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So which direction should you go? You have lots of options. The decision can feel overwhelming at times. You certainly don’t want to go in the wrong direction, which is the opposite direction of: • Your skills • Your interests • And the workforce Anyone ever taken a long road trip before, perhaps this past summer? What’s the one thing you don’t want to leave home without? A map or GPS. So to help you navigate your future, I’m providing each of you with a map, so to speak: the Guide to Career Pathways and Career Readiness. I’m going to ask you to follow along in the workshop guide as I share this info with you today. The guide is for you to take notes in, and to take home and share with your parents. What would a UTI rep be without at least one tool, right? Tape Measure Ask for three volunteers – two to hold the ends of the tape and the other to put clips on it – to come up.

This is the “Tape Measure of Life,” where every inch represents a year of your life. What’s the average life expectancy in the US? 79 years. <<Have student pull out tape to 79 inches.>> What about retirement age? 67 years. <<CLIP>> How old are you now? 17-18 <<CLIP>> During what ages do most people plan and prepare for their future careers? 18-24 <<CLIP>> What I want you to notice is how these next 2-6 years have a huge impact on the next 4 to 5 decades of your life: the job you have, where you live, how you live, the car you drive, the vacations you take, the kind of retirement you have, whether or not you love or hate your job. Can you imagine working for the next 43 years in a job you hate?? <<Thank the volunteers for assistance and send back to seats>>

For example, look at what’s happened to the American workforce in the last 100 years. In 1900 if your parent told you to learn how to farm, would that have been a good advice? YES, 41% of the jobs were in ag. Would the same advice be equally valuable today? NO, we still need farmers and we’re thankful for the 2% that feed the rest of us… Likewise, what happened to all the manufacturing jobs? They were outsourced because of cheaper labor in other countries. Like China, Mexico and India, right? But manufacturing is starting to make a comeback in the USA but still has a ways to go to get back prvious levels. Today most jobs (80%) are in the service industry. These are jobs that provide some kind of service for people or businesses (e.g., healthcare, teaching, law enforcement, transportation and motorsports technicians). Jobs that require a physical presence and are not going to be outsourced. Many of these are skilled trade careers.

To help you think through careers that might interest you and that you’d be good at, let’s take a couple minutes to complete the career assessment on the next page. Read each line and fill in the ones that interest you or that you’re good at. You don’t need to fill in each line. It’s okay to skip a line if you don’t relate to the statement. Add up all the filled in bubbles in each column and write the number next to the category. The top 3 represent your Interest Profile. You can see a brief description for the different profiles along with examples of jobs that fit under them. Perhaps you’ll discover some potentially good jobs you haven’t considered before. Once you pinpoint certain careers you might be interested in, you’ll need to find out what level of education they require.

Community college might be an option for some. Some good jobs only require an associate degree. Students let me ask this: What’s the word on the street on why students choose community college? • Cheaper • Close to home • Small classes • Easier to accepted • Less time • Get my basics done before going to a university, Just make sure the credits will transfer. Remember the question I asked earlier, what is more important! Getting accepted or graduating? (graduating) When you look at graduation rates nationally for community colleges according to the College Score Card, for example (rep quote the graduation rate from a CC local to them) is roughly around X% So, students, only X students actually graduates. The other students ended up wasting what? Correct, Time and Money

I’d like to shift gears now and tell you about careers in transportation and the other technical fields we train for, industries that are in great demand. If you identified as a Realistic Doer or Conventional Organizer on the career assessment we just did, you might really relate to careers in these fields. The demand for trained technicians in the transportation industry is growing. To keep all those vehicle running and on the road, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimate more than 1.2 million job openings for transportation technicians between 2016 and 2026 nationwide. [Address students] so do you think if you get into the industry there will be jobs available for you? That many openings is a crisis for the industry, but it’s an opportunity for the person who loves cars, trucks, boats, motorcycles, racing, collision repair, CNC and welding.

Our strength is the relationships we have with industry… Over the years, UTI has teamed with manufacturers of over 30 brands, including those you see here. You can take courses at UTI specializing in leading brands like BMW, Ford, Harley-Davidson, Mercury Marine and Nissan, to name a few. Ever heard the saying, “It’s who you know?” When looking for a job, it helps to have connections, doesn’t it? We’ve built a network of industry connections already…so you don’t have to. I’d like to show you a video that will summarize who we are, what we offer, and who we’re looking for… To get a great idea of how we train and what our shops, class rooms and students look like, along with what we stand for, this video will give you a great perspective.

So what are your next steps? On page ___ of your guide there is a “Before you Enroll” checklist. It’s important for you to ask certain questions about schools to see if it’s what you’re looking for: TOP 10 QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN SELECTING A SCHOOL *Do they have a national reputation and relationships with employers in the industry where you want to work? *Do employers offer tuition reimbursement and/or incentive programs to the schools graduates? *Does the total cost of tuition include, books, tools and ongoing refresher courses? *Do they offer Advance Placement Opportunity Testing and/or a potential 10% Articulation Discount?11 *Do they offer interview coaching, ongoing nationwide graduate employment and resume assistance? *Are majority of the schools graduates hired in their field of study? *Does the school allow you to customize your training options to meet your career goals? *Is the school accredited, or make financial aid and scholarships available? *Does the school teach the way you like to learn? *Does the school offer housing services and part time or full time job assistance while attending school? ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS: Optional

I’m going to hand out a comment card and I’d like everyone to take a minute to fill it out. Let me briefly explain a few things before you do so: • Don’t tear off the top copy. Write on it. Your writing will go through to the bottom copy. Turn in both copies. • Doesn’t matter – pen or pencil. Just write neatly so I can read it. • The date, Rep # and Acct. # are up on the screen for you to copy. • Let me know how interested you are by marking 1-5, low to high. • Be sure to sign in the box at the bottom. • Juniors – I would love to keep in touch with you this year and invite you to a big event at the end of the year called EDD where we kick off the admissions for 2019 grads! If you’d like to receive info, check this box and make sure I get your email address as that’s the primary way I’ll connect with you this year. • Seniors, if you’d like to schedule an admissions meeting with me right away, check this circle and I’ll follow up with you this week. Watch for my initial text.

I cover a large territory and will provide this workshop to thousands of students this year. I'm interested in speaking with the most serious students. I’d like for those of you who are serious candidates to take the initiative and contact me by TEXT, phone call or email – tonight if possible – and I’ll reply right away to begin helping you. My phone number is (###) or it is on the back of the workshop guide. Besides this guide, which everyone can keep, I also have a brochure with detailed info about our programs that I will give to the serious Seniors and Juniors. Sophomores and Freshmen, I have a separate brochure for you. When you bring me your comment card, let me know if you’d also like an additional brochure. If you have a friend or relative who might be interested, be sure to get a brochure for him/her, too.