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- 1. Careers in Natural Resources Initiative: Engaging the Next Generation Lisa Eadens Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education April 15, 2014
- 2. Background:The Issue ▪ Environmental and Recreation based programs for youth struggle guiding alumni into Natural Resource Careers. ▪ Land management agencies need better qualified candidates and those from non-traditional backgrounds. ▪ Colleges and universities have difficulty attracting students from non-traditional populations to their natural resource degree programs.
- 3. ▪ High retirement rates are currently occurring and are predicted into the future for government agencies. ⁻ Approximately 33,000 retired from NPS in 2011. Typically, 11,000 employees retire annually. Source: NPS employee, 2012 ▪ In the last 20 years time spent playing outside has been cut in half. Source: H. White, No Child Left Inside, Reversing NDD, NWF, 2008. ▪ Youth and young adult unemployment is 16% - greater than twice that of adults and even higher for minority youth. Background: Opportunities and Barriers
- 4. Vision: To work collaboratively to create more pathways to enable ALL young adults to be educated, prepared, and qualified to enter and maintain professional, sustainable natural resource careers.
- 5. Careers in Natural Resources Initiative
- 6. What is a Career Pathway? Education, training, and support services to help people get careers. The focus is to make things easier by helping students and potential students build or make changes to their careers.
- 7. Why is a Natural Resource Career Pathway Important? Fewer young people are growing up learning to hunt, fish, hike, and camp. Concern over who will protect, maintain and enhance those lands in the future – as voters, donors, public land users, volunteers, or natural resource agency employees.
- 8. Why is a Natural Resource Career Pathway Important?
- 9. Natural Resource Careers Initiative Agencies Non- profits Education Parents And More…. Reduce Barriers Increase AccessIncrease Awareness Natural Resource Careers Initiative: 244 Individuals and 91 Organizations
- 10. Collective Impact • Common Agenda • Shared Measurement • Mutually ReinforcingActivities • Continuous Communication
- 11. Audience: Young people Audience: Career Influencers Audience: Agency Staff >Awareness >Knowledge >Experience & Education >Job info >Entry-level job! >Awareness >Investment >Training >Resources >Actively Coach Candidates! >Awareness >Investment >Training >Reduce Barriers >Culture & Systems Careers in Natural Resources Initiative Spectrum
- 12. Goals and Supporting Actions 1. Raise awareness: Career Fair 2. Reduce barriers: Career Path Manual 3. Increase access to information: Online Portal
- 13. Audience: Career Influencers Audience: Agency Staff >Awareness >Knowledge >Experience & Education >Job info >Entry-level job! >Awareness >Investment >Training >Resources >Actively Coach Candidates! >Awareness >Investment >Training >Reduce Barriers >Culture & Systems Online Portal Career Fair Career Guide Online Portal Career Guide Careers in Natural Resources Initiative Spectrum
- 14. First Summit: - Gathered information from partners - Defined initiative vision Organized natural resources career fair at West Generation High School - Received Walton Family Foundation Grant - $ from USFS, DNR April 2012 May 2013 June 2013 August 2013 Third Summit February 2014 Fourth Summit March 2014 - Online Portal Launched - Draft Career Guide Initiative Milestones
- 15. Middle and High School Goals: Awareness about careers in natural resources: variety, salary, diversity of employees What courses will help start them on the right path Volunteer, job-shadowing, internship opportunities Careers in Natural Resources Initiative Resources: Participation in existing career fairs Handout “Natural Resource Careers ExplorationWeek”
- 16. Participation in existing career fairs Middle and High School
- 17. Middle and High School Career Fair Handout
- 18. Natural Resource Careers ExplorationWeek June 9 – 13, 2014 Natural resources organizations, agencies and higher education institutions Listen to staff talk about their own career pathway Hands-on activities that relate to different careers Resume-writing Middle and High School
- 19. Higher Education/Young Adult Goals: Reduce barriers to getting a job Increase access to information Increase resources available Careers in Natural Resources Initiative Resources: “A How-To Guide for Pursuing a Career in Natural Resources” Natural Resource Careers Online Web Portal
- 20. “A How-To Guide for Pursuing a Career in Natural Resources” Introduction Full scope of careers in Natural Resources Discussion on federal, state, and local hiring processes Final document will include visuals and case studies Higher Education/Young Adult
- 21. Natural resource careers online web portal Searchable springboard for natural resource, recreation, and outdoor stewardship job opportunities, career planning resources, and higher education opportunities in Colorado. Added to the existingGet OutdoorsColorado website Higher Education/Young Adult Launched! www.GetOutdoorsColorado.org/Job-Center
- 22. Higher Education/Young Adult Natural resource careers online web portal
- 23. Higher Education/Young Adult Natural resource careers online web portal
- 24. Professionals/Career Influencers Goals: Awareness and use of resources (online portal, guide) Incorporating career messaging into spark experiences Considerations when hiring and employing youth Supporting a culture of inclusiveness Careers in Natural Resources Initiative Resources: Website (resource for employers) Guide
- 25. What’s Next? Developing common metrics and messages How are others measuring success? How can we create a standard set of metrics to measure collective impact? Data Gathering
- 26. WhatYou Can Do ▪ Advocate for job shadowing, service-learning, volunteering, internships, and other opportunities for youth at your organization ▪ Tell us how you are promoting careers in natural resources ▪ Join the Careers in Natural Resources Initiative ▪ Raise awareness: become a mentor, speak on a career panel, attend a career fair ▪ Reduce barriers: help review our Guide, distribute the Guide to your networks ▪ Increase access to information: post your job openings on the new Get Outdoors Colorado Job CenterWebsite, help promote the new site to partners and youth
- 27. ▪What hiring trends do you see? More/less jobs and types of positions? ▪What skills and experience do entry level staff need to be successful? ▪What training and skills do agency staff need to recruit, train, and coach young people to succeed in entry-level positions? Discussion
- 28. Questions? Lisa Eadens Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education [email protected]