Career Clusters & Resources

An important part of your high school journey is taking an active role in identifying careers of interest, understanding personal aptitude, and participating in career experiences.  While students today have many strengths including digital fluency and technology adaptability, they are seen as less prepared to enter the world of work  than in past years. 1   Career experiences and counseling workshops will help boost your readiness and skills for the future. Ms. Hemming, the Work-Based Learning Coordinator will facilitate a variety of these activities that happen both inside school and outside the school.  To find out more about career exploration opportunities students should daily check: Schoology announcements, daily PowerSchool announcements, student email, morning announcements, and follow bhs_workbased_learning on Instagram as well as bhs_counseling on Instagram. 

 Here are some additional suggestions: 

• Explore career areas you might not have been interested in the past

• Ask questions of how careers might connect with academic classes

• Develop skills that are key to career readiness:  professionalism, digital citizenship, communication, collaboration, developing a strong work ethic.

• Practice these skills in real-world situations such as classroom projects, sports/club activities, a first job.  

• Begin to develop a personal brand that identifies who you are, your skills and aspirations.

• Consider focusing your senior Capstone project on your career choice.  Ms. Hemming can be a resource for finding mentors related to your topic. 

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1.  https://www.kauffman.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Kauffman-Visions-of-the-Future-Research-Results-9162019.pdf