High Schoolers Train as Bike Mechanics

Students in Colorado have the opportunity to train as Bike Mechanics, thanks to CTE and Project Bike Tech (PBT).

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Getting the latest Industry news

If you have a specific interest in any of the many industries, you may want to be updated regularly on what is going on. Click here to find your industry news.

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Oklahoma High School Students Learn About Construction

With the housing boom and demand outstripping supply, there seems to be quite an opportunity for the next generation to join the construction world. The Oklahoma Home Builders Association hosted a fair to more than 800 High School Students Is there a Home Builders Association in your area?

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Its OK to fail!

It's OK to fail as long as you learn from it. While at school, you should be pushing yourself. If you fail, so what. You have time before it costs you in the wider world. It is OK to make mistakes in the wider wolrd but the consequences can be more severe. In school and college, it is less detrimantal as you are getting yourself ready for the wider world. On a personal level - If you are handed a hot drink and gulp it down immediately, you might burn your mouth. The next time you are handed ...

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Bringing the real world to EMT Students

The Franklin County CTE Center had an old ambulance donated to them so that they can practice what they learn in the classroom in a simulated real world environment. Instead of the old ambulances that have been replaced being put on an auction site where they are sold for fractions of a penny on the dollar, they are being donated. This gesture is an invaluable learning opportunity and teaching resource. 

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Nursing School Applications on the rise

With the pandemic and its consequences, there has been a rise in applications onto nursing courses throughout the country. Unfortunately there are many who are leaving this noble profession too, leaving a shortfall too. What's happening in the Nursing world?

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Culinary Students making waves in the Catering world

Culinary High School Students are in great demand as restaurants are beginning to open up. Students who successfully ran their own Bistro in school are now being sought after by local restauranters and other food industry businesses. Click here to learn more about these fantastic students and their culinary world. 

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Being prepared for the working world.

Being prepared for the working world.

Quite often we read about ways to get a promotion, stand out from the crowd and so on. Here is a great article highlighting how you can get a promotion. But, I want you to read this with the view of incorporating this into your everyday life as a way of being prepared to be in a job where you are working for that promotion. Think of a marathon runner. Before that runner has even considered running a marathon, he or she has put the miles in on the roads, building their stamina up and getting used...

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Big investment in Industry and skill matching.

Big investment in Industry and skill matching.

Quite often we have no idea what we can do, what we would be good at and even where we could work. Big money is being thrown into recruitment to address shortages in some industries. The reason - we don't know what we can do, because we don't know what skills best fit with certain jobs. If we know this, it is easy to point you in the right direction. We apply by resume and then match up skills that you perceive you have to the skills required by jobs and hey presto - a match and then an...

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Top 10 high paying Blue-collar jobs.

Top 10 high paying Blue-collar jobs.

You may or may not have heard of White collar and Blue collar workers. If you have not, in essence it basically means that a White-collar work is generally completed in an administrative / office setting. A Blue-collar requires manual work.For a while it was perceived that White-collar jobs required more education and were a class above. This was because White-collar jobs generally required a bachelors degree from a college or University, whereas Blue-collared workers achieved a trade cert...

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