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Career Day![]() Career Day: Summer 2011 New York City: On Saturday, July 30, 228 high school students met with 50 professionals from the New York City area - the day started off with an inspiring speech from author, publisher and lecturer, Olive Peart. Olive spoke of her own struggles to achieve her dream of becoming an author and discussed her path to success. She motivated and encouraged the students by describingvarious ways to approach and overcome obstacles. Following the speaker, the students and professionals split into smaller groups where they discussed different career fields, how to reach career goals and how to network. The students also took a RIASEC personality and career assessment to better understand how personality traits can translate into possible careers.
![]() On Saturday, July 30, LGR held the Greater Boston-area Career Day at the Nonprofit Center in Boston. The event served 116 high school students from 10 Let's Get Ready programs. Representative Marty Walsh of Dorchester presented the keynote speech, inspiring the students to prioritize education as they prepare for their careers. After the speech, a panel of professionals from a wide scope of fields including Medicine, Accounting, Press Relations and Science talked about their career paths as well as answered student questions. Students then split into groups for two workshops, Networking and Resume-Building. The event was a great success - furthering Let's Get Ready's mission to help students to college and beyond!
![]() Young Professionals come together to share their "real world" expertise with smart, ambitious, college-bound students and help them prepare for success. 1. Get first-hand information about important career steps they can take now. 2. Share their interests, ideas, and aspirations. 3. Hear what it's like to be a professional in various and diverse fields. 4. Learn about pursuing different college majors which will relate to their career goals. New York City ![]() When: Saturday, July 30, 2011 Where: Robert F. Wagner Middle School
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When: Saturday, July 30, 2011 Where: Boston Non-Profit Center
Check out what a huge success Career Day: Summer 2010 in New York City was! On Saturday, July 31, 150 students from across Let’s Get Ready’s mid-Atlantic sites gathered at the Robert F. Wagner Middle School with over 50 professionals from the New York City area. The day-long career preparation workshop started off with a bang with inspiring speeches from two exceptional speakers. First, Dr. James Peterson, assistant professor of English at Bucknell University who specializes in hip-hop and popular culture and has been interviewed on national news stations such as MSNBC, spoke to the students about empowering themselves to make a difference in the world. Next, Gbenga Akkinagbe, professional actor starring in the hit series “The Wire” and movies such as “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3,” recounted his rough childhood tainted by extreme poverty. He motivated the students by telling of how he “escaped” his tough childhood and felt empowered to create his own future. Next, the students were split into 8 classrooms where they interacted with at least 6 professionals in each room who spoke about their careers, career goals and networking. Everyone took the RIASEC personality and career assessment in order to get a better idea of how their personalities can translate into possible careers. The final part of the day was the Career Fair. Students were excited to circulate around to all of the 8 tables representing different career fields and mingle with the respective professionals. “I had an amazing day today and found it to be a worthwhile event. I am glad I came,” said Hazera Akhtar, a student from the Harlem site. Ivan Polanco from White Plains also remarked that the event was “very inspiring for college.” A big thanks to all of our students and professionals who helped make Career Day 2010 a huge success!
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