#151 Teen Career Development: Who’s Responsible? with Vicki Weisbrod

Flourish Coaching

Dec 3, 2024

In this episode, Lisa and Vicki discuss:

How your teen’s school, you (as the parent), and your teen can work together to drive your student’s career development.
The right time for your student to begin thinking about their future career path.
Why your teen should be considering careers, not just college majors.
The difference between career development and career advising.

Key Takeaways:

Most school counselors have a caseload too great to also take on career counseling. They also are not trained to handle that aspect of counseling.
By November 1 of your teen’s senior year, they are starting to apply to colleges.
42 of 50 state flagship universities require students to either apply directly to a college major or list their intended major in the application.
Career development is a lifelong process.
You do not want to wait until your student is in college to start career advising. Once they are there, some majors will no longer be available to them, and you cannot make them go to the career advising office.

“We as parents force, not on purpose, but force an agenda onto our kids. I think the school becomes this objective third party to kind of take care of business, so to speak.” – Vicki Weisbrod

About Vicki Weisbrod:

Vicki Weisbrod is a detail-oriented school counselor who has been consistently praised as a forward-thinking student advocate by her colleagues and administration. Over the course of her 17-year career, she created an extensive counseling program from ground zero focusing on the college search and selection process. Seven years ago, she partnered with an organization to be the first greater Cincinnati high school to offer the Birkman assessment to their juniors. The program has evolved to include in-depth career exploration modules for all of their students. This process has created a more thorough approach to the college counseling that their team provides. In her tenure at Bishop Fenwick, she has sought opportunities to grow their community whether it is through their counseling program or for the greater good of the school.

Episode References:

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