>> Production funding and educational outreach for Biz Kids is provided by a coalition of America's credit unions, where people are worth more than money.

A complete list of individual credit union funders is available at wxxi.org.

>> Every day, America's credit unions help members with their financial needs and with programs like Invest in America.

It's only fitting that credit unions support Biz Kids because financial education is what we do.

Learn more at lovemycreditunion.org.

>> Kevin, your shift started ten minutes ago.

>> I know, dude.

What?

>> Hey, Mr. Schwobble.

Hey, Kevin.

Kevin, I got your section mostly stocked, so you only have to do one shelf.

I would have sweeped your area, but I had to go help in checkout.

Sorry!

See you guys tomorrow!

>> Nice job, Devon.

>> It's not just a job.

It's the first step in my career.

Bye!

>> What?

>> Ah, I got to hire more Biz Kids.

>> ♪ When making money is the aim ♪ These kids they bring their game ♪ They're the Biz Kids Can you dig it?

♪ They know what's up and let you know ♪ Just how to make that dough ♪ They're the Biz Kids Right on ♪ So learn a little more about bringing money through the door ♪ They're the Biz Kids Right on.

♪ >> Lots of kids have jobs.

Lots of adults have jobs too.

Some even have the same job or the same kind of job for years and years.

>> Some people do the same kind of work over a longer period of time.

That's called a career.

A job is... >> Hi, guys!

>> Just off work, huh?

Ah, the smell of burgers.

>> Yeah, it kind of sticks to you.

>> So Lizzie here has a job at Incrediburger.

Do you like working there?

>> Yeah, it's fun, but it's not the kind of thing I want to do for the rest of my life.

>> So Lizzie currently doesn't intend on making a career of standing at the burger grill.

>> No thanks!

>> But suppose she loves burgers and became a manager, did that for a couple years, and then became manager of all the Incrediburger restaurants in the area and eventually was promoted to the corporate headquarters as a regional director.

>> You may find that burgers are your life's passion and the work that you want to do.

Now, that's a great way to make a career: find what you love to do.

>> I'm not sure if I love burgers that much.

>> I do!

>> Well, okay, but remember, you're young.

You've got time to decide.

Explore your interests and see what you can do with them.

>> We're taking it to the streets to find out what's the difference between a job and a career.

>> I think a job is something that maybe your first time starting out.

>> You might not like it.

>> Something that you work every day.

>> It's kind of temporary.

>> Something you get paid to do.

A career is something you want to do.

A career is something you want to do.

>> Something that you love to do.

>> Something you go to school for.

>> Something that you spend a long time working on and that you might love going to every day.

>> What do you do unconsciously?

Think about those things that bring you the greatest joy.

That's kind of where your gift kind of lies.

>> Biz Kids, get an internship!

When I grow up, I want to be a painter.

You know, like, I was never meant to be, like, in an office job.

Like, I could never stand that.

Something that I could do right there in front of me that I'm going to be more interested in than if I'm just sitting at, like, a computer typing.

It's going to be appealing to me.

Check it out!

This is my cool internship!

Yeah!

I got my glass-blowing internship while I was still working and blowing glass at a program called Hilltop Artists, which is a program for middle and high-school kids.

Having an internship allows me to learn that all the different processes of the arts are all connected.

The force is with you.

Why don't we go take a look?

This is a glass-blowing studio.

Leonard is my glass-blowing boss.

>> I'm helping teach Cassandra how to blow glass, and she helps me make all of my artwork that's in the shop.

We usually start out with a picture of what we're going to make.

What we're going to make is a tall flutter bowl, and it's going to be a happy bowl.

It's going to have a smile.

How was that?

>> Great.

>> With glass blowing, I get to see, like, a piece of something get made out of just a blob of hot molten glass.

As long as I can remember, I've always liked to do stuff that I could create out of nothing.

My ability to do something with these things, these hands, really appealing to me.

And with painting, I get to do it more on my own time, and it's more just me.

I guess it's just something I feel like I need to do.

I will make a career out of these hands.

These hands are biz hands.

>> Job or career, you decide.

>> Floriculture, florists.

>> Vice president of the United Auto Workers.

>> I want to be a social worker.

>> One of the world's greatest scientists.

>> Public service.

>> Athlete.

>> Fly to the moon.

>> Dig things up.

>> Drive stuff.

>> Cook stuff-- ooh.

>> Cashier.

>> Helicopter pilot.

>> Scientist.

>> Substitute teacher.

>> Kids, developing a career is a lot like working with building blocks-- building blocks.

Now let me show you why.

First you got to start with the drive and the ambition-- the ambition, the ambition that is necessary to get you there.

You make a plan of what you want to do and ask questions-- questions to other people who are in that job that you want.

Then you get the training, the training that you're going to need.

You get the education-- education that is necessary to do that job.

You look for internships in the field that you want to work for.

You get in there.

Then you network, network, network with other people who are in that field.

Then you got to spend a few years paying your dues.

You got to pay those dues.

But then finally, finally, after all those years, you'll end up with that dream career that you've always wanted, and there you're in that place.

You're in that place!

( bell ringing ) My career!

Oh!

Oh!

My career!

What's happened to my career?

>> Welcome back.

We are here with Melba and her 12-year-old son, and she is worried about him because he hasn't figured out his career direction yet.

Now, you say he is behind schedule.

>> Yes.

Well, his brother knew what his career plans were when he was 14.

Shouldn't he get started now?

>> Now, now, now, now, you are how old again?

>> I'm 12.

>> He is only 12 years old.

>> I'm only 12.

>> He is 12.

>> I'm only 12.

>> The boy is on... what is the hurry?

He's only 12.

>> I'm only 12.

>> Animals go to the bathroom on me almost every day.

It's part of my job.

I've seen a lot of stuff in my life.

I do a lot of laundry.

Ooh, ooh, you big, scary snake.

As a small child, I had this fantasy of having my own zoo, and I would draw pictures of the animals in my zoo.

So yeah, it's kind of a childhood fantasy that came true.

This is the Washington Serpentarium in Monroe, Washington.

It's kind of a small, personal zoo where people can see them up close and handle them.

They get to handle reptiles, and we just try to help people understand them and overcome their fears and learn to appreciate them.

I had a good job as a biology teacher, but it just came to me in the desert to do this.

Two weeks later, I quit my job.

Everyone thought I was crazy.

Jobs at zoos are hard to get, I'll be honest.

It's hard to explain to people the vision of what you see, what you want to do.

"What are you doing?

You've got a good job.

You're just up and quitting."

It really wasn't a decision.

It was something I just knew I had to do.

Just... you know, I just dropped everything and gave it a go.

Everything in my life lead me to this point to do this, and it's just wonderful.

It's a lot of fun.

You want to restart that?

>> No, I... just keep going.

>> He needs his claws trimmed.

Here we have the second deadliest snake in the world.

This is a Gaboon viper from Africa.

We have the world's ten deadliest snakes, which are no longer deadly.

We anesthetize them and take the venom glands out the day we get them.

So I don't keep or handle venomous snakes.

We also have a rare albino alligator, and we have a turtle with two heads and some odd things.

And it's hands on.

I mean, kids get to hold things here.

The animals are highly visible, and it's a unique kind of a place.

Seeing excitement in the kids' faces when I do the school programs and when they're here at the zoo makes it all worth while.

That's where I get paid.

I can't imagine doing anything else.

I love my job.

I never get tired of it.

It's really... it's nice to enjoy doing what you do for work.

Hey, Biz Kid, figure out what you want to do.

It may take a few years, but figure out what you want to do and just do it.

>> You have to figure this out now.

I mean, we have to get him into the best colleges, and there are applications and waiting lists.

Shouldn't he get started right now?

>> Now, well, hold your horses here, Melba.

Now, first of all, he has got plenty of time.

Some people take all kinds of time to figure out what they want to do.

And you know what?

It's okay.

Who cares?

Take me, for example.

It took me 20 years to figure out that I could make millions of dollars on national TV dispensing instant therapy, and now I'm just swimming in the greenbacks.

>> Wow.

Do you think I could do something like that?

>> Don't even think about it, young man, because my lawyers would squash you like a lazy armadillo crossing I-30... >> Hello, my name is Duane Edwards.

I am the footwear design director for brand Jordan.

I think I have the best job.

I was born with a gift to be able to draw.

As far as I can remember, I think maybe when I was ten or 11 years old, I started drawing shoes.

It just became a passion for me.

I was a high school athlete, so I played baseball, and I played basketball.

I realized quickly that I wouldn't be able to make it to the NBA or make it to the major leagues, so I stuck with drawing.

I think I really realized my passion for footwear once I got to my senior year in high school.

There was this rookie named Michael Jordan that entered the NBA, and his shoes were just so different than everyone else's.

And so I would just draw Jordans all day.

My very first job after graduation from high school was to be a file clerk.

So I would go to different corporations on a weekly basis and just file papers all day long.

So I think it was the third assignment I got; that company was to work at LA Gear as a file clerk.

And I was like, "Wow, I'm at a footwear company."

And I was like, "Well, I'm here, so let me see if I can get a job as a footwear designer.

I know I'm a file clerk, but let me see if I can get a job."

And I remember they had a suggestion box in every department of ways to improve the company.

Every day, for six months straight, I put sketches in this box.

After about six months, the chairman called me into his office.

He said, "Hey, you know, I hear your the guy that's been putting sketches in my box.

Do you want a job as internal footwear designer?"

And I'm like, "Yeah, sure."

I embraced the challenge, and I learned from everybody that was working with me.

I asked questions every day.

My goal was to get better, and my goal was to be better than the people that I was working with.

And in four years, I accomplished that goal.

This is what I use.

It's the same number-two pencil that you can pick up anywhere.

I had people that didn't believe in me necessarily.

But you have to kind of use those things as motivation, and that's what I did.

For me, it was just more so I had an opportunity, and I took advantage of that opportunity to the best of my ability.

And when I talk to people and I tell them what I do, and the expression that I get is just "Wow, you actually get paid to do that."

You get paid to draw.

You get paid to talk to Michael Jordan or to Carmello Anthony.

You get paid to work on Jordan product."

And "cool" is a very good word for my job, definitely.

>> What's up, boss?

>> Brian, if you're going to do well in life, you have to pick a good career.

>> I think a good career is something that makes you happy, and I'm happy being your assistant.

So that's my career!

>> Brian, talking sense to you is becoming a full-time job.

>> Biz kids know how to interview!

Yeah!

>> Please send the doctor in.

>> Doctor, Michael will see you now.

>> Uh-huh.

Okay, all right.

Bye.

Hey, glad you could come.

Um, just sit down.

I've got to get through a lot of careers today.

So I'm just going to jump straight into the questions.

Um, if I'm going into medicine, about how many years of schooling am I looking at?

>> Well, for school, you're looking at four years for your undergrad.

You're looking at another four years for your medical school and at least three for your residency.

>> Okay, that's a long time.

So what would my benefits be?

>> Adoring fans, fame, fortune.

>> Chicks dig a guy in uniform.

>> You get to travel.

>> You get to build things.

You get to work outside.

>> Everyone stands up when I walk into a room.

>> But it's not that easy is it?

>> Well, there may be a few years playing in empty clubs, living out of your van.

>> Well, you get pretty dusty and dirty, and there's rope burns.

>> Birds.

You ever seen what a bird will do to an engine or what an engine will do to a bird?

Not pretty.

>> And how would my creativity be put to use?

How would that work?

>> Well, graphic design is all about creativity.

>> You bare your tortured soul to the world every night you play.

>> When you've got a patient on the table, you've got to know what to do, and you've got to act decisively, and you've got to think outside the box.

>> Clear!

>> And what would my schedule look like?

Would I have any time to, you know, party, any down time?

What would it look like?

>> 9:00 to 5:00, but be expecting to pull a lot of all- nighters working on projects.

>> Late nights, touring for months at a time.

>> Okay.

>> My schedule's regulated by the FAA.

>> Whoo-ee, a lot of hours in the saddle!

>> I like the night beat.

>> Might have to hold a day job, you know, just to keep the rent up.

>> All right.

Well, thank you very much for coming.

You've given me a lot to think about.

>> Did I get the job?

>> Did I get the job?

>> Did I get the job?

>> Did I get the job?

>> Did I get the job, sir?

>> I'll get back to you soon.

>> Honestly, did I get it, or did I get it?

>> You're in contention, all right?

But there's a lot of other careers to look at.

>> Well, I got into photography because my mom said that I was good at taking pictures with her camera.

I take pictures of just about everything.

I sell my pictures online on a Web site called iStockPhoto.

Each download is a little over a dollar.

I've only been on it for a couple months.

I have about 17 downloads last time I checked.

I only about 46 pictures right now.

This is a circular polarizing filter I put on to my camera.

The lens is detachable.

It's an SLR.

And under that mirror is the CCD, which captures the image.

I'm going to be a photographer.

>> It's pretty easy to create your own career.

Here are six easy tips to help pursue your dream job.

>> First, figure out what you're passionate about.

You'll get more out of your career if you're doing what you love.

>> Next, find out where those types of jobs are-- not just physical location, but also what types of jobs will open the door.

>> Third, develop a strategy for getting yourself closer to your dream job.

Figure out what kind of experience or training you need to get yourself ready.

>> Then prepare the best way to present your qualities and abilities.

This could be a résumé or things to list on an application or a letter.

>> The next step is to believe in yourself, and what you do.

A lot of times the difference between two people going for he same job is that the person who got the job showed more confidence.

>> Finally, keep at it, even if you fail a couple times.

If you keep trying, you're much more likely to get that job, and if you quit, then, well, you definitely won't get it.

So go make it happen.

>> Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon and welcome to Gotham Comedy Club.

>> Have you ever felt like you have a theme song?

I'm not talking about a song that gets stuck in your head.

>> Get it?

He's doing comedy, and it's no joke!

>> The other day I drank long- expired milk and nothing happened.

My name is Alejandro Kalini, and I'm 17 years old.

I like to walk up to strangers and say there's nothing to worry about and then walk away.

For as long as I can remember, people would say, like, "Oh, you should do stand up comedy," which people I guess say to a lot of people who they think are funny, but I heard it, and I was like, "I think I might actually like to do that."

>> Yeah, but anyway... >> Well, this is the Gotham Comedy Club.

We just finished up the Kids 'n Comedy show.

It's a group of child comedians aged usually seven to 17.

And we do one or two shows a month here at the Gotham Comedy Club on 23rd Street on Sunday afternoons.

>> I was thinking to myself did Cap'n Crunch always start off as a cap'n?

>> Or, or, or, or, or, or, or I could tell you to be your own person.

Sometimes when I have a joke that doesn't get a laugh, you got to realize that you're going to have another chance, and you got to come back next time and give it your all.

Think your own thoughts.

Be an individual.

But then I'd sound like a grownup.

>> And if you're out there, we're going to get you!

>> It's a tough business.

I'm not going to... it took me more than 15 years of work.

>> This is like a bad Allstate commercial, okay?

Next time you get a haircut, ask yourself are you in good hands?

>> But it's addictive, and it's fun.

It's the most fun in the world, so why wouldn't you do it?

>> It's never the same performance twice with standup.

>> When someone asks you for directions, you don't give them street names; you point in the general direction.

>> Did something die in your mouth.

So?

>> And how old are you?

>> Um, 11.

Okay, so why did the kid throw out his apple computer?

>> Why?

>> Because there was a worm in it.

>> There was a worm in it, Eli!

>> I kind of just play on the crowd, and if it's a bad show, then you come back next time and get it again.

>> If you have the will power to, anyone can get up there.

It's just a matter of courage.

>> It takes a lot of work, but I think it's worth it.

>> It's really cool, because at the beginning of every commercial break, they're like, "You're watching Murder Files, the true story of the Manorville baby strangler, brought to you by Glade PlugIns."

I'm very passionate about comedy.

I see this right now as a career, or hopefully it will be a career.

I haven't really started professionally doing it at all.

Like, this isn't something that I come in because I have to and I do it and I take my paycheck and I leave.

I come in... this is... this is almost... no, this is... this is a career.

>> What do you want to be when you grow up?

Remember getting that question a lot when you were little?

>> Yep.

My answer changed, like, five times before I even got to middle school.

>> That's the thing about careers.

When you're a kid, you don't have to make up your mind right away.

Some people work a lot of jobs before they find what they want to stick with.

Some people never find it, which is kind of sad.

>> But you're a kid, and you've got a lot of time to find out what suits you, so don't pressure yourself.

So, Amanda, what did you want to be when you were little?

>> I thought it'd be really cool to be a pirate.

What about you?

>> I wanted to be a star ship captain.

>> A star ship captain?

Austin, star ships don't even exist, let alone star ship captains.

>> Well, I didn't slag you about the whole pirate thing.

>> That's because pirates are real.

>> Well, still, piracy isn't exactly what you'd call a Biz Kids endorsed legitimate enterprise.

>> I was in kindergarten.

>> Okay, fine.

But do you think, you know, if I can't actually be a star ship captain, maybe I could play one on TV?

>> Analysis, Stock.

What does this mean?

>> Highly illogical, Captain.

>> Morning, cadets!

>> Good morning, sir!

>> How's everyone doing today?

>> Good, sir!

>> I've yet to see anyone that's born to be a firefighter, but some people have those traits that make them a good firefighter, compared to people that it's not the job for them.

Bunking drill, go!

Most jobs you go to, it's either 70% cognitive, 30% manipulative, or the reverse.

Here, you have to push 100% cognitive and manipulative at the same time.

>> Ready!

Begin!

One, two, three!

>> One!

>> One, two, three!

>> Two!

>> I joined the fire cadets because originally I was trying to figure out more things about the Seattle Fire Department.

I showed up here, applied, got in, been loving it ever since.

This program is mainly meant to help out people my age learn what fire fighting is about, what happens in fire fighting.

They don't sugar coat it all that much.

They make sure that you know what you're getting into.

>> We get to do it, come down here, use the rigs, train with all the real equipment that the guys out in the field are using.

It's the same stuff.

The rigs are set up the same.

Everything about it is the same.

>> My name is Mickey McClean, and I'm 18 years old.

When I was about four years old, I got in a really bad accident, and I got burned really bad.

I signed up for this program because I ended up meeting a firefighter at my burn camp, and so he just got me all the information, and he's like, "You know, I think this is a really great program; I think you should sign up for it."

>> I was always looking for a career that would keep me active and busy.

I could never sit still, and so a desk job was kind of out of the question.

Fire fighting is a career that enables me to help people, and I've always loved helping people.

I also get a lot of life skills out of this program, just things like learning how to interview, learning how to have self- respect, respect others, look out for your team, communicate, things like that that are important that you can apply anywhere you go.

>> Teamwork!

( cadets yelling ) >> And now it's time for today's Biz Kids biz quiz.

If you answered A, congratulations, you're thinking like a Biz Kid!

>> My dream is to become a professional artist and a professional businessman.

Hello.

>> Hello!

>> I like your optimism.

The title of today's presentation is "Celebrate Abilities, Reach for your Dreams: Planning for the Future."

What I learned clearly about myself is that I needed a job where I would be rewarded for my social and verbal skills.

I have started my own visual and performing arts company, DK Arts.

I do make a lot of money.

I sell my art and poetry on postcards, greeting cards, calendars, prints, and do commissioned art.

When I do my art, it builds confidence, and it also builds character.

I use pencil, watercolor, and oil pastels.

It's been my greatest passion for doing such art like this.

>> Thank you very much, Dylan.

>> Thank you.

My proudest moment is with my... is my customers.

They're my proudest moment.

Watching them brings joy and brings love in me.

I just love doing art.

Plan and live your life so it's filled with love and enjoyment.

Don't let your obstacles stand in the way from pursuing your passions, your dreams.

Say yes.

Thank you for... you've been a great audience.

( applause ) Is that cool?

>> Your career can be anything.

You have control over what it is, and you can make it happen.

>> The point is you can make your career into anything, especially something you love doing.

>> But don't feel like you have to decide right now.

You've got time.

Just find something you love to do and go after it.

>> Yeah, but shouldn't you look for a job that'll make you rich?

>> No, better something that'll make you happy.

What's the point of being rich if you're miserable?

>> Or something where you're constantly learning and growing.

>> But isn't the best kind of job a job that helps people?

>> Yeah, but that's not going to make you rich.

>> But it'll make you richer as a person.

>> Yeah, but you know, I just think that... >> Sounds like these guys could make a career out of arguing.

See you.

>> Yeah, but tons of people... >> You have to get into... ( laughing ) Sorry.

What?

What happened there?

Doctor, Michael will see you... Can't even say the line.

We're going to try that again.

I don't think I was the one who messed up there.

>> Focus!

>> My music is my... is my life, so I'm feeding my life to this wild animal, and it's like whoa, because they're all like, you know, it's like eating you and stuff.

>> Hey, Biz Kids, pay your dues, go to school, and don't handle venomous snakes.

>> Biz Kids, get an internship!

>> You're funny.

You're really quite funny.

Oh, free time, oh.

I haven't had free time since I was 16.

>> Hey, do you know a successful business?

>> Maybe you're a Biz Kid.

>> A biscuit?

>> We want to hear about it.

Got some video?

We want to see it.

>> So check out bizkids.com to find out all the details, and maybe we'll see you on the show.

>> Yeah, like us.

>> What's so special about us?

>> We're on TV.

>> Does make us pretty special.

>> Yeah.

>> Just check out the Web site, because if you're a Biz Kid, we want to hear from you.

>> Production funding and educational outreach for Biz Kids is provided by a coalition of America's credit unions, where people are worth more than money.

A complete list of individual credit union funders is available at wxxi.org.

>> Every day, America's credit unions help members with their financial needs and with programs like Invest in America.

It's only fitting that credit unions support Biz Kids because financial education is what we do.

Learn more at lovemycreditunion.org.

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