Employability Newsletter Back Issues

Issue 1 – downloadable pdf format

Parents see traditional four-year degrees as critical for career success – Fact: Michigan parents are twice as likely to believe someone else's child would do fine with two to three years of technical job training than they are to believe that same training would be adequate for their own children. DOWNLOAD...

Issue 2 – downloadable pdf format

Technology may be the future, but students aren't interested – It should come as no surprise that one-third of Michigan youth ages 16-19 believe computers offer the greatest opportunity for career success. Why, then, are only 6 percent of young people planning to pursue a career in that field? DOWNLOAD...

Issue 3 – downloadable pdf format

Educators show strong bias against technical training programs – Although they expect most of their students to pursue two years of post-secondary education or less, Michigan educators want four-year degrees for their own children. DOWNLOAD...

Issue 4 – downloadable pdf format

Students, parents perceive lack of career guidence – According to recent research, the majority of parents and many Michigan students feel young people receive no career guidence from their schools.. DOWNLOAD...

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U.S. youth are making career decisions without direction. Without question, young people face many of life's most important decisions in those transition years between high school and the working world. Unfortunately, too many are unaware of their education and employment options. DOWNLOAD...

Issue 6 – downloadable pdf format

Over the next decade, demographic and socio-economic forces affecting career and workforce development include an aging and more diverse population, a swelling of the college age population, a large number of parolees seeking jobs, a highly volatile technological sector of the economy, and a rising premium for postsecondary education. DOWNLOAD...