KIDS’TOP

DREAM JOBS

Many kids want to be a superhero or a wizard, but realize that those jobs don’t actually exist.

BUTThere are a number of actual jobs that kids often dream of having. Kids typically want these jobs because of the excitement, the fame, or the chance to help other people. Whether or not kids realize it, many of these jobs vary drastically in terms of experience needed, education required, and salary.

AstronautSalary: $64,724 - $141,715

MusicianSalary: $31.94/hour

ActorSalary: $35.97/hour

DancerSalary: $20.04/hour, $41,680/year

TeacherSalary: $30,750 - $57,770

FirefighterSalary: $47,850

Police OfficerSalary: $57,770

WriterSalary: $68,420

DetectiveSalary: $50,780 - $77,860

AthleteSalary: $75,760

VeterinarianSalary: $93,250

ScientistSalary: $77,620 - $114,150

PilotSalary: $80,140 - $111,960

LawyerSalary: $130,880

DoctorSalary: $190,060

Registered NurseSalary: $42,789 - $82,054

GROUP ASSIGNMENT

With a partner

Create a long list of how you will determine what career you want to go into

Examples: interests, money, etc.

Career Decision Attribute List• Personality • Strengths• Talents• Beliefs• Interest• Values• Motivation• People you know• Location• Qualifications,• Salary• Cost of

training/school

• Family needs• Job hours• Would I like it?• Cost of living• People I work with• Honorable?• Money it costs to

take/run the job• Can I learn to do

the job?• Job satisfaction• Do I want to do

this for a long time?

• Is there a high demand for the job?

• Is it challenging enough for me?

Non-Traditional CareersSTEM

• A nontraditional career is ANY occupations in which women or men comprise 25% or less of its total employment.

– Look at the handout – put an M or F on the line next to each profession – look at your choices then compare/contrast with you partner

Why is this important?

1. Nontraditional careers for one of the genders – such as information technology, nursing, criminal justice, early education and engineering often experience a labor shortage, so there is high demand for skilled employees in those occupations

2. Typically people who choose nontraditional occupations enjoy a greater job satisfaction because they are working in fields they have a genuine interest in.

3. Research on work environments find that a diverse workforce can be “more innovative, productive, and creative than a non-diverse workforce”

4. Trailblazing women who work in nontraditional fields can expect lifetime earnings of 150 percent more than comparable women in the traditional female occupation.

Why don’t females in Utah choose these professions?

Look at your non-traditional careers worksheet

Discuss some of the reasons with your partner.

HARD AT WORK IN UTAH

WOMEN IN THE WORKFORCE

Utah Women getmarried young

Utah women have more children and

larger families

Utah has the largestMale to female collegeEducation gap in the

country

A smaller share of womenare married now than in

the past

Utah's divorce rate trendshigher than the national

average

Utah women haveLOST their

educationaledge

WHAT CAN BE DONE?

IN ORDER TO DO BETTER:1. WOMEN MUST CHOOSE HIGHER PAYING, NON-

TRADITIONAL CAREERS 2. WOMEN MUST GET A POST-SECONDARY

EDUCATION THAT FOCUSES ON THESE NON-TRADITIONAL CAREERS

3. DON’T SETTLE FOR LESS, CHOOSE TO LEARN AND WORK AT EARNING MORE!