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Nearly 80 Percent of Teens Not Interested
in Following in Their Parents' Career Footsteps
Junior Achievement Poll Shows Teens Learn More about Careers from Teachers/Job Shadowing, Than from Parents
A press release provided
by the Job Shadow Coalition
Washington, DC (January 27, 2004) - There once was a time when
a son or daughter was expected to follow in their parents' occupational
footsteps. However, things have changed significantly since those
days.
A new Junior Achievement poll of 1,000 teens between the ages
of 13 and
18 shows that 78 percent of teens say they are not interested
in
following in their parents' career paths, up from 76 percent
last year.
From a gender standpoint, 82.5 percent of girls were not interested,
while 76.1 percent of boys were not interested. The poll was
conducted
in October and November of 2003.
"Children are naturally rebellious against their parents
during their
teens and this may explain why they are so emphatic about not
following
in their parents' footsteps in this particular poll," said
Dr. Stuart
Shapiro, Executive Director of the Job Shadow Coalition.
"However, teens still rely on caring adults to provide them with guidance. That's why teens look to teachers and job shadowing for career information."
In the poll, teachers/counselors were the number one source
of career
information for teens, followed by the Internet and job shadowing.
Parents were ranked fourth. Job shadowing moved up from sixth
place in
2003 to third place in 2004 as the activity became more commonplace.
Parents had been in third place in 2003.
Job shadowing is a yearlong national effort to enrich the
lives of
students by acquainting them with the world of work through on-the-job
experiences and a carefully crafted school curriculum that ties
academics to the workplace. The effort helps young people understand
how what they learn in the classroom leads to success in the
workplace.
Kicking off on Groundhog Day, Feb. 2, 2004, more than one
million
young people will have a chance to explore their futures when
they
"shadow" workplace mentors as part of the seventh annual
Job Shadow Day initiative. National job shadowing is a coordinated
effort of Junior
Achievement, America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth, and
the U.S.
Department of Labor. Monster, News Corporation, and the American
Hotel and Lodging Association are the major co-sponsors.
For more information, go to www.jobshadow.org.