I-Search

“ I” Search Research Project 2011-12 Begin thinking of your future

You will work about 40 YEARS in your lifetime
Age 22 to 62 (working life)
40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year
80,000 hours over 40 years
Age 5 to 22 (school life)
30 hours per week, 36 weeks per year
18,360 hours over 17 years
Compare to time in school

Career Reality
Continuous, rapid changes in technology
Perpetual learning will be required to keep up with technology

Educational Attainment 1910 to 2009 Percent of Population Age 25 and Older Data from: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0779809.html and http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education/cps2009.html

Education pays in higher earnings and lower unemployment rates

Typical Expenses in Petaluma and Santa Rosa 2010 Information from : http://www.livingwage.geog.psu.edu/index.php Living Wage Calculator $61,971 $48,824 $30,814 $39,394 $21,408 Annual Income Required $5,289 $4,232 $2,722 $3,346 $1,860 Annual Taxes $56,681 $44,592 $28,092 $36,048 $19,548 Annual Income Required $4,723 $3,716 $2,341 $3,004 $1,629 Monthly Income Required $782 $557 $376 $369 $188 Other $944 $629 $464 $397 $232 Transportation $1,137 $1,137 $901 $1,137 $901 Housing $366 $227 $152 $151 $76 Medical $1,096 $572 $0 $572 $0 Child Care $755 $594 $448 $378 $232 Food Two Adults, Two Children Two Adults, One Child Two Adults One Adult, One Child One Adult Monthly Expenses

Living Wage in Petaluma and Santa Rosa 2010 Living Wage - The living wage shown is the hourly rate that an individual must earn to support their family, if they are the sole provider and are working full-time (2080 hours per year). The poverty rate is converted to an hourly wage for the sake of comparison. Wages that are less than the living wage are shown in bold italics . Information from : http://www.livingwage.geog.psu.edu/index.php Living Wage Calculator $8.00 $8.00 $8.00 $8.00 $8.00 Minimum Wage $9.83 $7.81 $6.49 $6.68 $5.04 Poverty Wage $29.79 $23.47 $14.81 $18.94 $10.29 Living Wage Two Adults, Two Children Two Adults, One Child Two Adults One Adult, One Child One Adult Hourly Wages

Typical Hourly Wage in Petaluma and Santa Rosa 2010
Occupational Area Typical Hourly Wage
Architecture and Engineering $33.24
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media $21.78
Building and Grounds Cleaning and maintenance $11.90
Business and Financial Operations $28.69
Community and Social Services $21.83
Computer and Mathematical $32.13
Construction and Extraction $21.17
Education, Training and Library $24.37
Farming, Fishing and Forestry $10.03
Food Preparation and Serving Related $9.43
Healthcare Practitioner and Technical $34.47
Healthcare Support $21.83
Installation, Maintenance and Repair $19.93
Life, Physical and social Science $30.20
Legal $41.96
Management $43.86
Office and Administrative Support $15.31
Personal care and Services $11.77
Production $15.13
Protective Service $23.05
Sales and Related $16.20
Transportation and Material Moving $14.35

Career Vocabulary

Skills and Abilities
What are you good at?
What do you do well with little effort?
What are your natural talents?

Interests
What do you enjoy doing, whether or not you do it well or only so-so
What do you spend a lot of time doing?
What do you WISH you could do?

Values
What is important to you?
family status
religion financial gain
friends creativity
education recognition
stability variety
helping others competition

Career Exploration
Begins with YOU!

http://www.bighouselibrary.com	1026
http://www.weebly.com	11
http://www.slideshare.net	2

I-Search

by Casa Grande High School Counseling Department on Aug 02, 2009

Accessibility

Categories

Tags

Upload Details

Usage Rights

3 Embeds 1,039

Statistics

I-Search — Presentation Transcript