(An alternative Strategy)

Presented by: Winzeler Gear

& QCC

Ridgewood High School 16November 2015

Career Exploration

Why Are We Meeting Today? •  Winzeler Gear and QCC, local members of the

community, want to help you figure out what you could/should do with your life.

•  Created Manufacturing advisory council •  We need a future workforce

Experience the World!

How Do You Want to Experience the World?

Percent Distribution of Job Openings Due to Growth and Replacement Needs

by Education or Training Level Projected 2008-2018

2008-18 22% need a BA or

higher

2012-2022 21.7%

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Level of Education Needed for “Top 100 Careers”

North Suburban Region Statistics

Laura Cook, Ph.D.

Nearly 45% of Recent College Grads Are Underemployed

While the unemployment rate has dropped to perhaps 4 or 5%, the real story is the underemployment rate, which is at about 45% for recent college graduates. No one wants to talk about these numbers! If you are BArista or a BArtender, you are likely to default on the average $30,000 debt most grads have. It's no longer clear that a 4 year degree has a good ROI.

- Dr. Tony Wagner, Harvard Innovation Lab

Return on Investment

Earnings and College Debt

You can make a better decision of where to go to college

if you understand why you are going.

How do you Learn?

How many of you are Autodidactic?

Why Doing What You Enjoy Is So Powerful

1,500 people were asked about their career goals and then studied for 20 years.

83% chose their career(s) based on money.

17% chose their career(s) out of passion.

20 years later, there were 101 millionaires.

All but one came from which category?

Patrick Combs, Major in Success

Passion leads to Motivation

“We cannot motivate our workforce with $$$ or Fear”!

Today’s manufacturing is about advanced technologies, state of the art facilities, and fast paced work environments. But most of all, manufacturing is about those people who like to see the product of a hard day’s work.

Manufacturing is a Career Path

Manufacturing Careers •  Learn while your earn-Apprenticeships •  Advancement based upon skills not degrees •  Many career paths-from factory floor to office •  Employer funded education opportunities

North American Gear Manufacturing Facility

One must learn by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty

until you try.

Sophocles, 496-406 B.C.

Conclusion “Do not be what others want you to be, just be

yourself” - Diane Pernet Find and follow your passion(s) and you will

never work a day in your life