Marianna Career Fair Gives Students Glimpse of the Future
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Updated: 8:19 AM Dec 9, 2009
Marianna Career Fair Gives Students Glimpse of the Future
Florida's students are now required to declare a college major when they enter the 8th grade. Many children that age don't even know what kind of jobs are available, or what's required to get a job in that field.
Posted: 8:19 AM Dec 9, 2009
Reporter: Vanessa Nguyen
Email Address: vanessa.nguyen@wjhg.com
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Florida's students are now required to declare a college major when they enter the 8th grade.
Many children that age don't even know what kind of jobs are available, or what's required to get a job in that field.
A career fair in Marianna today gave both middle and high school students a look at what's available.

More than 15-hundred students from Jackson, Holmes, Calhoun, Washington and Liberty County got a glimpse of the future Tuesday at Eastside Baptist Church.
They attended the Chipola Regional Workforce Development Board's annual Career Day.
For many, it was an opportunity to begin thinking about the future.
Others already knew exactly what they wanted to do.
"What I first came and looked at was the NewsChannel 7 broadcasting table, that's what first caught my eye that I wanted to look at."
High School Senior Samantha Brainerd is hoping to major in broadcast journalism or sports medicine.
Other students had the chance to take to professionals from more than 100 different career fields.
"This is a wonderful opportunity for students to get information about what does it take to get from high school to employment," says Career Fair Chairman Bud Riviere.
And they got the chance to collect a few stocking stuffers for the family.
"I got a lot of footballs, I got a football from the Marines, two from the Army and I got some plants!"
Kaitlin Porter says she decided to pursue Cosmetology after attending this career fair last year.
"We were giving free hand massages and make-up touch ups and just giving them information about the college and the Cosmetology program."
Other recruiters say the event provided a different approach to their traditional recruiting methods.
"You go to the high school, you can talk to kids directly, the age group you want to talk to. At a career fair, multiple high schools and multiple age groups at one time," says Marines Recruiter Sergeant Corey Powell.
And if students left without any career ideas, there's always next year.

This is the 13th year for the Chipola Regional Workforce Development Board's Career Fair.