December 5th, 2022
The Business and Education Partnership of Waterloo Region invites Grade 7 to 12 students and their parents/caregivers to participate in the interactive Explore Your Future speaker series starting Wednesday, December 7. This free, virtual series gives students a chance to learn about potential career options and help them plan their future career pathways.
Registration for these events is required. Please see below for more details on each session.
Explore Your Future: Careers in the Skilled Trades
Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Time: 6:30 p.m. (ET)
Skilled trades are a great option for all high school students to seriously consider. There’s a high and growing demand for people to fill good paying, satisfying careers in the skilled trades. Skilled tradespeople are highly trained professionals who get to solve new problems every day, work as part of a team and build, fix and design things we need and use every day. Even better, you can earn as you learn instead of accumulating debt.
This event is a great opportunity to hear directly from local people working in the skilled trades about what they do and how they got there.
Register for Careers in the Skilled Trades.
Explore Your Future: Healthy Minds & Bodies
Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Time: 6:30 p.m. (ET)
A healthy mind, healthy body connection is the key to a much happier life. How fulfilling would it be to have a career that assists in making people experience this. This session will have a panel of various professionals sharing their career journey and expertise to support healthy living.
There are so many ways that you can make a difference! Hear directly from local people working in health care about what they do and how they got there.
Register for Healthy Minds & Bodies.
Explore Your Future: Working with Numbers
Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Time: 6:30 p.m. (ET)
Many careers involve working with numbers, and they are all very different. If you have an analytical mind with a love of precision, logic and details, there are many options for you to consider. Many of these are science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers including everything from accounting to computer science, many skilled trades, economics, banking and finance, meteorology and astronomy, to name a few.
This event is a great opportunity to hear directly from local people working in a wide variety of careers using math and numbers about what they do and how they got there.
Register for Working with Numbers.
Explore Your Future: Working with Food
Date: Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Time: 6:30 p.m. (ET)
Working in the food industry is a great career option for high school students to consider. There is a very high demand for people in this industry, which offers many different options, ranging from the food service and restaurant industry to food science, culinary arts, food processing, food manufacturing, agriculture and more.
This event is a great opportunity to hear directly from local people working in the food industry about what they do and how they got there to see if this might be the right career path for you.
Register for Working with Food.
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