- Perceptions of the term 'career'
- Understanding Job/Work/Career
“High salary.”
Participant:
- Online
- Black
- female
- 15-22
- lower income
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- Impact of personal attributes and characteristics
- Pathways
“If anything, I do feel as though there are bias (whether unconscious or not) that may exist once I check the box identifying myself as African American. Perhaps even some when I select that I am female.”
Participant:
- Online
- white
- female
- 26-29
- mixed income
- Comparing and contrasting 'job' 'work' and 'career'
- Understanding Job/Work/Career
“Negatives about job: negative employees, travel, travel delays, commute. Negatives about work: draining, exhausting.”
Participant:
- Online
- Hispanic
- male
- 15-22
- lower income
- Comparing and contrasting 'job' 'work' and 'career'
- Understanding Job/Work/Career
“You still have an objective to do with either one.”
Participant:
- Online
- Black
- male
- 15-22
- lower income
- Education
- Perceptions of high school
[Re: what would help in the real world] “Speeches. I had to memorize this Shakespeare thing in my English class, and I guess that will help you probably see like stepping out of your comfort zone. Because I don’t really like speaking in front of like 25 people. But that helps you be more comfortable and just slowing down and talking, right?”
Participant:
- Chicago, IL
- Black
- male
- 15-22
- lower income
- Education
- Perceptions of college and postsecondary
“Some people mostly elderly people tell me they loved college because they met their friends there and got educated in their passion.”
Participant:
- Online
- Hispanic
- female
- 15-22
- lower income
- Describing Identity
- Race, ethnicity, gender, culture
“I am male and my ethnicity is white. I am also sometimes called a ginger or redhead because I have red hair. I don’t really think that I have a culture but if I had to choose I would say American. I am a Christian but I don’t really practice it or go to church.”
Participant:
- Online
- white
- male
- 15-22
- lower income
- Education
- Perceptions of college and postsecondary
“I don’t know of any people that attended college that I know and didn’t like it.”
Participant:
- Online
- Hispanic
- female
- 26-29
- mixed income
- Appealing jobs or careers
- Aspirations and Goals
“I feel like movie making in general. I feel like that’s cool.”
Participant:
- Yakima, WA
- Hispanic
- male
- 15-22
- lower income
- Entrepreneurship
- Perceptions of entrepreneurship
“I just want to invest so that I can get more money. And like she said maybe when you invest in stuff you get to see other people’s point of view on why [they] are selling things, and you know how it works and being able to line up things.”
Participant:
- Oakland, CA
- Black
- female
- 15-22
- mixed income