{"id":1354,"date":"2018-12-19T04:43:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T04:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-lifespandevelopment\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1354"},"modified":"2024-04-30T19:24:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T19:24:13","slug":"education-and-work","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-lifespandevelopment\/chapter\/education-and-work\/","title":{"raw":"Education and Work","rendered":"Education and Work"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Describe educational trends in early adulthood<del>\r\n<\/del><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Explain the <\/span><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">relationship between education and work in early adulthood<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #339966;\">\r\n<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h2>Education in Early Adulthood<\/h2>\r\nAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau (2017), 90 percent of the American population 25 and older have completed high school or higher level of education\u2014compare this to just 24 percent in 1940![footnote]US Census Bureau (2017, March).\u00a0Highest Educational Levels Reached by Adults in the U.S. Since 1940. Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2017\/cb17-51.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2017\/cb17-51.html<\/a>[\/footnote] Each generation tends to earn (and perhaps need) increased levels of formal education. As we can see in the graph, approximately one-third of the American adult population has a bachelor's degree or higher, as compared with less than 5 percent in 1940. Educational attainment rates vary by gender and race. All races combined, women are slightly more likely to have graduated from college than men; that gap widens with graduate and professional degrees. However, wide racial disparities still exist. For example, 23 percent of African-Americans have a college degree and only 16.4 percent of Hispanic Americans have a college degree, compared to 37 percent of non-Hispanic white Americans. The college graduation rates of African-Americans and Hispanic Americans have been growing in recent years, however (the rate has doubled since 1991 for African-Americans and it has increased 60 percent in the last two decades for Hispanic-Americans).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2527\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"632\"]<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3707\/2018\/12\/29133049\/censusimage1.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-2527\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3707\/2018\/12\/29133049\/censusimage1.jpg\" alt=\"Line graph showing highest educational attainment levels since 1940. In 1940 4.6% of adults over 25 had a bachelor's degree. This percentage steadily increased (though data was not collected in all years before 1964) and in 2016 the percentage was 33.4%.\" width=\"632\" height=\"668\" \/><\/a> <strong>Figure 1.<\/strong>\u00a0Since 1940, there has been a significant rise in educational attainment for adults over age 25.[\/caption]\r\n\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div>What about those young or emerging adults graduating high school today\u2014is the majority of that group going to college? According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2017), 66.7 percent of youth ages 16-24 who graduated high school between January and October 2017 were enrolled in colleges or universities in October 2017. There were gender differences (71.7 percent of females vs. 61.1 percent of males) and racial differences (83 percent of Asians, 67.1 percent of non-Hispanic whites, 61 percent Hispanics, and 59.4 percent Blacks). Not all of these\u00a0students will persist and earn college degrees, however.[footnote]<span style=\"font-size: 1rem; text-align: initial;\">US Census Bureau. (2017, March).\u00a0<\/span>Highest Educational Levels Reached by Adults in the U.S. Since 1940. Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2017\/cb17-51.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2017\/cb17-51.html<\/a>[\/footnote]<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\r\n<h3>Try It<\/h3>\r\nhttps:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/b9aa3fca-02c7-4f25-b979-1f60efd56813\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h2>Education and the Workplace<\/h2>\r\nWith the rising costs of higher education, various news headlines have asked if a college education is worth the cost. One way to address this question is in terms of the earning potential associated with various levels of educational achievement. In 2016, the average earnings for Americans 25 and older with only a high school education was $35,615, compared with $65,482 for those with a bachelor's degree, compared with $92,525 for those with more advanced degrees. Average earnings vary by gender, race, and geographical location in the United States.[footnote]<span style=\"font-size: 1rem; text-align: initial;\">US Census Bureau. (2017, March).\u00a0<\/span>Highest Educational Levels Reached by Adults in the U.S. Since 1940. Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2017\/cb17-51.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2017\/cb17-51.html<\/a>[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nOf\u00a0concern in recent years is the relationship between higher education and the workplace. In 2005, American educator and then Harvard University President, Derek Bok, called for a closer alignment between the goals of educators and the demands of the economy.\u00a0Companies outsource much of their work, not only to save costs but to find workers with the skills they need.\u00a0What is required to do well in today's economy?\u00a0Colleges and universities, he argued, need to promote global awareness, critical thinking skills, the ability to communicate, moral reasoning, and responsibility in their students. Regional accrediting agencies and state organizations provide similar guidelines for educators.\u00a0Workers need skills in listening, reading, writing, speaking, global awareness, critical thinking, civility, and computer literacy\u2014all skills that enhance success in the workplace.<del>\r\n<\/del>\r\n\r\nMore than a decade later, the question remains: does formal education prepare young adults for the workplace? It depends on whom you ask. In an article referring to information from the National Association of Colleges and Employers' 2018 Job Outlook Survey, Bauer-Wolf (2018) explains that employers perceive gaps in students' competencies but many graduating college seniors are overly confident. The biggest difference was in perceived professionalism and work ethic (only 43 percent of employers thought that students are competent in this area compared to 90 percent of the students).[footnote]Bauer-Wolf, J. (2018, February 23). Study: students believe they are prepared for the workplace; employers disagree. Inside Higher Ed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/print\/news\/2018\/02\/23\/study-student\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/print\/news\/2018\/02\/23\/study-student<\/a>[\/footnote] Similar differences were also found in terms of oral communication, written communication, and critical thinking skills. Only in terms of digital technology skills were more employers confident about students' competencies than were the students (66 percent compared to 60 percent).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6455\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"519\"]<img class=\"wp-image-6455\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3707\/2018\/12\/23185443\/glass-work-3770982_1920.jpg\" alt=\"Glass workers move a pane of glass.\" width=\"519\" height=\"346\" \/> <strong>Figure 2<\/strong>. A college education helps students learn job skills and develop soft skills to prepare them for the workplace, but there are still many career paths that do not necessitate a college degree.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nIt appears that students need to learn what some call \"soft skills,\" as well as the particular knowledge and skills within their college major. As education researcher Loni Bordoloi Pazich (2018) noted, most American college students today are enrolling in business or other pre-professional programs and to be effective and successful workers and leaders, they would benefit from the communication, teamwork, and critical thinking skills, as well as the content knowledge, gained from liberal arts education.[footnote]Bordoloi Pazich, L. (2018, September 26). The power of academic friendship. Inside Higher Ed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/views\/2018\/09\/26\/need-combine-business\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/views\/2018\/09\/26\/need-combine-business<\/a>[\/footnote]In fact, two-thirds of children starting primary school now will be employed in jobs in the future that currently do not exist. Therefore, students cannot learn every single skill or fact that they may need to know, but they can learn how to learn, think, research, and communicate well so that they are prepared to continually learn new things and adapt effectively in their careers and lives since the economy, technology, and global markets will continue to evolve.[footnote]Henseler, C. (2017, September 6). Liberal arts is the foundation for professional success in the 21st century. Huffington Post. [\/footnote]\r\n<h2>Career Choices in Early Adulthood<\/h2>\r\nHopefully, we are each becoming lifelong learners, particularly since we are living longer and will\u00a0most likely change jobs multiple times during our lives. However, for many, our job changes will be within the same general occupational field, so our initial career choice is still significant. We've seen with Erikson that identity largely involves occupation and, as we will learn in the next section, Levinson found that young adults typically form a dream about work (though females may have to choose to focus relatively more on work or family initially with \"split\" dreams). The American School Counselor Association recommends that school counselors aid students in their career development beginning as early as kindergarten and continue this development throughout their education.\u00a0 [footnote]The School Counselor and Career Development (2017). American School Counselor Association. Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schoolcounselor.org\/Standards-Positions\/Position-Statements\/ASCA-Position-Statements\/The-School-Counselor-and-Career-Development\">https:\/\/www.schoolcounselor.org\/asca\/media\/asca\/PositionStatements\/PS_CareerDevelopment.pdf<\/a>[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nOne of the most well-known theories about career choice is from John Holland (1985), who proposed that there are six personality types (realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional), as well as varying types of work environments.[footnote]Holland, J.L. (1985). Making vocational choices: A theory of vocational personalities and work environments. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. [\/footnote] The better matched one's personality is to the workplace characteristics, the more satisfied and successful one is predicted to be with that career or vocational choice. Research support has been mixed and we should note that there is more to satisfaction and success in a career than one's personality traits or likes and dislikes. For instance, education, training, and abilities need to match the expectations and demands of the job, plus the state of the economy, availability of positions, and salary rates may play practical roles in choices about work.<span style=\"color: #339966;\">\r\n<\/span>\r\n<div class=\"textbox exercises\">\r\n<h3>Link to Learning: What's Your Right Career?<\/h3>\r\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">To complete a free online career questionnaire and identify potential careers based on your preferences, go to:<\/span>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.careeronestop.org\/GetMyFuture\/Toolkit\/Interest-assessment.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Career One Stop Questionnaire<\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Did you find out anything intere<\/span><\/span>sting?\u00a0Think of this activity as a starting point to your career exploration.\u00a0 Other great ways for young adults to research careers include informational interviewing, job shadowing, volunteering, practicums, and internships.\u00a0Once you have a few careers in mind that you want to find out more about, go to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Occupational Outlook Handbook<\/a> from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to learn about job tasks, required education, average pay, and projected outlook for the future.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\r\n<h3>Try It<\/h3>\r\nhttps:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/bd6e67d7-4aba-4a47-b4e7-90d4ee988a7c\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Describe educational trends in early adulthood<del><br \/>\n<\/del><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Explain the <\/span><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">relationship between education and work in early adulthood<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Education in Early Adulthood<\/h2>\n<p>According to the U.S. Census Bureau (2017), 90 percent of the American population 25 and older have completed high school or higher level of education\u2014compare this to just 24 percent in 1940!<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"US Census Bureau (2017, March).\u00a0Highest Educational Levels Reached by Adults in the U.S. Since 1940. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2017\/cb17-51.html\" id=\"return-footnote-1354-1\" href=\"#footnote-1354-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a> Each generation tends to earn (and perhaps need) increased levels of formal education. As we can see in the graph, approximately one-third of the American adult population has a bachelor&#8217;s degree or higher, as compared with less than 5 percent in 1940. Educational attainment rates vary by gender and race. All races combined, women are slightly more likely to have graduated from college than men; that gap widens with graduate and professional degrees. However, wide racial disparities still exist. For example, 23 percent of African-Americans have a college degree and only 16.4 percent of Hispanic Americans have a college degree, compared to 37 percent of non-Hispanic white Americans. The college graduation rates of African-Americans and Hispanic Americans have been growing in recent years, however (the rate has doubled since 1991 for African-Americans and it has increased 60 percent in the last two decades for Hispanic-Americans).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2527\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3707\/2018\/12\/29133049\/censusimage1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2527\" class=\"wp-image-2527\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3707\/2018\/12\/29133049\/censusimage1.jpg\" alt=\"Line graph showing highest educational attainment levels since 1940. In 1940 4.6% of adults over 25 had a bachelor's degree. This percentage steadily increased (though data was not collected in all years before 1964) and in 2016 the percentage was 33.4%.\" width=\"632\" height=\"668\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Figure 1.<\/strong>\u00a0Since 1940, there has been a significant rise in educational attainment for adults over age 25.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>What about those young or emerging adults graduating high school today\u2014is the majority of that group going to college? According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2017), 66.7 percent of youth ages 16-24 who graduated high school between January and October 2017 were enrolled in colleges or universities in October 2017. There were gender differences (71.7 percent of females vs. 61.1 percent of males) and racial differences (83 percent of Asians, 67.1 percent of non-Hispanic whites, 61 percent Hispanics, and 59.4 percent Blacks). Not all of these\u00a0students will persist and earn college degrees, however.<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"US Census Bureau. (2017, March).\u00a0Highest Educational Levels Reached by Adults in the U.S. Since 1940. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2017\/cb17-51.html\" id=\"return-footnote-1354-2\" href=\"#footnote-1354-2\" aria-label=\"Footnote 2\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\n<h3>Try It<\/h3>\n<p>\t<iframe id=\"assessment_practice_b9aa3fca-02c7-4f25-b979-1f60efd56813\" class=\"resizable\" src=\"https:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/b9aa3fca-02c7-4f25-b979-1f60efd56813?iframe_resize_id=assessment_practice_id_b9aa3fca-02c7-4f25-b979-1f60efd56813\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;width:100%;height:100%;min-height:300px;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Education and the Workplace<\/h2>\n<p>With the rising costs of higher education, various news headlines have asked if a college education is worth the cost. One way to address this question is in terms of the earning potential associated with various levels of educational achievement. In 2016, the average earnings for Americans 25 and older with only a high school education was $35,615, compared with $65,482 for those with a bachelor&#8217;s degree, compared with $92,525 for those with more advanced degrees. Average earnings vary by gender, race, and geographical location in the United States.<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"US Census Bureau. (2017, March).\u00a0Highest Educational Levels Reached by Adults in the U.S. Since 1940. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2017\/cb17-51.html\" id=\"return-footnote-1354-3\" href=\"#footnote-1354-3\" aria-label=\"Footnote 3\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of\u00a0concern in recent years is the relationship between higher education and the workplace. In 2005, American educator and then Harvard University President, Derek Bok, called for a closer alignment between the goals of educators and the demands of the economy.\u00a0Companies outsource much of their work, not only to save costs but to find workers with the skills they need.\u00a0What is required to do well in today&#8217;s economy?\u00a0Colleges and universities, he argued, need to promote global awareness, critical thinking skills, the ability to communicate, moral reasoning, and responsibility in their students. Regional accrediting agencies and state organizations provide similar guidelines for educators.\u00a0Workers need skills in listening, reading, writing, speaking, global awareness, critical thinking, civility, and computer literacy\u2014all skills that enhance success in the workplace.<del><br \/>\n<\/del><\/p>\n<p>More than a decade later, the question remains: does formal education prepare young adults for the workplace? It depends on whom you ask. In an article referring to information from the National Association of Colleges and Employers&#8217; 2018 Job Outlook Survey, Bauer-Wolf (2018) explains that employers perceive gaps in students&#8217; competencies but many graduating college seniors are overly confident. The biggest difference was in perceived professionalism and work ethic (only 43 percent of employers thought that students are competent in this area compared to 90 percent of the students).<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Bauer-Wolf, J. (2018, February 23). Study: students believe they are prepared for the workplace; employers disagree. Inside Higher Ed. https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/print\/news\/2018\/02\/23\/study-student\" id=\"return-footnote-1354-4\" href=\"#footnote-1354-4\" aria-label=\"Footnote 4\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[4]<\/sup><\/a> Similar differences were also found in terms of oral communication, written communication, and critical thinking skills. Only in terms of digital technology skills were more employers confident about students&#8217; competencies than were the students (66 percent compared to 60 percent).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6455\" style=\"width: 529px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6455\" class=\"wp-image-6455\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3707\/2018\/12\/23185443\/glass-work-3770982_1920.jpg\" alt=\"Glass workers move a pane of glass.\" width=\"519\" height=\"346\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-6455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Figure 2<\/strong>. A college education helps students learn job skills and develop soft skills to prepare them for the workplace, but there are still many career paths that do not necessitate a college degree.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It appears that students need to learn what some call &#8220;soft skills,&#8221; as well as the particular knowledge and skills within their college major. As education researcher Loni Bordoloi Pazich (2018) noted, most American college students today are enrolling in business or other pre-professional programs and to be effective and successful workers and leaders, they would benefit from the communication, teamwork, and critical thinking skills, as well as the content knowledge, gained from liberal arts education.<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Bordoloi Pazich, L. (2018, September 26). The power of academic friendship. Inside Higher Ed. https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/views\/2018\/09\/26\/need-combine-business\" id=\"return-footnote-1354-5\" href=\"#footnote-1354-5\" aria-label=\"Footnote 5\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[5]<\/sup><\/a>In fact, two-thirds of children starting primary school now will be employed in jobs in the future that currently do not exist. Therefore, students cannot learn every single skill or fact that they may need to know, but they can learn how to learn, think, research, and communicate well so that they are prepared to continually learn new things and adapt effectively in their careers and lives since the economy, technology, and global markets will continue to evolve.<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Henseler, C. (2017, September 6). Liberal arts is the foundation for professional success in the 21st century. Huffington Post.\" id=\"return-footnote-1354-6\" href=\"#footnote-1354-6\" aria-label=\"Footnote 6\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[6]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Career Choices in Early Adulthood<\/h2>\n<p>Hopefully, we are each becoming lifelong learners, particularly since we are living longer and will\u00a0most likely change jobs multiple times during our lives. However, for many, our job changes will be within the same general occupational field, so our initial career choice is still significant. We&#8217;ve seen with Erikson that identity largely involves occupation and, as we will learn in the next section, Levinson found that young adults typically form a dream about work (though females may have to choose to focus relatively more on work or family initially with &#8220;split&#8221; dreams). The American School Counselor Association recommends that school counselors aid students in their career development beginning as early as kindergarten and continue this development throughout their education.\u00a0 <a class=\"footnote\" title=\"The School Counselor and Career Development (2017). American School Counselor Association. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.schoolcounselor.org\/asca\/media\/asca\/PositionStatements\/PS_CareerDevelopment.pdf\" id=\"return-footnote-1354-7\" href=\"#footnote-1354-7\" aria-label=\"Footnote 7\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[7]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the most well-known theories about career choice is from John Holland (1985), who proposed that there are six personality types (realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional), as well as varying types of work environments.<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Holland, J.L. (1985). Making vocational choices: A theory of vocational personalities and work environments. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.\" id=\"return-footnote-1354-8\" href=\"#footnote-1354-8\" aria-label=\"Footnote 8\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[8]<\/sup><\/a> The better matched one&#8217;s personality is to the workplace characteristics, the more satisfied and successful one is predicted to be with that career or vocational choice. Research support has been mixed and we should note that there is more to satisfaction and success in a career than one&#8217;s personality traits or likes and dislikes. For instance, education, training, and abilities need to match the expectations and demands of the job, plus the state of the economy, availability of positions, and salary rates may play practical roles in choices about work.<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox exercises\">\n<h3>Link to Learning: What&#8217;s Your Right Career?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">To complete a free online career questionnaire and identify potential careers based on your preferences, go to:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.careeronestop.org\/GetMyFuture\/Toolkit\/Interest-assessment.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Career One Stop Questionnaire<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Did you find out anything intere<\/span><\/span>sting?\u00a0Think of this activity as a starting point to your career exploration.\u00a0 Other great ways for young adults to research careers include informational interviewing, job shadowing, volunteering, practicums, and internships.\u00a0Once you have a few careers in mind that you want to find out more about, go to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Occupational Outlook Handbook<\/a> from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to learn about job tasks, required education, average pay, and projected outlook for the future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\n<h3>Try It<\/h3>\n<p>\t<iframe id=\"assessment_practice_bd6e67d7-4aba-4a47-b4e7-90d4ee988a7c\" class=\"resizable\" src=\"https:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/bd6e67d7-4aba-4a47-b4e7-90d4ee988a7c?iframe_resize_id=assessment_practice_id_bd6e67d7-4aba-4a47-b4e7-90d4ee988a7c\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;width:100%;height:100%;min-height:300px;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-1354\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Psyc 200 Lifespan Psychology. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Laura Overstreet. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/opencourselibrary.org\/econ-201\/\">http:\/\/opencourselibrary.org\/econ-201\/<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><li>Modification, adaptation, and original content. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Margaret Clark-Plaskie for Lumen Learning. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Glass workers. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Pixabay. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/glass-work-workers-carrying-glass-3770982\/\">https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/glass-work-workers-carrying-glass-3770982\/<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/about\/pdm\">Public Domain: No Known Copyright<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">All rights reserved content<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Highest Educational Levels Reached by Adults in the U.S. Since 1940. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: U.S. Census Bureau. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/library\/visualizations\/2017\/comm\/cb17-51_educational_attainment.html\">https:\/\/www.census.gov\/library\/visualizations\/2017\/comm\/cb17-51_educational_attainment.html<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em>All Rights Reserved<\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section><hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-1354-1\">US Census Bureau (2017, March).\u00a0Highest Educational Levels Reached by Adults in the U.S. Since 1940. 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