Getting Real

Helping Teens Find Their Future

By: Kenneth Carter Gray

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Hardcover | 5 September 2008 | Edition Number 2

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Help ALL teenagers to define realistic goals, develop career direction, and find their future! This revised edition of the bestseller offers educators a six-step plan for helping all students and their parents develop alternative plans for post high school success that may or may not involve a college degree. Getting Real compares the disparity between students' preconceived beliefs and aspirations and the new economic and labor markets they will face as adults, and calls on educators to improve the odds for every young person. Emphasizing the importance of exploring all options, the updated second edition covers critical topics such as:

occupational race and gender stereotypes

updated labor market projections that highlight technician-level careers and new middle level skill occupations

the strong link between academic maturity, career direction, and postsecondary success

the unique career development needs of potential dropouts and of high school graduates who go to work.

Industry Reviews

"I applaud the author's efforts in promoting a shift from the 'one way to win' stance toward that of helping students face reality and develop career goals that will help them be successful." -- Shawn Grime, School Counselor
"Stresses the need for career maturity. This is one of the few books that addresses this topic so well." -- Diane Smith, School Counselor
"This book is a must-read for those involved in developing futures planning for students in ninth grade through their exit from high school into adult life." -- Kelli S. Kercher, Transition Specialist
"Gray provides a systematic method for working with students to look at opportunities after high school in a realistic way." -- Mary Reeve, Director

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Non-Fiction Self-Help, Personal Development & Practical Advice Advice on Careers & Achieving Success Education Teaching Skills & Techniques Careers Guidance Schools & Pre-Schools Secondary Schools Family & Health Parenting: Advice & Issues Child Care & Upbringing Advice for Parents of Teenagers

Relationships & Families: Advice & Issues

Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Getting Real: New Realities for Postsecondary Success
A New Goal: Postsecondary Success
Career Direction and the "Fourth" R
Career Maturity and Career Direction
Career Exploration Activities and Career Maturity
Career Development Programs: Are They Effective?
Society's Ambivalence About Career Choice
The Role of Public Schools
Making the Case for Career Development Programs
Promoting Success
Understanding Those We Try to Help "Get Real"
Today's Teens and Their Parents
Today's Teens
Today's Parents
Promoting Success
Dropouts, Teens With Disabilities, and Graduates Seeking Full Time Employment
Getting Real and High School Dropouts
Getting Real and Special Populations
High School Graduates Who Seek Full Time Employment
Promoting Success
Creating Opportunities by Countering Stereotypes
Occupational Stereotypes
Gender Stereotypes and Earnings: Education or Occupation?
Occupational Stereotyping: Minorities and the Economically Disadvantaged
Promoting Success
Understanding Labor Market Fundamentals
Labor Market Misunderstandings and Bad Advice
A University Degree Guarantees Access to High Wages
A University Degree Guarantees Access to Professional Careers
High Tech Careers Require a University Degree
Career Planning Is Worthless Because People Change Jobs All the Time Anyway
University Graduates Will Take All the Good Jobs
Labor Market Advantage: The Secret to Getting High-Skill / High-Wage Employment
Bad Advice Given to Teens
Will Tentative Career Decisions Close the Door to Future Opportunity?
Promoting Success
Occupational Projections, Technical and Middle Skill Employment
Using Labor Market Information
Occupational Projections
The Other Way to Win: Technical and Middle-Skill Occupations
A Selective List of Technical and Middle Skilled Occupations: This Is Rocket Science
Promoting Success
Strategies to Promote Career Direction
Career Success, Decision Making, and Teens
The Path to Career Success?
Characteristics of a Career Mature Teenager
Career Decision Making Anxiety of Teens
Reducing Teen Anxiety Over Making Career Decisions
Promoting Success
Strategies to Promote Adolescent Career Maturity and Direction
Student Outcome Goals for Career Development Program
Promoting a Tentative Career Direction While in the 10th Grade
Verifying Tentative Career Directions
Develop a Postsecondary Plan
Providing Career Counseling
Promoting Success
Considering "All" the Alternatives
Traditional Formal Education Alternatives
Alternatives to College
The "Bridge" or "Prep" Year
Promoting Success
Six-Step Plan for Postsecondary Success
Talking to Parents
Parents and Career Choice
Six-Step Plan for Postsecondary Success
Helping Parents With Difficult Choices
Promoting Success
Getting Real and the Role of the Business Community
Community Organizations
Promoting Success
How Are Teenagers Best Served, Nutritional Lies or Reality?
Nutritional Lies
Creating Opportunity
Five Premises for Success
Well-Intended but Bad Advice Given to Teens
Understanding Our Role
Fighting the Good Fight
References
Index
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