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Gender Equity Program

What is a Non-Traditional Career?
Non-Traditional Careers are careers fields which employ 25% or less of a gender (source: U.S. Department of Labor).

Non-Traditional careers can lead you to a career opportunity that may develop your interests, increases your salary, and increase your job opportunities. Discover the career possibilities that Kapi`olani Community College may offer you.

• 10.6% of the engineers are women
• 14% of elementary school teachers are men
• 9.5% of the police department personnel are women
• 6% of registered nurses are men

Is a Non-Traditional Career right for me?
How do I know if it is right for me?

Go To: Self-assessment worksheet

Benefits of working a non-traditional career

• Higher wages: Non-traditional jobs pay 20-30% more on average than traditionally female jobs
• Better benefits: Non-traditional jobs tend to be unionized, with greater health benefits, sick leave, life insurance, pension/retirement plans, and paid vacation.
• Opportunity for advancement: Non-traditional careers tend to have established career ladders directed at higher job and salary positions. Non-traditional jobs usually offer paid on-the-job training for advanced skills.
• Job satisfaction: When your abilities and interests fit your career, you tend to have a higher job satisfaction thus be more productive and stay in the career longer.

Challenges of working a non-traditional career

• Lack of support services
  • Childcare-Alani Child Care: http://www.kcc.hawaii.edu/services/child
  • Transportation-The Bus Schedule: http://www.thebus.org
  • Domestic violence information: http://www.usda.gov/da/shmd/aware.htm and Hawaii resources: http://www.hawaiifamilyforum.org/issues/domestic_violence.php
  • Substance abuse: http://www.hawaii.gov/doh/resource/index.html
  • Special Student Services/TRIO Program: http://www.kcc.hawaii.edu/support/counsel/ssso/
  • Holomua: http://www.kcc.hawaii.edu/support/holomua/
  • Secrets of Success Workshops http://www.kcc.hawaii.edu/support/holomua/sos.htm
  • Maida Kamber Center: http://www.kcc.hawaii.edu/support/jobs/
  • KCC Off-Campus Employment Page
  • UH UH Student Employment and Cooperative Education Page
  • Center for Career and Technical Education: http://www.hawaii.edu/cte
• Lack of role models
• Sexual Harassment
  

What are the Non-Traditional Careers for women? - [^]
What are the Non-Traditional Careers for women that you are talking about?
Go to: http://www.dol.gov/wb/wb_pubs/nontrad2001.htm

• Accountants: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos001.htm
• Automotive Mechanics: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos181.htm
• Chefs: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos161.htm
• Computer Programmers: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos110.htm
• Data Processing: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos155.htm
• Electricians: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos206.htm
• Firefighters: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos158.htm
• Hotel Clerk: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos132.htm
• Information Technologists: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos258.htm
• Management: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos002.htm
• Police Officers: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos160.htm
• Search all jobs: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocoiab.htm

What are the Non-Traditional Careers for men? - [^]

• Childcare Workers: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos170.htm
• Dental Assistant:http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos163.htm
• Legal Assistant/Paralegal: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos114.htm
• Licensed Practical Nurse: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos102.htm
• Medical Assistant: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos164.htm
• Registered Nurses: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos083.htm
• Nurse's Aide: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos165.htm
• Occupational Therapist Aide: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos166.htm
• Social Workers: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos060.htm
• Teachers Assistant: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos153.htm
• Teachers: Pre-school, Elementary, Middle, & Secondary: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos069.htm
• Teachers Special Education: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos070.htm
• Search all jobs: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocoiab.htm

How much money can I make in Hawaii? - [^]
Go to: http://www.hawaii.gov/dlir/rs/loihi

Where can I get information about Non-Traditional careers?

• American Assembly for Men in Nursing: http://www.aamn.org
• Association for Gender Equity Leadership in Education: http://www.agele.org
• Institute for Women in Trades, Technology, and Sciences: http://www.iwitts.com
• Institute for Women in Technology: http://www.iwt.org
• Minority Nurse: http://www.minoritynurse.com
• North West Regional Educational Laboratory: http://www.nwrel.org
• National Student Nurses' Association: http://www.nsna.org
• Occupational Outlook Handbook: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/home.htm
• Office of the State Director for Career and Technical Education: http://www.hawaii.edu/cte
• Respect Medical Services, Inc.: http://www.respectmedicalservices.com
• U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://www.dol.gov/wb/nontra.htm
• Women Tech World: http://www.womentechworld.org
• Women's Educational Equity Act Resource Center: http://www.edc.org/womensequity
• Work4Women: http://www.work4women.org

How can Kapi`olani Community College help me?

• Application to Kapi`olani Community College: http://www.kcc.hawaii.edu/admission/index.htm
• Financial Aid Information: http://www.kcc.hawaii.edu/support/finaid/index.htm

Non-Traditional Programs at Kapi`olani Community College:

Women

• Accounting: http://programs.kcc.hawaii.edu/business/account.htm
• Culinary Arts/Food Service: http://programs.kcc.hawaii.edu/fshe/foodserv.htm
• Information Technology: http://programs.kcc.hawaii.edu/business/it.htm

Men

• Associate Degree in Nursing: http://programs.kcc.hawaii.edu/health/adn/index.htm
• Dental Assisting: http://programs.kcc.hawaii.edu/health/dent/index.htm
• Legal Secretary: http://legal.kcc.hawaii.edu/legalsec/index.htm
• Licensed Practical Nurse: http://programs.kcc.hawaii.edu/health/adnlpn/index.htm
• Medical Assisting: http://programs.kcc.hawaii.edu/health/medas/index.htm
• Nurse Aide: http://programs.kcc.hawaii.edu/health/na/index.htm
• Occupational Therapy Assistant: http://programs.kcc.hawaii.edu/health/ota/index.htm
• Paralegal: http://legal.kcc.hawaii.edu/paralegal/index.htm
• Practical Nurse: http://programs.kcc.hawaii.edu/health/pn/index.htm

Gender Equity Program at Kapi`olani Community College
The Gender Equity Program provides services to students accepted into a non-traditional career program at KCC.

The Gender Equity Program is a federally funded project that assists students toward the successful completion of their academic program. Qualified students must apply with the Gender Equity Program in Kopiko 111.

The Gender Equity Program:

• Provides information of scholarships available for non-traditional careers
• Works with you to create a powerful resume
• KCC Textbook vouchers to qualified students
• Earn school supplies
• Community resources
• Personal and career counseling/support

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