- Impact of family
- Pathways
“Parents, siblings, girlfriend/wife, friends, people involved in the arts.”
Participant:
- Online
- white
- male
- 26-29
- mixed income
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- Perceptions of the term 'career'
- Understanding Job/Work/Career
“I guess it’s kinda just the same thing as a job, but it sounds more professional.”
Participant:
- Online
- white
- male
- 15-22
- lower income
- Education
- Perceptions of college and postsecondary
“It only prepared me more and I feel like I really needed it.”
Participant:
- Online
- Hispanic
- male
- 26-29
- mixed income
- Challenges and Barriers
- Personal traits and experiences
“Confidence and self-esteem, not believing in one’s self. People around me that have helped me before. Friends, siblings, my mom and dad, school staff. We have a therapist at school.”
Participant:
- Downey, CA
- Hispanic
- female
- 15-22
- mixed income
- Aspirations and Goals
- Imagining their future selves
“[At 25] I don’t even know what today is. I don’t know…[It looks] rough.”
Participant:
- San Francisco, CA
- unknown
- male
- 15-22
- unknown
- Characterizations of a bad job
- Understanding Job/Work/Career
“I mean, you got to be there at a certain time. You got to be there early. And like if you have responsibilities at home, you have to like make sure you just don’t…and sometimes you might like sleep late. You may have to get back up early, so you be tired.”
Participant:
- Greenville, MS
- Black
- female
- 15-22
- lower income
- Impact of family
- Pathways
“My dad works in ad placement and he has a lot of connections in H.R., so he is kind of able to connect me with some people and then it is all about me, but that is really important steps. So I am grateful that he has that. He has…always been my biggest role model and my biggest supporter, so that is really cool.”
Participant:
- Pasadena, CA
- white
- female
- 15-22
- higher income
- Reflections on Focus Group Experience
- Takeaways
“I’m really thinking about my whole life and how I have grown as person. Also how my mind has changed from the career I wanted to do back then to now.”
Participant:
- Online
- Hispanic
- male
- 26-29
- mixed income
- Comparing and contrasting 'job' 'work' and 'career'
- Understanding Job/Work/Career
[On “career”] “Diploma.”
Participant:
- Baltimore, MD
- Black
- male
- 15-22
- lower income
- Reflections on Focus Group Experience
- Takeaways
“I haven’t really thought about anything since the last time I logged in. No questions have come up. It is summertime so I’m not really thinking about school.”
Participant:
- Online
- white
- male
- 15-22
- lower income