 63 % enroll in the fall following their graduation from high school, and only about half of those earn a bachelor's degree by the time they are 29 years old.

Career information is central to the processes that facilitate informed and considered career decisions.  Use the career center to gather information about your occupational and educational opportunities.

Students who make informed and considered career decisions are more likely to graduate from high school and to succeed in postsecondary education.

“…The new jobs require a good deal of formal education and the ability to acquire and to apply theoretical and analytical knowledge.  They require a different approach to work and a different mind-set.  Above all, they require a habit of continual learning”.  These workers are called “knowledge workers.”

The more education and training, the more income potential one has.  The gap between those who have more education and those who have less has grown.

Of the 50 best-paying occupations in the country, only two, air traffic controllers and nuclear power reactor operators, do not require a college degree.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), jobs requiring an associate degree are projected to grow by 32 percent over the 2000-10 period, and jobs requiring a bachelor's degree are expected to grow by 21.6 percent. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics, nine of the 20 fastest growing occupations are in the health services.

If you have a degree in a field that is not locked into any one industry, such as computer science (lots of companies hire programmers), you may have a broader range of opportunities.  Job Choices for Science, Engineering &Technology Students 2004, 47th edition, National Association of College and Employers.

According to employers, the top five “soft skills”/qualities they seek are communication skills, honesty/integrity, teamwork skills, interpersonal skills and motivation/initiative.  Job Outlook 2003, National Association of Colleges and Employers

Employers look for some type of experience that shows you can perform the job.  Therefore, even in high school, work-based learning gives you an opportunity to experience the REAL world of work in your selected career field.

Networking is one of the most effective job-search strategies available.  Networking, the process of developing contracts and exchanging information with others to further your career, can be especially helpful if you are trying to enter a competitive field. 

The purpose of a resume is to get you an interview:  learn how to put together the resume employers want to see.  GCIS can help you write your resume.  www.gcic.peachnet.edu

The purpose of an interview is for you and an employer to get acquainted, learn about one another, and explore the possibility of working together.  If you are seriously interested in a career with particular employer, you must know as much about the employer and industry as possible.

Dress for success!  Your choice in clothes is important because it's your “packaging.”  

Outsourcing is more commonplace for functions not considered core to the business.  More temporary workers will be used for specific tasks, and there will be a greater demand for highly skilled workers.  “Mapping the Future:  Shaping New Workplace Learning and Performance Competencies, ASTD.

In 2002, the hospitality and tourism section generated over the US $4 trillion in worldwide economic activity and accounted for about one in every 12 jobs around the globe, while in the US, hospitality and tourism generated over  $1.5 trillion in economic activity and accounted for about one in every ten jobs. World Travel and Tourism Council.

Jobs in the hospitality and tourism career cluster involve planning, managing, and providing lodging, food, recreation, conventions and tourism, and related planning and support and services such as travel-related services. Glencoe/McGraw-Hill

A nontraditional occupation (NTO) is any occupation in which women or men comprise 25% or less of its total employment is considered.

Education pays in dollars and sense!

The HOPE program for Georgia students is limited by the number of credit hours attempted. 

The HOPE program for scholarships and grant is limited to 127 semester hours and 190 quarter hours.

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the form students must fill out to receive federal aid and the Georgia HOPE grant and scholarship.

The Georgia Career Information System is a large computer program that serves as a tool and resource for Georgia students in the career-planning process.

The Georgia Career Information System affords students the opportunity to gather career-related information in a systematic way via the new life-long electronic portfolio.

SKILLS is a career assessment in the Georgia Career Information System.

Occupation Sort is a career assessment in the Georgia Career Information System www.gcic.peachnet.edu

Work-based learning is an opportunity for ALL students to experience the real world of work. 

Youth Apprenticeship provides students with a work-based learning experience while at the same time provides paid on-the-job training and a link to postsecondary education.

Parents have the greatest influence on students in the career-decision making process.

What you do after graduation depends on a career choice!