career guidance

Nov

Best Extracurriculars to Enhance STEM Learning for Students

If you want to explore your interests, improve college readiness and develop an area of expertise, extracurricular activities are the way to go. But when you’re looking to enhance specific skills, it’s important to choose the right activity. After all, we only have so much time outside of school hours and we want to ensure […]

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Aug

Engineering Jobs of the Future

Engineers touch everything we interact with in daily life. They design bridges. Engineers innovate new beauty products, and they launch space exploration tools. Dozens of engineering sectors exist already. And growth into new frontiers expands rapidly. Encourage your career and technical education (CTE) students to be innovators in engineering. Consider the following careers emerging now [...]

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Tags: engineering,

Jul

Technology Jobs of the Future

The job market evolves constantly. Fueled by the rapid growth of technology, industry demands critical 21st century skills. Today’s students must be prepared for jobs which do not yet exist. It is estimated that 85% of jobs that will exist in 2030 haven’t even been invented yet (Institute for the Future, 2017). “New categories of [...]

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Jun

Increasing Student Awareness of STEM Careers

Ever heard of a nematologist? Hydrologist? There are SO many different STEM careers, and exposure and awareness must begin early to truly develop the next generation of STEM leaders and innovators. Join Career In STEM Founder & CEO Ashley Pereira with Innovation World podcast hosts Juli Shivley and Carmine Denisco in their discussion of the […]

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Jun

How to make every lesson a STEM career lesson

According to a 2019 Gallup poll, Not Just a Job: New Evidence on the Quality of Work in the United States, only 40% of employed Americans are in “good jobs,” meaning they expressed high satisfaction across 10 important job characteristics (flexibility, pay, and so on). Researchers found that while most workers in good and mediocre […]

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May

4 Ways to Engage Girls in STEM

Guest post by Study.com Though their stories often don't make the headlines (or the textbooks), women have been responsible for some of the biggest achievements in the history of STEM, despite the odds. Grace Hopper was a pioneer in computer programming; Radia Perlman is often referred to as the "Mother of the Internet"; Barbara McClintock [...]

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Tags: girls in STEM,

Mar

Successful People and their Unexpected Career Paths

Guest Post from Resume Now Years before co-founder and CEO of Netflix, Reed Hastings achieved success, he was a door-to-door vacuum salesman with a high-school diploma. He eventually ended up getting his bachelor’s degree but instead of entering the workforce, he decided to join the Peace Corps before returning and starting his career in computer […]

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Tags: career prep, resumes,

Nov

Empowering Women in STEM

It’s well known that STEM industries (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) area male dominated sector. The number of women in this industry is largely uneven in comparison to men — figures show that in 2017, only 23 per cent of the workforce were women. Yes, this is low, and it’s 105,470 higher than statistics in […]

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Jul

Plugging the Gender Gap in STEM

Assessing the skills shortage in STEM In recent years, the UK has hit the lowest percentage of female engineer professionals in Europe, with countries such as Cyprus having nearly three times as many women in similar roles. Throughout this article, we will focus on women’s relationship with STEM and manufacturing industries. Such a stereotype has […]

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