African American Males: Deciding Best Careers Choices And What Their Future Holds


to pursue the best career choices for themselves. While many are facing the daily challenge of trying to find work when thou- sands are losing their jobs, others are just not happy where they are working. According to a report released by The Conference Board,


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under 50 percent of American workers are satisfied with their jobs. The survey was the result of a poll that enlisted infor- mation from 5,000 households and the startling results high- lighted only 45 percent of the respondents were satisfied with their current work environment. The dissatisfaction by employ- ees and the high rate of unemployment overall creates an inte- resting background for African American males who continue to struggle for acceptance in the American society, especially along the path to the best career choices. The unemployment rate for African Americans is almost


double that of the general population and the best career choi- ces for African American males are often determined by others due largely to physical characteristics versus intellectual quali- fications. Picture this, a six foot eight African American male.


he current economic climate has generated an ill wind over the job market of the country and hampered decisions for African Americans, particularly African American males,


Would your first thought be that this is a future doctor or scientist? Not exactly and that is part of the problem in providing an arena for them to achieve greatness in other fields such as medicine or science where the numbers of African American males are in stark decline.


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The Green River Regional Educational Cooperative (GRREC) with a membership of thirty-three school districts is actively seeking certified minority teachers and administrators for elementary, middle, and secondary positions. GRREC is located in south central Kentucky with


the following school districts as members: Cloverport Ind. Cumberland County Daviess County Edmonson County Elizabethtown Ind. Glasgow Ind. Grayson County Green County


Adair County Allen County Barren County Bowling Green Ind. Breckinridge County Butler County Campbellsville Ind. Caverna Ind. Clinton County


Hancock County Hardin County Hart County LaRue County Logan County Meade County Metcalfe County Monroe County


www.grrec.ky.gov GRREC


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Bowling Green, KY 42101 An Equal Opportunity Employer


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many African Americans must come to grips with if they want their piece of the educational pie, and it begins with taking advantage of free Black scholarships made available for them and other minority classes. If you Google ’free Black scholarships’ it would shock


the average African American with the number of educatio- nal opportunities made available to them; including those that are designed specifically for athletes, drama students and even poetry writers. All you have to do is know your skills and talents and go for it. Free $10,000 scholarships are available online for a li- mited time! Visit http://www.earlyscholarship.com now and fill in the short form to see if you qualify for the $10 000 givea- ways.


Source: ezinearticles.com The Black E.O.E. Journal


Consider the Wake County Public School System where we are committed to hiring high quality education professionals!


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