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Job Market Education at Port Chester High School
Job Search Five Years Before College Graduation
In February, 102 juniors at Port Chester High School began their search for jobs in careers at a time when they are still five or more years away from college graduation. Using Candogram’s database with two million live job postings students learned about the job market with job titles, employers and job requirements.
Why would high school students look at job postings for doctors and engineers before even applying for college?
The job market is the mostly invisible activity between employers and job seekers. The search for job candidates and job openings occurs primarily through networking and online databases also known as job boards. Information is exchanged between companies and job seekers in job postings and resumes.
Job Postings Tell What Employers Need
There are millions of job postings and resumes on the internet at any given day. Job postings represent the demand side which tells us what employers are looking for. Candogram analyzes job postings and quantifies this need by counting the occurrence of job titles and requirements for skills and education.
The number of available job openings varies greatly depending on demand by employers and location. In March, companies posted 2,000 job openings in accounting in the northeast between Boston and Washington DC but only 250 in the northwest between Seattle and Portland. At the same time job openings for health care positions across the United States required a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing 3.5 times more than a Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy.
Education Match
Education takes significant time and money and is frequently cited as the second largest expense for Americans in their lifetime. Students decide how they use these resources by selecting courses in high school and college. Students decide what they learn and for how long. Their decisions have a major impact on their job search success once they graduate and beyond.
As it turns out language used by employers in job requirements can be matched to course descriptions of high schools and colleges. For this reason it can be beneficial to use job market analysis to help guide decisions which courses to take.
Requirements for skills and education are available in job postings in great detail where employers consistently express their need. An analysis of job postings reveals that “designing skills” are ranked among the top 10 skills desired by leading employers like Apple, Facebook, IBM, Siemens, Tesla, SpaceX, Microsoft and many others. It is important that students recognize the need early and attend foundational classes in Arts and Media to support their STEM learning.
Format of Instruction for Job Market Education
At Port Chester High School the Job Market Education class was taught in two 40 minute periods separated by 2 days. The class included homework which students completed between the two sessions. Students used Candogram for job market analysis. Feedback from students showed that 85% them found the class either important or very important.
Thank You!
I want to thank the Guidance Department at Port Chester High School for their enormous trust and support.
Job Market Education For High Schools
Get Students Excited About Learning
This is a motivational workshop for high school students. Participants discover that they already possess many valuable skills.
Students learn:
- What is the job market
- How employers communicate
- How job seekers communicate
- Analyze demand for skills and education
- How to self assess their skill set
- How high school courses create skills employers want.
All participants receive a free Candogram account. Workshops are held at your high school.
What Employers Want
Candogram analyzes 2 million live job postings every 24 hours and turns them into a structured database with thousands of job titles, skill and education requirements from over 60,000 employers.
The video demonstrates how easy it is to conduct job market research with Candogram.
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Make Your Education Count
Education is expensive and takes a long time. There is no short cut.
Imagine that you could interview thousands of employers before you decide on a major. These employers would give you the exact list of skills you need to build in order for them to hire you for your dream job.
Imagine that these employers give you all the job openings where you can apply with your perfect skills once you graduate.
Would you listen?
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STEM High Demand Job Openings
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Machine Learning Job Openings
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Robotics Job Openings
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Analyst Job Openings
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An analyst is an individual who performs analysis of a topic.
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Autonomous Driving Job Openings
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Cyber Job Openings
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Job Postings
There are millions of job openings across the country. Employers are looking for individuals who have the skills and education that match their job requirements.
In order to reach qualified candidates employers announce their job openings by posting a description together with requirements. These job postings are available on the web sites of employers as well as distributed to public job boards.
Individuals who are interested in a particular job can apply by writing and submitting an appropriate resume which addresses the specific job description and requirements.
Job postings are removed when positions are filled. As a result there is daily turnover in posted jobs. Individuals looking for work want to stay informed about jobs that have been closed as well as new job openings.