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I Search Research Project 2012-13

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

Compare to time in school


Age 5 to 22 (school life) 30 hours per week, 36 weeks per year

18,360 hours over 17 years

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
90

High School Graduate or Higher


80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 1910 1930 1950 1970 1990 2005 2009

4 Years or More of College

Data from: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0779809.html and http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education/cps2009.html

http://www.maproomblog.com/2010/10/us_college_degrees_by_county.php

Typical Expenses in Petaluma and Santa Rosa 2010


Monthly Expenses Food Child Care Medical Housing Transportation Other Monthly Income Required Annual Income Required Annual Taxes One Adult $232 $0 $76 $901 $232 $188 $1,629 $19,548 $1,860 One Adult, One Child $378 $572 $151 $1,137 $397 $369 $3,004 $36,048 $3,346 Two Adults $448 $0 $152 $901 $464 $376 $2,341 $28,092 $2,722 Two Adults, One Child $594 $572 $227 $1,137 $629 $557 $3,716 $44,592 $4,232 Two Adults, Two Children $755 $1,096 $366 $1,137 $944 $782 $4,723 $56,681 $5,289

Annual Income Required

$21,408 $39,394 $30,814

$48,824

$61,971

Information from : http://www.livingwage.geog.psu.edu/index.php Living Wage Calculator

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.
One Adult, One Child Two Adults, One Child Two Adults, Two Children

Hourly Wages Living Wage Poverty Wage Minimum Wage

One Adult

Two Adults

$10.29

$18.94

$14.81

$23.47

$29.79

$5.04 $8.00

$6.68 $8.00

$6.49 $8.00

$7.81 $8.00

$9.83 $8.00

Information from : http://www.livingwage.geog.psu.edu/index.php Living Wage Calculator

Typical Hourly Wage in Petaluma and Santa Rosa 2010


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

Career Vocabulary

C A R E E R E X P L O R A T I O N

Skills & Abilities

Values

Interests

2009/2010

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!

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