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Roohr, Steven B. Robbins, Laura McCulla and Jennifer L. Bochenek  \n1  \nTechnical careers as a path to economic recovery  \nWe are experiencing an unexpected time of disruption and unemployment due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While a multitude offactors will be needed for the successful economic recovery of the country, investments in education, reskilling and upskilling will play an important role.  \nCareer and technical education (CTE)—also known as vocational or technical education—offers students and young adults a clear, practical route from school to the workforce. It is short and affordable; has low barriers to entry; and directly applies to employers’ needs—often leading to good, in-demand jobs (Carnevale, Jayasundera & Hanson, 2012) . CTE includes a diverse set of programs and courses in high schools and community colleges that lead to skilled technical jobs (National Academy of Sciences, 2017) in areas such as health care, information technology (IT), transportation and logistics, and advanced manufacturing.  \nInterest in technical careers  \nAlthough we see ongoing opportunities in selected technical jobs, historically we do not see an equal response from young adults in pursuing skilled technical careers. According to the National Skills Coalition®, 52% of the jobs in 2018 were middle-skill jobs. These jobs require more than a high school diploma but not a bachelor’s degree, and they are ideally aligned with CTE pathways. However, only 43% of U. S. workers are trained at that level (National Skills  \nCoalition, 2020) . At the postsecondary level, we see that although 40% of the students in higher education in 2015 were enrolled in two-year institutions—which are an important avenue for acquiring technical skills—80% of these students planned to transfer toa four-year institution (Jenkins & Fink, 2015) . At the secondary level, Sublett and Griffith (2019) found that high school students take far fewer CTE courses than one would expect given the abundant CTE-aligned job opportunities. This indicates that many students may be missing out on important education and employment opportunities. Additionally, only one in six high school students concentrate on any CTE field1—suggesting a misalignment between students’course-taking patterns and the national and local economy (Sublett & Griffith, 2019) .  \nThere are many possible explanations for the lack of skilled workers and the mismatch in course-taking patterns and the job market, such as a lack of interest in CTE, a dearth of knowledge about what CTE is and can offer, missing information about local job markets or amismatch between program offerings and employers’needs. In this research brief, we explore two possible factors that may be related to these mismatches: young adults’ opinions about CTE and their opinions and interests about specific technical careers.  \nAbout this study  \nThe purpose of this study was to explore several factors that young adults may consider when making career decisions through an online survey. We restricted our sample to individuals between 18  \n1 CTE concentrators are defined as high school students who take 3 or more courses in a specific industry.  \n2  \nand 30 years old who were likely in the process of making a career decision or who had recently made one. For this reason, we focused on individuals who had earned at least a high school diploma, GED® or another equivalency, but who had not earned a bachelor’s degree. The data were collected in the New York City metropolitan area2 utilizing Qualtrics panels3 to recruit participants. Specific quotas were set for gender (i.e., equal representation for males and females) and race/ethnicity (i.e., 50% Whites, 25% African Americans and 25% Hispanics/Latinos4) . 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