How is the slow market affecting students career choices?
It’s put fear into people, and what fear does is close off possibilities. So, parents are looking at their kid who is good at math and saying, “Go into accounting because they’re still hiring accountants.” Or “You can’t just get a degree in psychology. What are you going to do with that?” But if you have a student starting college this year, we don’t know what’s going to happen in four years. There are new jobs that are popping up every day. Question: Are students graduating today with informed career goals? Answer: I see a small percentage of students who have really pushed Advertisement yld_mgr.place_ad_here(“adPosBox”); themselves to have the experiences they need to figure out their lives. The majority of students are unsure of where they fit in the world of work. They really have no clue. Question: Why is that? Answer: Our high school students are so programmed. They’re going to school. Our entire neighborhood is in traveling sports. They rarely have time to reflect. They’re not t
