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Your Future at Work Program
This document outlines a program created by local stakeholders to connect high school students, teachers, parents, and businesses. It discusses organizing an event to inform students about local career opportunities and help businesses find local talent. The event would involve interactive sessions led by local businesses to expose students to different fields. The document provides the schedule, planning process, logistics, and lessons learned from holding the event. It aims to help students make informed decisions about their futures and keep local talent and businesses connected.
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- 1. Purpose, process, andpointers for developing programs to promote local opportunities to community youth.
- 2. • New ExecutiveDirector of Chamber toured businesses • Local businesses seeking more local talent • Local high school seeking to inform students of local opportunities • Parents seeking better picture of what their community might offer for their kids • Stakeholders got together to brainstorm how they might help each other find what they’re seeking and define a mutual purpose. Feeling the Need
- 3. • Audience • HighSchool Sophomores (catch students before they start to seriously shop for colleges) • Teachers (connect teachers with area businesses) • Parents (inform parents about local opportunities as they start talking with children about post-secondary plans) • Reaching the target audience • Interactive • Fast-paced • Engaging Filling the Need
- 4. • 11:00 -Students Arrive • Students receive nametags and box lunches • Box Lunch begins • 11:25-12:10 - Keynote / Panel Speakers • 12:25-12:45 - Session 1 • 12:55-1:15 - Session 2 • 1:25-1:45 - Session 3 • 1:55-2:15 - Session 4 • 2:25-2:45 - Session 5 Schedule
- 5. 1. Committee ofKey Players develops schedule/targets career fields 2. Seek buy-in from Schools and Businesses 3. Empower Student choice -survey Students to sign-up for available sessions 4. Communicate expectations to Businesses and market the Event in the local community 5. Register the Students 6. Finalize logistics with venue (esp. number of rooms/booths needed) Planning & Execution
- 6. • Provide trainingfor business presenters • Student name tags include the day’s schedule • T-shirts for Volunteers to identify who can help • Clear signage helps facilitate quick transitions • Parent awareness and involvement in the event Lessons Learned
- 7. YouTube – YourFuture At Work, Sioux County, Iowa YF@W
- 8. Please feel freeto contact us at: Barb Den Herder – Executive Director barbdh@siouxcenterchamber.com Erica Roth – Recruiting Manager erica.roth@interstates.com Questions?
Editor's Notes
- #2 Barb Intro
- #3 BARB-INTRO How do students decide what they want to do after graduation? Could we show them the variety of opportunities that are right in their backyard? These type of questions are what started a local group to look at offering an event that would highlight amazing opportunities and a variety of career paths to local students. Return on Investment is not short-term. All feeling the same need…just needed to get together. My talking to businesses/my increased awareness/as a parent of hs/conversation with school and then ultimately with Interstates Key stakeholders include: school (both high school and colleges and both administrators and staff), business community, chamber, economic development. For the event to be successful, stakeholders need to put own agendas aside and look at the mutual purpose of ERICA- Discuss business side. Give some Interstates examples and how this event is different than what we currently do.
- #4 ERICA Why did we pick sophomores? Foundation for jr event at ncc Main points: BARB Not a career fair/lecture style. Instead it’s hands-on/interactive. Partnered with ISU extension so they could help businesses prepare in how to engage 16 year old.
- #5 ERICA We welcomed students as they arrive – brief intro for speakers. After speakers, we gave more direction for the afternoon. Sessions are assigned based on student survey. 20 minutes per session – which leaves 10-15 min for speaking and 5-10 min for questions. Included 10 min breaks for students to transition. Our venue was fairly spread out between sessions. One session is dedicated for students to visit the booth area and meet more businesses. Rotated groups of students so that we didn’t overwhelm the booth area.
- #6 BARB Booths and sessions Interactive sessions/hands-on Change our verbiage to be session rather presentation Registering Students-don’t underestimate (2500) Costs are minimal due to partnering with local colleges, grants from NWIED, and Foundation. Expenses include: a meal for the students, t-shirts for volunteers, bags for each student, marketing materials, pens, notepads, etc. ERICA Examples of good sessions: 3D visual goggles Drone Hospital ASB booth-oversized jenga
- #7 BARB Master list so if parents come, they can find their child Large enough sandwiches Evaluations are helpful for following year-feedback from businesses and students What’s next-our goal is that this event is not a “stand-alone” event….that each school can take the information the students learned and implement into their future planning. School counselors are a vital piece.. We left this up to each school as they each handle this differently.
- #8 BARB