May 12 In-Demand Jobs

 In-Demand Jobs



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This past week was Ohio's In-Demand Jobs week. In Ohio, in-demand jobs offer a sustainable wage and a promising future based on the number of openings and growth. Every year the state, including the Department of Education and Workforce, spotlights these jobs to inspire excitement among students and job seekers. There is a toolkit that can be used in grades K-12 to highlight these jobs. Below are a few highlights from the toolkit. 

  •  As mentioned above, the Department of Education and Workforce published this toolkit for last week's In-Demand Jobs Week. The toolkit, as you will see, ranges from grades K-12. If you have not heard it enough this year, remember it is never too early to start engaging students in postsecondary transition planning. The earlier we start, the more fluff we can get weed out and have a closer fit for our students. Check out your grade level. Is there something you can use? 
  •  Just knowing the definition of a top job is not enough. To inspire our students, we need to know what specific jobs are the top jobs. We need to know what they pay, what training is needed, how much growth is expected, and so much more. This list provides multiple filtering features to help users narrow down top jobs to meet some very specific criteria. For our transition plans, we can filter this list based on a student's PINS. This list can also help us plan our assessments for our students. If we do not have enough information to filter this list for a specific student, maybe that is telling us we need more assessments. Check out the list, anything surprise you? 
  •  Some of us may remember the big book from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics that would tell us about specific jobs. The book evolved into a really great website, and it continued to evolve into an engaging way to help students learn more about jobs. This site has games for all students K-12. The games are engaging and range from crosswords, to word searches to spot the difference, and so much more. The focus of all these games, you guessed it, occupations. Students can learn new jobs and then immediately go research them to learn more about the jobs and if they are a good fit for the student. 



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