Owego Free Academy students explore career options


Weekly Roundup:
November 26, 2024

Beyond the classroom. In the community.
Connecting with your promising young talent.

"And they’re all willing to give our students opportunities to have an internship, go tour the facilities…it’s honestly just an awesome opportunity.”

~ Lexi Gunther, Owego Free Academy Senior

Owego Free Academy students explore career options

(Owego, NY/Roy Santa Croce, WIVT/WBGH)

COMMUNITY BUILDING

→ Horry County Schools hosts skilled-trade event for high school seniors (Horry County, SC/Skylar Musick, WBTW)

→ School of Pharmacy gives Broome-Tioga BOCES New Visions students an interactive experience (Binghamton, NY/Scott Sasina, BingUNews)

→ Meet Denae Raine (Evansville, IN/Jodi Keen, Evansville Living)

→ Hundreds of high school students compete in construction based skills competition (Bulloch County, GA/Olivia Wright, WTOC)

→ Two North Jersey high school students collect clothing for the first Thrift-a-Palooza (Ramsey, NJ/Marsha J. Stolz, NorthJersey)

→ Area high school students featured in documentary film set to premiere in Decatur (Decatur, AL/WAFF) + Decatur Morgan CEO

→ Vision Zero Youth Ambassador Program Seeking Montgomery County High School Students for Program to Improve Traffic Safety (Rockville, MD/Montgomery County MD Government)


CELEBRATING COMPANIES WITH HIGH SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES

Tidelands Health


EXPLORING YOUR COMMUNITY'S SENIOR CLASS

The declining U.S. birth rate and lower labor force participation will continue to fuel workforce shortages for years to come. Companies need to prioritize reaching early talent sooner.

A new report, The Rising Storm, from labor market analytics firm Lightcast, analyzes the Bureau of Labor Statistics and projects that only 6.4 million workers will join the labor force from 2022 to 2032. Just 3.8 million of those will be over the age of 65, and only 2.6 million people between 16 and 64 will enter the labor market in a 10-year period. For perspective, 25 million Baby Boomers entered the labor market in the 1970s.

Source: This Trend Is Threatening the Entire Labor Market — Here's Why Companies Need to Develop an Early Talent Strategy (Casey Welch, Entrepreneur Magazine)

How are your community’s companies and businesses getting in front of high school seniors and reaching early talent now?


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