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Four Ways to Test If a Construction Career is Right for You (or Your Kid)
For kids who love building new creations with Legos or like working with their hands more than they like sitting at a desk, a construction career might be a good fit. Here are four ways high school…
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Garden City Leaders Invest in the Decision-Making Skills of Fifth and Sixth Grade Boys
Around 2010, a group of Garden City, Kansas, adults recognized the need to help youth in their area. “A handful of us came together and realized we needed to be part of the solution to help schools…
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WSU Tech's Job-First Enrollment Program: Earn & Learn
By Megan Feeney, Director of Industry & Workforce Collaboration with the Shocker Career Accelerator When envisioning a career path, most of us imagine something like this: Graduate from high…
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Plumbers and Pipefitters Union Partners with Butler, Pitt State to Help Apprentices Earn Degrees
Plumbers and pipefitters have been training new members of their industry through apprenticeships for more than 125 years. However, in recent years, like many skilled trades, they have struggled to…
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Bring the FutureMaker Lab to Your School For Hands-On Career Exploration
Kansas teachers and parents can help students “try on” in-demand jobs through an innovative career exploration program that delivers activities and resources directly to them.
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The Missing Chapter: Career Exploration Before High School
When first becoming parents, most of us spend time learning from parenting books, blogs and one another about what we are supposed to do with these squirming, stubborn, tiny humans. Whether we’re…
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Congratulations to the 2022 Kansas CTE Scholar Recipients
The Kansas CTE Scholars program celebrates outstanding students who’ve met several key criteria during the spring of their senior year. Congratulations to this year's recipients! Read more about the…
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It’s a Wrap! Thanks to Everyone Who Helped with Cool Careers Season One
HirePaths has had a whirlwind of a year filming our Cool Careers series of videos to introduce kids in grades 4-8 to in-demand Kansas careers. Now that we’ve finished filming our sixth episode…
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Parents and Educators: Spring into New Thinking About Post-Secondary Careers
Spring is the season students often make commitments for their future. Whether that’s enrolling for next year’s classes, choosing a post-secondary institution of higher learning, or submitting job…