Career Exploration Marketing

 Why is career exploration important?  Provides you with a focus for your future  Allows you to set goals  Shapes your personality  What classes you take  What people you will meet

Career Exploration  There are 49.5 million elementary & high school students in America  3,807,693 (3.8 million) students/grade level K-12  71% of all high school students graduate  78% of white students graduate  56% of African American students graduate  52% of Hispanic students graduate  Only 34% of high school graduates actually leave high school with an adequate skill set.  40% white  23% African American  20% Hispanic

Career Exploration  What do students do after high school?  45% of high school graduates enroll in a 4 year university  Only half (26% of population) graduate  More women go to college than men  Men make more money  Left-handed men make the most  26% more than right-handed men  No difference between left & right-handed women  31.3% of high school graduates enroll in other post secondary schools  2% join the military  22% --- Work, have children, do nothing, stare off into space, etc…

High School Student Options  Option A  You could dropout of school  My Dad did  Over a million students who enter the ninth grade fail to graduate with their peers  7,000 students dropout each day  Problems with this option?  Significantly diminish your chances of finding a good job  Average income for a high school dropout is $18,900/year = $17,000 after taxes  You could buy a Ford Focus  Huge burden on community, states, & country

High School Student Options  Option B  You could graduate high school & not go to college  Average income for your lifetime $1.2 million  is considered the “working age”  $30,769/year = $23,076 after taxes $23,076  Buy a Mercury Sable

High School Student Options  Option C  You could go to college  The average person with a bachelor’s degree earns $2.1 million/year  $52,846/year = $40,384 after taxes 40,384  Buy A Chevy Volt  Engineers make the most ($4,600/month)  Education (Teachers) make the least ($2,800/month)  You could get a Master’s Degree  The average person with a Master’s Degree earns $2.5 million/year  $64,100/year = $48,076 after taxes $48,076  Buy a used Rover  Major exceptions for Doctors & Lawyers  You could earn a Doctorate Degree  The average person with a Doctorate degree earns $3.4 million  $87,179/year = $65,384 after taxes $65,384  You could buy a new BMW M3 Coupe

High School Student Options  Option D  Become a professional athlete  4 million Americans are professional athletes  4% of high school athletes go to college for sports  Only 1% of these athletes become professional athletes  Only 4% of Division I athletes become professional athletes  Only Division I & II schools offer scholarships  Not all professional athletes are rich  Tiger Woods $127,902,706/year Tiger Woods $127,902,706/year Tiger Woods $127,902,706/year  The average athletes salary is $71,920  10% of all professional athletes earned $15,210/year

High School Student Options  Option E  Join the Military  1,427,546 people are on active duty in the military  An additional 1,458,400 people are enlisted in the reserves  Salary is dependent on of a lot of crazy statistics  Rank  Years of service  Branch of service

High School Student Options  Option A: Drop Out  Option B: Graduate High School  Option C: Earn a Bachelor’s Degree  Option D: Become a professional athlete  Option E: Join the Military

Assignment  You must determine your career objective by the end of the class  Use to determine direction