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Brandon Huaman Professor Lago Eng1100 7 October 2013

Where will your future take you?

How will I be going about getting my future career job? That is something I wake up every morning thinking about. No matter how hard I want everything to pause so I can get myself together, it is simply impossible. Seeing my parents with their jobs is much easier than actually knowing in full detail what it took for them to get there. Generation after generation new technology and job openings are available every day. The same way new job openings are available, jobs are being lost due to new technology and machines achieving those jobs for us. I am currently a college student on the way to fulfill my dreams. That is to become an electronic engineer. My father is an electronic technician and I am determined to do better than him in life. Isnt that what every parent wants? Although I would love everything to go the way I want, nothing is guaranteed. Sad to say, in this economy of the east coast, getting the job of my dreams is easier said than done. Having a college degree does not guarantee a graduate the job theyre seeking, but the economy can. I took the time to sit down and interview my uncle Felix (dads brother). He is a project manager for electronic technicians. Basically he puts together all of the projects and monitors the work place. The first question I asked was do you still maintain the same job you had fifteen years ago? My uncle replied I do not have the same job as I had fifteen years ago. But I am working in the field for almost twenty years now, and I currently have been employed for the

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same company for eight years now. I carried on by asking how old are you? He replied I am forty-three years of age. Next question consisted of Has restrictions/requirements or rules of the job and work place changed? He states Working in the security field there are rules, codes, and ethics that constantly change for the better. They change to try to put our customers safety, it is our number one priority. Needless to say, we have to adapt quick and make sure all safety guidelines are met. I continued Were you obligated to attend school again after receiving your job in order to keep it? He says Luckily I never needed to actually attend school, but I did take a few classes online and one week classes since my field is ever changing. My last question is what is your level of education? Lastly he says for one, I dropped out of high school as a senior due to family issues. I did receive my GED the same year. I attended college but did not have the luxury of time to be able to finish. The conversation was quite interesting to me. My uncle is a very successful man with a beautiful house and a promising income. He lives comfortably and I consider him a role model. Being that I want to go into the same field it really motivates me that there is a job out there for me. College is not for everyone and I have many family members that could not deal with the stress of the college life. I am determined to get through the four or five years of hard dedication to qualify myself for my dreams to be reachable. It was quite interesting that my uncle has yet to get any college credits, but he is wealthy. That backs up the idea that the job industry is constantly changing and it is becoming only more difficult to receive jobs. I took the time to also interview my aunt. I decided to go into a different job field this time because I wanted to see if the answers would differ. My aunt and uncle being around the same age resulted in basically identical responses. Maribel (my aunt) is a business officer manager. She is currently the age of forty-six and it also happens to be her birthday. Luckily,

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Maribel still holds the same exact job for the same exact company as she did fifteen years ago. She did in fact attend Kean University for four years and earned her Bachelors in Management. Similar to my uncle, though, till this day every now and then my aunt must complete on-site training to keep up with all new computer software. When I questioned my aunt with has restrictions/requirements of the job or workplace changed, she replied yes, everything has to be computerized there are no more manual entries. Also, you are obligated to always learn how to use the new computer software. Anthony Carnevale claims from his research that over the 2010-20 decade, 54.8 million total job openings are expected. While growth will lead to many openings. More than half 61.6 percent will come from the need to replace workers who retire or otherwise permanently leave an occupation. (303) The looks of those numbers are not so promising. Carnevale gives many statistics but they are very general stats. Just because he states that a certain major may be slowly becoming less and less important shouldnt discourage a teenager in todays society. It is no secret that a college degree is mandatory for many jobs that at one time was not needed. It is the way of life, the more technology arises, the more us humans must become smarter and more advanced. Would a company want a high school dropout or a college graduate that specializes in the field of the job open? Both conversations with my aunt and uncle were fairly related and showed similarities. Although their majors or job fields differ technology has an effect on their job. Growing up in the East Coast it came across my attention how difficult it is to receive then maintain a wellpaying job. Growing up I was always moving from town to town and seeing my parents being laid off was very hard to deal with as a child. My mother is unemployed and has been for quite a while. No matter how hard she tries, it seems as if she will never get another job. It truly hurts

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me to see her go through this struggle alone because my parents split way back. In College Majors, Unemployment and Earnings Anthony P. Carnevale states The risk of employment among recent college graduates depends on their major. (297) Statistics are facts that no one can challenge but, a teenager today would agree that location is key to becoming employed. In todays society it is beneficial to do research on the economy of where one lives before deciding on what major is chosen. Canevale states Todays best advice, then, is that high school students who can go on to college should do sowith one caveat. They should do their homework before picking a major because, when it comes to employment prospects and compensation, not all college degrees are created equal. (301) That sums up the society and economy of today. The American dream is different in the eyes of a student today than it was to a student thirty-five years ago. Computerization is involved with everything in life. If we cannot keep up with the takeover of new technology, to become successful, we must at least accept it.

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