Teens Confident They'll Get Ideal Job

According to the Junior Achievement and ING National Poll, teens are remaining optimistic about their job search. 90 percent of teens are confident that they will one day find their ideal job. 84 percent of teens value finding a job that “has a positive impact on society” rather than factors such as “being well paid” and "having decision-making responsibilities."

Although teens remain optimistic, over half continue to worry about today’s unemployment rate. Teens believe that maintaining high grades, participating in work-readiness programs – such as JA’s job shadow program, and believing in themselves are all key factors in finding a job.

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Spring Semester Sign Ups

It is JA time again! If you are interested in volunteering for Junior Achievement this semester, please let us know. We have volunteering opportunities available in Tarrant, Parker, Johnson and Wise counties and we are offering elementary, middle and high school classes.

We are excited to have so many great returning volunteers this semester, but we are always looking for new ones, too! So join in the JA fun and sign up TODAY!

For information on classes and to sign up, please contact Kori Armstrong at karmstrong@jafortworth.org. Help JA have another great semester as we educate our youth!

Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8 to 18 Year Olds

A national survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that with technology allowing nearly 24-hour media access as children and teens go about their daily lives, the amount of time young people spend with entertainment media has risen dramatically, especially among minority youth.

Today, 8 to 18-year-olds devote an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes to using entertainment media across a typical day (more than 53 hours a week). Because they spend so much of that time "media multitasking", they actually manage to pack a total of 10 hours and 45 minutes worth of media content into those 7 1/2 hours.

To view a documentary video and full report about this study, please click the links below:

Documentary: http://www.kff.org/entmedia/hr012010video.cfm

Full Report: http://www.kff.org/entmedia/upload/8010.pdf

No Facebook at Work?!

In the seventh annual Junior Achievement/Deloitte Teen Ethics survey, teens indicated that when accepting a job offer, the ability to access social networking sites during work hours was a high priority. The survey focuses on the ethical implications of the popularity of social networking sites. The survey found that 88% of teens access the sites daily, while more than half of those teens would consider access to the sites when considering a job offer.

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