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Explore Your Future

Your future starts now by exploring career options

Do you know what jobs interest you? Do you know what academic choices, training, skills, and experience are required?

Explore Your Future is a series of events that bring local youth, parents, and community members together to explore career options to help youth set career goals and determine their next steps towards achieving it.

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After participating:

86% feel more confident about their (or their child’s) future career choices

87% have a stronger understanding of how career options fit with their interests

100% of exhibitors would recommend this opportunity to other companies

Explore career options

This program is for students in grades 7 to 12 and their families.

Career Expo

In May 2023, Explore Your Future returns to its roots as a Career Expo. You can check out many different fields of work, employers, and your educational, training and work options after high school.

Virtual Career Events

We're keeping our monthly series of virtual panel discussions so many have benefited from over the past couple of years. These events are your chance to explore many career options from people working in them now. Learn what they do and how they got there. Ask them questions!

View previous Explore Your Future panels on our Youtube channel.

Explore Your Future schedule

Our popular live Career Expo returns in May 2023!

You can also explore your future at 7 virtual panel discussions about different career fields and educational paths.

TENTATIVE
Oct. 5 - Inspiring Creativity
Nov. 2 - Skilled Trades Careers
Dec. 7 - Healthy Minds & Bodies
Jan. 18 - Real world work experiences in high school
Feb. 8 - Pathways to Post-Secondary Education
March 1 - Working with food
April 5 - Working with numbers
May TBD - Explore the Future: Career Expo

Thank you sponsors!

These events are supported in part by

The electrical engineer my son and I spoke with at WalterFedy was great. The openness for sharing why he chose the field, high school classes that he took, why he loves his job, and the opportunities sparked excitement. My son left that conversation and said ‘this is what I want to do.’

—Parent

I learned that there are so many more options that what I previously thought there was.

—Student

Talking to professionals in the field and making those connections at such a young age is so beneficial . It also helped me as a parent to understand my daughter’s needs and wants more so that I can assist her more effectively.

—Parent

We recommend the event to anyone in high school or grade 7-8. The number of employers that came out to the event was very impressive. Representatives were knowledgeable and helpful. We learned a lot from them.

—Parent and Student

We were most impressed by the knowledgeable staff of various organizations and businesses who shared their enthusiasm with us. We talked to a number of employers and organizations who showed a real interest in us and shared their experience with coop students and educational backgrounds required.

—Parent

Not only is it a good networking opportunity to gain some shine on your own business but it is also rewarding to know you are able to reach out to the younger generation.

—Lidia PinedaInsurance Broker, Staebler Insurance

It is a great way to influence tomorrow’s workforce and present the benefits of your careers to youth and their parents.

—Bruce FraserDirector of HR, Steelcraft

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