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#career How to start thinking about Career long term planning ?What best advise we can give for a 12 year old student to think through? Currently we have lot of challenges been faced

#career How to start thinking about Career long term planning ?What best advise we can give for a 12 year old student to think through? Currently we have lot of challenges been faced

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Kevin’s Answer

My advice would be to focus on developing skills that allow for flexibility and developing a mindset that welcomes change. The world is changing ever more rapidly and the majority of jobs that exist today will likely not exist in the future. Similarly, the career pathways that students pursue in college today, will likely be different from those that will be popular when your child reaches college age. That being said, we'll always need engineers and it serves as a great foundation for anyone wanting to pursue an MBA or other advanced degree later in life.
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Justin’s Answer

Hello, my suggestion to my own children is to gain real world experience in any field that they think they may be interested in having a career in. Some careers will be more difficult than others to accomplish this, but there are more shadowing and volunteer opportunities than you would think. My thought is to attempt to experience a vocation when at all possible before deciding that you want to spend the rest of your life doing it.

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Scott’s Answer

I think you have some time to think about what you want to do when you get older. I have changed jobs and create fields many times since I was 12. I would to start thinking about what interest you and what does not. This will start you on your path to explore options and keep in mind that is ok to fail at items along the way as you will learn from your mistakes. I would start doing some "day in the life of" or request to shadow people that are in the areas that interest you to allow to you learn in the real world situations. The more time you do the more your will figure out what you want to do plus this will help you in highschool to section the right classes to put you on your path to succeed. A career is a journey and do not consider it as a sprint to the end as you want to look at your end goal and think about the steps to get there.
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Amy’s Answer

I gave my children this assignment in middle school. I had them search and pick out what kind of house they wanted to live in when they grew up. Then pick out a car they would like to drive. Do you want to have cable tv? Cell Service? Then add in cost for food and gas. Don't worry about taxes.
When you have this total divide the monthly payments by 4. Then take that amount and divide by 40 hours. Let's say for example it's $40 dollars an hour. Start researching careers that pay at least $40 an hour. You will be surprised what you need to earn in order to live the lifestyle you would like to live.

Now after you have a list, research careers in high demand. See what interest you. You don't want to pick a career that is not going to be hiring in 4 years or is limited in demand. Tech fields, Medical fields, Auto Mechanics, or Air Conditioning mechanics are a few that great choices. Cybersecurity fields are in high demand as well.

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Amy
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Aaron’s Answer

There's a great book called "Start with Why" Why do we want our kids to have a career? They need to understand that too. Why do they need education. Maybe to get a better job. But why do they need a better job? to make more money. Why does more money matter? Break it down to the most simple things for them to think about.

I would start with having them practice budgets. We once did a travel budget and it was interesting to see them start working through...oh gas costs money, food at gas stations is expensive, etc. The challenge was "How far can you go on $300?" Some students got much farther than others as they got creative with looking up travel blogs and finding discounted plane tickets. Some opted for the car route, etc.

How about budgeting, how many presents can we buy for our birthday if we only had $50. What if we didn't do presents then what could be equally fun for $50?

Then reinforce that by helping them find a way to make money and letting them create a budget for how they'll spend it. Eventually, you can start introducing concepts like taxes in their budget, etc.
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Fowler’s Answer

Another great book is “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success” by Carol Dweck. I read this book far too late to remind myself about making plans to be open, engaging in openness, and always looking to develop more abilities. I think that as you look into your interests and passions, you can get boxed into one view. Your career will likely take you all over the map both literally and figuratively.

Pursue your passion, and be open to new challenges and opportunities. You will be amazed at how many amazing experiences are there by being open to the opportunity.
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