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Workshops for Students and
Educators
CareeReality™
Technology has dramatically altered traditional professions,
as well as produced entirely new career fields. This workshop
connects with leading business professionals to better understand
what skills are needed to succeed in today's ever-changing
workforce. Participants will learn how the latest breakthroughs
in technology turn into economic trends and examine how these
trends relate to the career decision-making process. Available
in educator and student versions.
During this multi-media interactive workshop, participants
will:
- Learn how technology's role in everyday life relates
to its total effect on the economy.
- Explore current and future technology-related career
opportunities.
- Examine the fundamental skills needed to succeed in
today's careers.
- Get an inside view from executives at leading companies
such as Intel, Accenture, Starbucks, Nike and more.
- Discover how to assist students in preparing for the
workplace.
- Receive workshop materials and classroom activities
to assist students in recognizing career preferences,
identifying skills and developing solid future career
plans.
- CEU credit available for educators.
HerWorld™
Today there are over 400,000 unfilled positions in the technology
industry. This demand crates thousands of opportunities for
women in technology-producing positions such as hardware and
software development. Even more opportunity exists in technology-using
careers such as sales, project management and administration
in a wide variety of fields including business, education,
healthcare and public service. HerWorld, and interactive multi-media
workshop available in both educator and student versions,
is designed to help young women:
- Overcome stereotypes to seriously consider and explore
their personal career options in technology.
- Gain an inside look at how recent economic trends make
technology-related skills a valuable tool in traditionally
female-dominated career roles.
- Learn about today's successful women in technology.
- Discover the many advantages and benefits of a technology
career, including high compensation, solid employability,
flexible work schedules, telecommuting and lifestyle options.
- Receive materials complete with career resources and
action steps needed to learn more.
- CEU credit available for educators.
Future Tense Workshop
Designed for all high school juniors and seniors, this workshop
is a highly interactive experience that can be customized
to fit a variety of curricula and schedules. The program is
designed to help students understand and effectively deal
with the process of change and to assist them in defining
and reaching future goals.
This program features:
- A documentary video in which students job shadow with
young professionals at major, well-known corporations.
- Interactive exercises in which students explore their
individual natural intelligences and work personalities.
- A career chart with which students can compare their
exercise results to information on more than 120 careers.
- Latest information on economic trends and how they will
affect the job market.
- Career Fact Sheets on major technology-based business
careers.
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