CH 11: work in EA

Question 1

occupational training in the U.S.

Answer 1

-30% of people go straight into work after HS without a good transition program in place
-job corps is government program for low SES

Question 2

Goals of the job corps

Answer 2

1. helping people finish high school
2. providing job training
3. employment assistance

Question 3

occupational training in Western Europe

Answer 3

follows apprenticeship model

Question 4

features of apprenticeship model

Answer 4

-age 16 for 2/3 years
-go to school part time while completing
-receiving training in workplace

Question 5

transparency v permeability

Answer 5

-transparency: clear path to employment
-permeability: how easy is it to change trajectories if change mind

*Europe has high transparency and low permeability while U.S. has low transparency and high permeability

Question 6

what are the 5 stages of finding occupation

Answer 6

1. crystallization
2. specification
3. implementation
4. stabilization
5. consolidation

Question 7

specification stage

Answer 7

(18-21)
firming that vocational goal and pursuing the education or training needed to meet that goal

Question 8

crystallization stage

Answer 8

(14-18)
developing a tentative goal and seeking further information on it

Question 9

implementation stage

Answer 9

(21-24)
finishing that training and then seeking employment- graduating college and finding job

Question 10

stabilization stage

Answer 10

(25-35)
establishing a career and gaining experience in it

Question 11

consolidation stage

Answer 11

(35+)
gaining expertise in career and seeking advancement opportunities

Question 12

what kinds of things influence one’s occupational goals

Answer 12

-personality characteristics
-gender (socialization and family-work life balance)