Title: Analyze societal trends that may affect future employment in human services.
Course: Introduction to Family and Human Services (19001-36) > Section: Exploring the Human Services Career Pathways

Analysis should include

- family structure and life cycle trends
- income habits and wages
- demographic trends
- employer attitudes and employee services and benefits (e.g., insurance)
- changes in local, state, and national government
- changes in technology.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- How do intergenerational changes affect the human services industry?
- How has family structure changed over the last 30 years?
- What are the stages of the family life cycle, and how do they affect employment decisions?
- How can changes at any level of government affect employment opportunities?
- What might be the effects of technology on employment opportunities?

Communication

- What are the best resources that describe social trends in the U.S. or global market?
- What are the ethnic trends affecting U.S. demographics? What are the language issues?
- How does an agency communicate its desire and ability to adapt to social change?
- How does government affect the population of the U.S. and thus the availability of employment?

Leadership

- What are the advantages of adapting to social change?
- What are some social changes occurring in the U.S. today?
- What technological trends are affecting social change and employment in the U.S. today?

Management

- How do human services providers adapt to social change?
- How does agency policy change to account for social change?
- How has technology caused change in the workplace?