The Value of Education in Employment: Trends and Opportunities
Education plays a crucial role in employment opportunities, with higher educational attainment correlating with lower unemployment rates and higher salaries. In-demand bachelor degrees include Information Technology, Nursing, and Finance. Engineering majors consistently rank among the highest paid due to high demand. Employers seek attributes like internships experience and specific skill sets. Considerations like industry demand, nicotine screening in hiring, and criminal records impact career prospects.
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Education Why are you taking classes? Education is the only area that Americans pay for and almost hope to be cheated -- to be asked to do as little as possible for the credit. -- A LeGrand Richards
Employment & Education Are they related?
Employment & Education https://www.bls.gov/charts/employment-situation/unemployment-rates-for-persons-25-years-and-older-by- educational-attainment.htm Do you see a relationship??
The most in-demand bachelor degrees (* as of May 2023) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Information Technology 11. Pharmaceutical Science 12. Architecture Engineering (electrical, mechanical, chemical, computer, civil, etc.) Applied Math Computer Science Hospitality Business Management Nursing (RN) Education Finance Construction Managers The more education the better Common denominator? Don t avoid math and science!
Average Salary For B.A./B.S.* Does salary motivate you? Physician Asst $91K (Pharmacy $ 80K) Computer Science $65-80K Engineering $70-75K Actuarial Science $63K Nursing $61K Info Sys Mgmt $62K Mathematics $58K Accounting & Finance $55-62K Geography 48K Education $41K Psychology $41K Criminal Justice $40K Early Child Educ $34K (*2023 report) Engineering majors are consistently among the highest paid because the demand for them is so great. http://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report
Supply and Demand! https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=37
SIDE NOTES: Reg nurses: yesterday Assoc degree; today, bachelors Hospitals are not hiring people who smoke! Nicotine screening is now routine! A police record can exclude you from many jobs by law! Your choices today can affect the rest of your life!
What attributes are employers looking for?
https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/college-internships-pay-nearly-double-average-employees-make What attributes are employers looking for? College students searching for the perfect summer job may want to consider applying for internships instead, especially if they have tech experience.
What attributes are employers looking for? Have you tried PVCC Career Services?! https://maricopa-csm.symplicity.com/
Want an advantage over other applicants? Source: Job Outlook 2023, National Association of Colleges and Employers
How you look does matter Look the part! Dress / Grooming is #1
Education The 10,000 Hour Rule Malcolm Gladwell, journalist and NY Times bestselling author Your brain needs exercise, too!
The Goal of Education: critical thinking The ability to evaluate and/or analyze anything and everything Different ways to analyze problems and ideas
Critical Thinking Who to vote for? What to buy? Choice of what to do (time / $$) Facebook / Internet
Critical Thinking Michael Pollan: If You Can't Say It, Don't Eat It Don't buy products with more than five ingredients or any ingredients you can't easily pronounce. Heather Mangieri, R.D.N. says...WRONG! Unless you are a chemist or a food scientist, it is likely that you will eat things you can t pronounce. The ferric orthophosphate in the bran flakes that I eat every morning is a great example. It might sound scary to you, but as a scientist, I know it s just another name for iron.
Well rounded education? Teach you different ways of analyzing Having a knowledge base that extends beyond a single specialty: TOOLS! Fill your toolbox with as many tools as you can!
Importance of Learning Can you survive without GPS / maps app??
Memorization? Every time he has the ball he whips out his smartphone to remember how to shoot the ball.
Memorization? Every time they go on stage they do a Google search to remember the words to their songs.
Memorization? Before she goes on stage she does a Google search to remember how to play violin.
Memorization? They read an online manual last night.
Memorization? And she checked Wikipedia this morning.
Education Related Lies / Myths Memorization is a waste of time I can t learn if it is not my style of learning Shouldn t have to learn it if it doesn t apply to my job
Education: Self-Defeating Behaviors Multitasking helps me study... ?
Education: Self-Defeating Behaviors It ultimately is impossible for another person to offend you or to offend me. Indeed, believing that another person offended us is fundamentally false. To be offended is a choice we make.
