- Perceptions of the term 'job'
- Understanding Job/Work/Career
“Position.”
Participant:
- Online
- white
- female
- 26-29
- mixed income
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- Perceptions of the term 'work'
- Understanding Job/Work/Career
“Stress.”
Participant:
- Online
- Black
- female
- 26-29
- mixed income
- Impact of family
- Pathways
“My mom has always been there for me. Mainly my mom because my real dad wasn’t there…growing up as a kid, so I didn’t have no one to look up to but my mom. My mom really stood up… It hits me all the time just thinking about it like what she went through. She is a rather strong woman, so I just feel I owe her everything. I’ve got to go and get it. I am young right now. I can take advantage of whatever I want to and stay focused and I can achieve it.”
Participant:
- Belle Glade, FL
- Hispanic
- male
- 15-22
- lower income
- Characterizations of a good job
- Understanding Job/Work/Career
[Characteristics of a Good Job]: “Promotion opportunities”
Participant:
- Yakima, WA
- white
- male
- 15-22
- lower income
- Describing Identity
- Race, ethnicity, gender, culture
“Female, Caucasian/Mexican. I just live life.”
Participant:
- Los Angeles, CA
- white
- female
- 15-22
- lower income
- Perceptions of the term 'work'
- Understanding Job/Work/Career
“Retirement.”
Participant:
- Online
- white
- male
- 26-29
- mixed income
- Perceptions of the term 'job'
- Understanding Job/Work/Career
“It’s stressful to go to school, then go to work, then try to stay on top of your studies and still have free time at the end.”
Participant:
- Los Angeles, CA
- Hispanic
- female
- 15-22
- lower income
- Reflections on Focus Group Experience
- Takeaways
“I was thinking about how a common thread with people who answered the question about their future was being scared or anxious about the future. This resonated with me because I’m also nervous about being prepared for the future and what will happen. Maybe everyone feels this way, but right now it’s a little up in the air whether I will be financially prepared for my goals. I am interested to see the discussions for the upcoming days and if there are any other commonalities in how the participants are feeling.”
Participant:
- Online
- white
- female
- 26-29
- mixed income
- Attributes and characteristics
- Describing Identity
“IWhen you first meet me, I am not really the type of person that goes up to you and talks to you right away. We become friends in order to get to know me and it is a whole different person. I put dedicated because I’m dedicated to school right now, and I focus on that in order to get where I want to be. I am active because I’m part of the soccer team [and I run cross country]. Understandable because I understand everybody is different and everybody has two different perspectives and what not. I put handy because I am—I didn’t want to say talented, but I can do a lot of things. I cut hair. I know how to do just a whole bunch of different things. I don’t want to go on, and fun to be around.”
Participant:
- Belle Glade, FL
- Hispanic
- male
- 15-22
- lower income
- Challenges and Barriers
- Discrimination and Bias
“I think being a female would shock a lot of people especially trying to be a judge and a Black female.”
Participant:
- Oakland, CA
- Black
- female
- 15-22
- mixed income