kids and careers

 

Click here for a PDF version of the Kids and Careers: How Families Can Help Youth Succeed brochure (460 KB).

This colorful brochure includes:

How parents’ involvement can help children succeed in life.

  • Three easy steps to creating a career plan.
  • Important timelines for helping teens move from high school to work or further education and training.
  • Information about the fastest growing fields and the occupations that are the best bets in Illinois.
  • How education increases income while decreasing the chance of unemployment.

There’s also a list of Internet resources for financial aid, higher education, career planning and job search.

Counselors and school administrators: call toll-free (877) 513-1987 or email des.icrn@illinois.gov for packets of printed brochures to hand out at parent-teacher meetings, career days and family events.


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