KANSAS CITY, MO -
Early on in life, kids are faced with the question of "What do I want to do when I get older?" FOX 4's Leslie Carto is Working For You to show you what careers will be hot for your teen or tot.
Some experts say no matter how you feel about 'going green', it's going to be a way for businesses to save cash as energy costs continue to rise. That means sustainability is a word you'll want your kids to understand. And at Johnson County Community College, sustainability doesn't just mean a re-usable coffee cup. Cutting the cafeteria's styrofoam use in half is a goal. And at JCCC, so is finding careers for students.
"Remember, Kansas has the third largest amount of potential wind energy in the country," says Jay Antle. He is the executive director of the college's Center for Sustainability, which is still in its early stages. Antle says if you listen to President Barack Obama's plans to jump start the economy, you'll hear the need for skilled workers.
"Jobs are going to be created in the hundreds of thousands across the country, maybe the millions to accomplish these tasks," says Antle.
Take wind as an example. Antle says the American Wind Energy Association estimates ten to eleven thousand Kansas jobs will be connected to wind manufacturing. We're talking sunshine too-- careers in solar powering businesses and homes. "We're trying to anticipate jobs that are coming into existence," explains Antle.
Across the state line, students study for a career already around, but expected to get a big dose of demand. "I'm already hearing from places that need pharmacists, and that would love to have us come work for them, and I still have a year a school," says UMKC Pharmacy student, Katie Loida.
A professor at University of Missouri, Kansas-City's School of Pharmacy says in about ten years, there will be 150,000 fewer pharmacists than needed. "The people are always going to need medications. When times are good, when times are not," says professor Jack Fincham.
Mix in an aging population, count on an increase in the prescriptions patients take, and you get a job in demand. Fincham says behind the counter, science can't be a student's only strength. "Just as important anymore is the ability to deal with people, communicate with people," he explains.
University of Kansas nursing student, Kasey Bowden says it's all about the patients for her, too. But adds knowing she's always be able to support herself-- helped to guide her plans. "It absolutely weighed on my decision to become a nurse," says Bowden.
Just like in pharmacy, aging baby boomers mean job stability for nurses. "Nursing as a career or profession is a lifelong option for people," says Karen Miller, dean of the University of Kansas School of Nursing.
Health care tops the lists of future careers at Workforce Partnership, but the executive director also points to advanced manufacturing, and specifically in the metro, animal health and transportation. Perhaps proving again, when looking towards the future there really is no place like home.
We asked one career coach what she'd tell kids about their future. She offered what she calls "radical" advice: maybe college isn't the way to go. She suggested the trades.
Another coach pointed out while he thinks a degree is important --- the real jump in salary seems to be from a high school education, to some college.
Some experts say no matter how you feel about 'going green', it's going to be a way for businesses to save cash as energy costs continue to rise. That means sustainability is a word you'll want your kids to understand. And at Johnson County Community College, sustainability doesn't just mean a re-usable coffee cup. Cutting the cafeteria's styrofoam use in half is a goal. And at JCCC, so is finding careers for students.
"Remember, Kansas has the third largest amount of potential wind energy in the country," says Jay Antle. He is the executive director of the college's Center for Sustainability, which is still in its early stages. Antle says if you listen to President Barack Obama's plans to jump start the economy, you'll hear the need for skilled workers.
"Jobs are going to be created in the hundreds of thousands across the country, maybe the millions to accomplish these tasks," says Antle.
Take wind as an example. Antle says the American Wind Energy Association estimates ten to eleven thousand Kansas jobs will be connected to wind manufacturing. We're talking sunshine too-- careers in solar powering businesses and homes. "We're trying to anticipate jobs that are coming into existence," explains Antle.
Across the state line, students study for a career already around, but expected to get a big dose of demand. "I'm already hearing from places that need pharmacists, and that would love to have us come work for them, and I still have a year a school," says UMKC Pharmacy student, Katie Loida.
A professor at University of Missouri, Kansas-City's School of Pharmacy says in about ten years, there will be 150,000 fewer pharmacists than needed. "The people are always going to need medications. When times are good, when times are not," says professor Jack Fincham.
Mix in an aging population, count on an increase in the prescriptions patients take, and you get a job in demand. Fincham says behind the counter, science can't be a student's only strength. "Just as important anymore is the ability to deal with people, communicate with people," he explains.
University of Kansas nursing student, Kasey Bowden says it's all about the patients for her, too. But adds knowing she's always be able to support herself-- helped to guide her plans. "It absolutely weighed on my decision to become a nurse," says Bowden.
Just like in pharmacy, aging baby boomers mean job stability for nurses. "Nursing as a career or profession is a lifelong option for people," says Karen Miller, dean of the University of Kansas School of Nursing.
Health care tops the lists of future careers at Workforce Partnership, but the executive director also points to advanced manufacturing, and specifically in the metro, animal health and transportation. Perhaps proving again, when looking towards the future there really is no place like home.
We asked one career coach what she'd tell kids about their future. She offered what she calls "radical" advice: maybe college isn't the way to go. She suggested the trades.
Another coach pointed out while he thinks a degree is important --- the real jump in salary seems to be from a high school education, to some college.
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