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Today, thousands of employers are active in their Wyoming School-to-Careers Partnerships. These include anything from small, locally-owned businesses to bigger national companies.
Twenty Wyoming Partnerships have been formed and participate in Wyoming School-to-Careers. That means that approximately 73,741 students are eligible.
In just two years, 65 percent of all jobs will require a technical skill: computers, writing, math, interpersonal communications. By learning those skills early and by getting actual practice and hands-on experience with them – while still in high school – you have the best way to be prepared for a demanding career when you graduate.
In 1950, 60 percent of all the jobs in the United States were considered “unskilled.” By the year 2000, only 15 percent of the jobs we all will be applying for will be classified as unskilled – that means professional and skilled occupations will be the ones that we have to be ready for, occupations that require a great deal of know-how, education and experience.
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| School-to-Careers Helps Students Set Their Course |
We all dream about what we might do with our lives after high school and what direction our careers might take. Our world is changing so fast that our choices are endless. Our dreams and imaginations are fueled by many things: our families, our teachers, the books we read, the art we see, the technology we master, the places we go; in other words, our experiences.
The School-to-Careers Partnership puts you on the career path. The Wyoming School-to-Careers Partnership is a change in education that focuses on forming partnerships between students and businesses, communities, schools and families. These partnerships emphasize making students more aware of career options by offering job shadowing, internships or paid work experience, and linking these experiences to your academic interests, and thereby improving every student’s chance of succeeding in the working world.
On February 2, 1999, over 350 students in the state of Wyoming participated in the second National Groundhog Job Shadow Day. This experience enabled students to spend time in the workplace, providing an up-close look at what a “real job” is like and how the skills they learn apply to the world of work.
The Wyoming School-to-Careers Partnership links strong academic standards with practical, hands-on experience and knowledge about careers and the workplace. The Partnership is designed to increase academic achievement and ensure job readiness of all Wyoming students.
Businesses all over Wyoming are investing in the future by providing practical hands-on opportunities for students and working with educators to ensure school curriculums match the demands of the future. The strategy is to make sure that academics are relevant to careers. The School-to-Careers Partnership links the education we are getting today with the careers we will have tomorrow.
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