My Future Career

    08.30.17 | TSCT News

    MyFutureCareer.us is a free, interactive website for middle school and high school students.  Accessible on computers and smartphones, the website introduces students to careers in advanced manufacturing, technology, and construction trades.

    MyFutureCareer.us is a vital tool that helps schools fulfill their career awareness requirements. Parents, guidance counselors, and college recruiters use it too. Take an interest assessment and receive suggestions of high-demand careers. Watch short videos featuring workers on the job. Learn about a company, a typical work day, and the lifestyle that occupation affords. Click resource tabs to learn more about aptitudes, skills, and postsecondary education needed for entry into each career.

    Employers have a unique opportunity now to excite and engage their future workforce, encouraging students to pursue a potential career. Sponsors are needed to showcase more occupations and industries by sponsoring a video or the website. Put your company’s name in front of hundreds of students and adults.

    Contact the College’s Advancement/Development Office for more details: 717-391-7285.

    Fun Facts 

    1. In 1950, 20% of jobs required skilled technical workers. Today, that number has climbed to 80% and continues to grow.
    Only 20% of today’s jobs are professional or managerial and require a four-year degree.

    2. The average student loan debt for a PA college graduate is $32,528. The average student loan debt for a Stevens College graduate is $7,104.

    3. At the 2017 Thaddeus Stevens career fair, more than 350 companies participated to recruit for 900 job openings.

    4. The Pennsylvania CareerLink’s analysis says that many well-paying “middle-skill” jobs provide rewarding careers and require only a two-year technical college degree. Many of these jobs are in manufacturing and construction where retirements of baby boomers are creating a workforce crisis.

    5. The Institute for Women’s Policy Research calls for more awareness and educational counseling to ensure that women are as likely as men to enter training for STEM occupations. MyFutureCareer.us provides such awareness.

    SPONSORSHIP

    Seed money for MyFutureCareer was provided by Lancaster County Community Foundation. Featured companies have sponsored their videos. Don’t be left out! There are immediate opportunities to sponsor a video filmed at your company. Contact the College’s Advancement Office for more details at (717) 391-7285.

    WEB SPONSORS

    •Air Products, Inc.
    •Alcoa Foundation
    •The Bankert Foundation
    •Lancaster County Community Foundation
    •US Dept. of Labor — Employment and Training Administration
    •Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
    •The Steinman Foundation

    GOLD SPONSORS

    •Carl D. Perkins Grant
    •New Holland Agriculture
    •Pryor E. & Arlene R. Neuber Charitable Trust

    SILVER SPONSORS

    •Armstrong Foundation
    •Astro Machine Works
    •Cargas Systems
    •Pyrotek
    •RETA — Southern PA Chapter
    •UGI Services, Inc.

    BRONZE SPONSORS

    •Clark Associates Charitable Foundation

     

     

    Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology offers associate degrees and certificates in 23 hands-on technical education programs. A residential college originally founded to benefit the State’s homeless orphans, Stevens College educates economically disadvantaged as well as tuition paying students. Committed for over a century to lifelong learning, inclusiveness, and community outreach, Thaddeus Stevens College prepares students for skilled employment in a diverse, ever-changing workforce and for full effective participation as citizens.