- Comparing and contrasting 'job' 'work' and 'career'
- Understanding Job/Work/Career
“Job feels temporary and work seems much more stable.”
Participant:
- Online
- Black
- male
- 26-29
- mixed income
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- Impact of family
- Pathways
“They help, but then it makes you kind of nervous if you don’t meet [their expectations].”
Participant:
- Belle Glade, FL
- Hispanic
- female
- 15-22
- lower income
- Attributes and characteristics
- Describing Identity
“I feel that being a black female is important to me based on the history of the rights of women and blacks in general.”
Participant:
- Online
- Black
- female
- 26-29
- mixed income
- Attributes and characteristics
- Describing Identity
“I’ve never heard anyone ever talk bad about me ever in my entire life. I was just, they always say I’m outgoing, nice, funny, laid back, relaxing. I’ve always heard that I’m hardworking, caring, that I’m talkative, smart. And I know when to have fun and when not to. And that I’m goofy, and I’m like a go-getter, I guess. I just I don’t know. I don’t take no, ever since I was a kid, I never took no as an answer, so.”
Participant:
- Yakima, WA
- Hispanic
- male
- 15-22
- lower income
- Impact of family
- Pathways
“Like even if it’s not your mama…everybody needs, I feel, like some support. Whether it’s a conversation or, you know, anything, everybody needs support at some time.”
Participant:
- Chicago, IL
- Black
- female
- 15-22
- lower income
- Characterizations of a bad job
- Understanding Job/Work/Career
“Anxiety.”
Participant:
- Belle Glade, FL
- Hispanic
- female
- 15-22
- lower income
- Perceptions of the term 'job'
- Understanding Job/Work/Career
“Purpose in life.”
Participant:
- Online
- Hispanic
- female
- 15-22
- lower income
- Challenges and Barriers
- Lack of skills and competition
“I did come across common struggles when learning new things and may have to be told or taught twice just to get it to stick to my mind. I also had times where I wasn’t too sure about a word or phrase and have to google it or seek information on it because I feel like I don’t know much about something in particular.”
Participant:
- Online
- Hispanic
- female
- 26-29
- mixed income
- Characterizations of a good job
- Understanding Job/Work/Career
“Paid time off.”
Participant:
- Baltimore, MD
- Black
- female
- 15-22
- higher income
- Challenges and Barriers
- Lack of skills and competition
“So [a potential barrier in achieving my career goal] would be…kind of who you know, because you’ve really got to know people to be able to get like the loads of fruit or lumber, whatever you’re hauling…And then finding a reliable driver nowadays.
Participant:
- Yakima, WA
- white
- male
- 15-22
- lower income