- Appealing jobs or careers
- Aspirations and Goals
“Biologist. [One of my friend’s dad.]”
Participant:
- Oakland, CA
- Hispanic
- male
- 15-22
- lower income
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- Aspirations and Goals
- Inspiration and motivations
“It’s something I’m interested in and I feel good about helping people.”
Participant:
- Online
- white
- male
- 15-22
- lower income
- Comparing and contrasting 'job' 'work' and 'career'
- Understanding Job/Work/Career
“Being able to switch and be flexible with your career – I didn’t write down flexible. I put that for job, but I totally agree with you on flexibility because my aunt, she was a therapist or something and she is like I don’t want to do this anymore. I want to sell jewelry now. So she switched over and started making her own jewelry.”
Participant:
- Pasadena, CA
- white
- female
- 15-22
- higher income
- Perceptions of the term 'work'
- Understanding Job/Work/Career
[For “work] “Obligation, stress, hard, tedious, homework.”
Participant:
- Pasadena, CA
- white
- male
- 15-22
- higher income
- Challenges and Barriers
- Death, loss and uncertainty
“If you go straight from bachelor’s to Ph.D., it’s paid for. So, that’s mostly like what I’d aim for. Otherwise, I’d have to go for master’s and that’s a lot of money. So, I’d probably go to England like my sister did because you can do your master’s in one year there. So, it’s not as expensive.”
Participant:
- Baltimore, MD
- Black
- female
- 15-22
- lower income
- Impact of family
- Pathways
“My mom and dad and my mentor. I post on social media sometimes. Like they say people are too sensitive and I am not a sensitive person so I will post up sometimes not realizing what other people will think about it. I may use the wrong word sometimes and they will be up and telling me take that down, take that off. I’m like dang I can’t even express how I feel.”
Participant:
- Atlanta, GA
- Black
- male
- 15-22
- lower income
- Pathways
- Steps and stages
“I said finish high school; start college at Cal State East Bay. At some point in my life and then go to the police academy. Finish college, then have a car, first house, police officer, marry the love of my life, have kids. Then I’m going to be an investigator.”
Participant:
- Oakland, CA
- Black
- female
- 15-22
- mixed income
- Comparing and contrasting 'job' 'work' and 'career'
- Understanding Job/Work/Career
“I think with career it is something that you have a little bit more expertise with rather than work or job. Job you could be a barista, and you would be fine at it. But with a career, it would be like a lawyer or a doctor. It is something that you long-term studied to do it, not necessarily, but it is something that you spend a lot of time doing. And you really devoted a lot of time and it is what your skills are put to use.”
Participant:
- Pasadena, CA
- white
- male
- 15-22
- higher income
- Perceptions of the term 'job'
- Understanding Job/Work/Career
“For job, I put communication, and I put task as well, and I put 9:00 to 5:00. And then for work, I thought of school right away, and then also you’ve got to grind, and then something that has to be done.”
Participant:
- Baltimore, MD
- Black
- female
- 15-22
- higher income
- Aspirations and Goals
- Imagining their future selves
“I want to be in a steady relationship.”
Participant:
- Atlanta, GA
- white
- female
- 15-22
- lower income