What will I be when I grow up? An analysis of childhood expectations and career outcomes

Brown, Sarah; Ortiz-Nunez, Aurora; Taylor, Karl

doi:10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.12.003

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“…It is apparent that gender has a very large effect upon occupational expectations. There are also distinct differences in terms of the magnitude of the association between education and career expectations across genders [26].…”

Section: Career Expectation Influences Career Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Work-Family Conflict Influences on Female’s Career Development through Career Expectation

Wei¹,

Cho²

2013

JHRSS

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Nowadays, women are still underrepresented in the higher positions in most organizations. Some crucial questions are whether family responsibilities affect female career development and career expectation influences the relationship between work and family conflict and career development of women or not. Through surveying the female teachers in Lin Yi University and Shandong Medical College, this article wants to know the correct relationship among work and family conflict, career expectations and career developments for women.

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Section: Career Expectation Influences Career Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Work-Family Conflict Influences on Female’s Career Development through Career Expectation

Wei¹,

Cho²

2013

JHRSS

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“…Family, media and "people who are already doing the job" seem to have most impact on students' career decisions. This contrad icts a study [21] of past cohort data which suggested the teacher was the greatest influence on their students' career decisions. This could indicate that any intervention programme to reverse the current trends in computing should involve families and media, while any product to challenge misperceptions should present people from the computing industry as role-models.…”

Section: E Awareness Oftypical Rolesmentioning

confidence: 68%

“…Another study [20] summ arises the findings of Eccles et al (1999): "values attached to relevant job characteristics were significant predictors of teenage career aspirations". An analysis [21] of career expectations formed at age 16, concludes that, while a teacher's description of an occupation is influential, school resources devoted to careers advice "have limited influence on children's career expectations". That some of this data comes from the 1970s suggests a longstanding tradition of teachers being influential in their students' career choices.…”

Section: A Comparisons With Other Countriesmentioning

confidence: 98%

Young people's perceptions of computing careers

McEwan

McConnell

2013

2013 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)

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Recruitmentinto computing-related undergraduate degree courses is challenging in several countries. This is despite employers reporting skills shortages, and the sector generally offering better salaries than for graduates of more popular courses. This paper describes a study (n=111) of the interest of 16 and 17 year olds in taking Computing-related degrees, particularly those that lead to user experience ( U X) careers, where there is both a local and global skills shortage. The picture that emerges is of surprisingly pronounced and entrenched attitudes, which are worthy of a more detailed study. Only one of eight typical computing job roles (Tester) was familiar while the term UX was almost unknown. The females in this study expressed antipathy even towards finding out about computing careers. An unexpected additional finding is the commonplace, and apparently inappropriate, use of Myers Briggs-style questionnaires in offering careers advice on computing to local school children. This paper will be of interest to those who seek to progress professionalism in the field of computing and to recruit (particularly female) school leavers into computing degrees.Recruitment into computing-related undergraduate degree courses is challenging in several countries. This is despite employers reporting skills shortages, and the sector generally offering better salaries than for graduates of more popular courses. This paper describes a study of the interest of teenagers in taking computing-related degrees, particularly those that lead to user experience (UX) careers, where there is both a local and global skills shortage. The project grew out of a group discussion at a national event involving 16-year olds, colleges and universities, employers and public policy bodies. The other stakeholders realized that they could not respond adequately to a teenager's request that, unlike the situation for medicine, law or plumbing, the computing profession could not describe a student's progression over the next ten years before demanding their commitment.After a review of the situation in other countries, we focus on a single local high school, one with a high university participation rate, and investigate the views of 16 and 17-year olds (n=lll) through an intermediary. Ethical constraints limit both the access to the subjects, and the generalizability of the data, yet the picture that emerges is of surprisingly pronounced 978-1-4673-5261-

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“…First, having labor market-related experiences (or the perception of experiences) related to labor market participation increases the likelihood of youth becoming employed upon graduation (Doiron & Gørgens, 2008). Also, teachers' expectations and relationships strongly influence youths' expectations about and probability of pursing specific careers after graduation (Brown, Ortiz-Nun˜ez, & Taylor, 2011). Thus, ICT-based instruction and STEM-related experiences potentially contribute to labor market participation and productivity.…”

Section: The (Non-)national Contextmentioning

confidence: 97%