PRESS RELEASE
(March 14, 2018 — Salisbury, MD) On March 28, Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore (JAES) hosted a Career Day at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center. Beginning at 9 a.m., approximately 100 students from Wicomico County’s four high schools arrived at the Civic Center to receive the Junior Achievement Career Success® program. The JA Career Success program equips students with the means required to earn and keep a job in high-growth career industries, and covers topics such as soft skills, work priorities, job-hunting, and personal branding. Teaching the program were volunteers from community institutions: Kevin Fallon of Salisbury University; Jermaine Starks, Pat Bennett, and Brittany Brunner of NASA Wallops Flight Facility; Stacy Leone of BesTemps; and Kathy Kiernan, Chair of the JAES Board of Directors.
Speaking with Wicomico Board of Education Director of Communications and Community Outreach Paul Butler, one student said, “This has been a good experience for me. I learned a lot today to take with me into the future to hopefully get a good job and make a good career.”
Following the educational portion of the day, the students took part in the career fair portion of the day. Thirty area employers were on hand to conduct interviews with the students, who interacted with the businesses’ representatives. The students filled out job applications—assisted when necessary by their teachers and volunteers from event sponsor, First Shore Federal.
Once the high schoolers departed for the afternoon, the career fair was opened to public youth aged 16-24. Volunteers from First Shore Federal remained on hand to assist applicants with any issues in filling out their paperwork, as job hopefuls greeted a wide variety of potential employers including Delmarva Beauty Academy, Walmart, Arby’s, Maryland Department of Safety and Correctional Services, and Atlantic General Hospital.
“The students had the opportunity to take what they learned in their morning JA Career Success sessions and apply it to their job application process,” said Jayme Hayes, president of Junior Achievement. “It was a chance to really take their time and immerse themselves in a job-search experience—many for the first time.”
Sponsors of the event were First Shore Federal, Pepsi, Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore, and Wicomico Partnership for Families and Children.
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Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that provides financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship education to K-12 students throughout public and private school classrooms in six counties across Maryland’s Eastern Shore. With the help of respected local volunteers, Junior Achievement delivers to young people in all communities the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices. Through its hands-on, age-appropriate programs Junior Achievement inspires our youth to live within their means, prepare for the world of work, and understand the free enterprise system. In its 2017 fiscal year, Junior Achievement reached over 7,000 students across the Shore. To volunteer, donate, or learn more about Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore, email information@easternshoreja.org, or log on to http://www.easternshoreja.org.
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