Tips for Parents
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...
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. The FutureMaker Lab...
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...
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...
Find the Sweet Spot between Personal Passions and Workplace Demands
As a product of Kansas public schools in the 1980s and early 1990s, I grew up believing that if I (as a girl) wanted to be president of the United States, I could be. My parents taught me that if...
Meet Shonda Atwater: Bringing a Renaissance of Respect Back to the Trades
Growing up, I was greatly influenced by my father, Eddie Anderson, who is an amazing speaker, mentor, church leader, project estimator, construction supervisor and a jack of all trades. Today, he’s...
Career Exploration: How to Encourage Kids of All Ages
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” When it comes to inspiring kids to think about their futures, asking this question can really put them on the spot. Sure, adults often think kids’ answers...
Advantage Kansas Targets High-Demand, High-Paying Jobs Employers Need — Starting with IT
The world of work has changed significantly since most of today’s parents and educators were in high school. When most of us were students, the expected path after high school was for most young...
JAG-K helps students graduate and transition to post-secondary options
Jobs for America’s Graduates-Kansas (JAG-K) partners with public schools to help some of the most educationally at-risk and economically disadvantaged students overcome their barriers to success. We...
Apprenticeships: Paid Opportunities to Learn Skilled Trades
What comes to mind when you think of an apprenticeship? A 19th century shoemaker? Mickey Mouse and the sorcerer? You may be surprised to learn that a growing number of today’s employers in health...
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