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'Though these youth are facing adversity, they are insightful, intelligent, and grateful for your time.' If you can take a few minutes to share your career journey with youth in the Reboot Plus program, please get in touch. #rebootplus #youthempowerment #youthdevelopment

✨ 2024 Pre-Con is going to be a pre-con like no other! The Pre-Con team and I have been working hard to put together a fun-filled, education-packed agenda that centers YOU as a new professional and/or new to the GCC! Have questions? Feel free to DM me! #GCC2024 #professionaldevelopment #careeradvising #graduatestudents #postdocs

Have you RSVP'd for our info session coming up on Monday? It's a great way to meet our program director, learn about our program, and get all of your questions answered! #IndustrialOrganizationalPsychology #IOPsychology #WorkplacePsychology

What skills really matter when it comes to building a public service career? Veteran policy experts from both sides of the aisle shared career guidance from their professional journeys with Kal Penn during our Summer Series. Interested in a career in public service? Visit freefacts.org

I personally think workshops are the best way to understand how the State of California's examination and application process works. If you have the time, I reccomend checking out this event hosted by Isaac Obando with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. If you would like to learn about the California Department of Public Health's workshops, you can find more information at this link: https://lnkd.in/dtMqCUAn

Some people know what they want to do when they grow up from an early age. Others of us learn about what we like and are good at by trying. What experience(s) informed your career path? Check out Phila.gov/c2l-phl for more information on how young people in Philadelphia can explore professional interests through Career Connected Learning PHL.

A big shout out to Jonathan Bonaobra-Bryan (Accounting Technology, 2023), Andrew McCarville (Business Administration, 2009), and Sam Gallant (Medical Support Services, 2021) for taking part in our first 'Brewing Connections: Student & Alumni Coffee Chats' session of the year! Are you an alum and interested in connecting with current students at a future Brewing Connections session? Connect with us or Haley Doherty to chat further! #HCalumni

Seminole State Colleagues, join Candace Lehmann and I as we talk about our newly implemented career planning resource, Focus 2 Careers. This tool includes five assessments to help match occupations and majors to your personal attributes. In this session we will review the assessments and how you can use it with your students or for your own professional development. Hope to see you there!

Here's another career corner "Educational Guidance and Career Counselors and Advisors are professionals who assist students and individuals in making informed decisions about their educational paths, career choices, and personal development. They provide valuable support in academic planning, career exploration, and the development of skills necessary for success."

College and career counseling is particularly important for low-income students because they usually attend schools with the fewest resources and they tend to come from families and backgrounds in which few people have gone to college and can act as mentors. An additional resource: please click through this post for the @GeorgetownCEW report about which colleges give the highest ROI to low-income students.