Sophomores Attend Career Day
Sophomores from Elgin Public School and Elgin Pope John spent Tuesday, October 16th exploring careers. The 8th annual UNL Extension service career day was held on the Wayne State Campus. Following the registration and keynote speaker students headed out to attend 3 different career presentations and 2 break-out sessions on job related topics. The career sessions covered occupations found in all the career fields including business, agriculture, health, human services, communication and information technology and skilled and technical sciences. Speakers from northeast Nebraska helped students to understand things about their careers such as typical tasks, levels of education, special skills, salary and how they can be preparing themselves now while they are still in high school. The breakout sessions focused on skills such as, how to âgetâ a job, prepare a resume, future hot jobs, and volunteering just to name a few. In addition to learning about careers the students had the opportunity to get a taste of cafeteria food and how to navigate a college campus. Overall it was a great learning experience that the students can draw upon as they prepare to make decisions about their futures.