Juniors and seniors have an advantage to work towards their future career. LISD offers two days out of the school year for juniors and seniors to gauge student interest and matches them up with different opportunities.
With many different options to choose from, students are able to fill out a form with their intended major and/or what their future career is. It is an advantage for all the schools within Leander ISD to meet with professionals and be able to shadow them.
“I went to Texas Electric Cooperatives and I talked to everybody that worked there. I mainly went there for HR to see what they do, how to get into it, and the schooling that was needed for it,” senior Gabrielle Romero said. “There’s different branches in HR and I’m more interested in solving problems, like if somebody needed HR for resolving issues. I’ve been working in restaurants since I was 14 so seeing how bad it is inside the business made me wanna fix that because HR goes between the managers and employees to build a community.”
There are many different opportunities for the students to investigate what they’re passionate about. The hands-on experience has many benefits for the students to see if their choice of career investigation is what they are hoping for.
“I was matched up with the team operator for Austin FC, I initially signed up for Sports Management and I talked to Mrs.Lamb to see what she would suggest,” senior Chloe Christian said. “I think it was really helpful because it showed me what his job was like, I was able to see different things, like how he deals with the players and their families with their visas, passports, and their whole entire stay which I thought was really interesting.”
Setting up the CI days comes with lots of work and preparation behind the scene that involves different people and tasks. Allowing students to take advantage of this chance helps students weave their way for the future.
“We start the morning off with introductions and orientation and then we tour the police building and visit City Hall to show how our city operates, the remainder of the day is a ride-along with an officer,” Jonestown Police Officer Paul Taylor said. “The students will meet with different agencies within the law enforcement industry, such as the FBI, Travis County Crime Lab, Office of the Attorney General, this gives the students a chance to network and see different aspects of the career field.”
With this ability, many students are glad to have this chance to further their interest into a future career. Mrs. Lamb, our College & Career Transition Coordinator helps out with designating students to different organizations.
“The state has offered now juniors and seniors two days that they can use for career opportunities to shadow,” Lamb said. “We thought this was a great opportunity to try to support students and help them find businesses and partnerships so we could see them actually going out to try these and see if they can find a good fit.”
