High Schools Career Exploration Day, March 30, 2012
Career exploration is a great introduction to the world of work.
You have the opportunity to:
- Learn about careers you may never have considered before and what it take to prepare for them
- Begin thinking about and planning a career path
- Meet new people (business leaders, entrepreneurs, and employers) and start networking
What are your plans after high school?
- Technical Training?
- 2 - Year College?
- 4 - Year College?
- Straight to work?
- Unsure .....
The businesses participating in the career exploration day want you to learn about their career opportunities and consider them in your educational, training and career plans.
Learn more about these businesses, where they are located, a link to their web sites, some of the career opportunities with them, and associated career clusters. (Opens a PDF document in a new window. If you cannot open the PDF document, download Abobe Reader by clicking here.)
Get a copy of the career day program and learn about Career Clusters!
The businesses participating in the career day are:
- Active Family & Sports Chiropractic
- Appalachian Audiology
- Capstan Tennessee, Inc.
- Caris Healthcare
- Channel 15 (Television)
- City of Harriman Police Department
- Coldwell Banker - Jim Henry & Associates
- Covenant Health
- Enrichment Federal Credit Union
- Food City (VA-T Food Stores, Inc.)
- Foust Family Fitness
- Gibson Girls Southern Goodies and Adelaide's
- Harriman Care & Rehabilitation Center
- Harriman Utility Board
- ITT Technical Institute
- John Knox Center
- Kimble Chase Life Science & Research
- King College
- Kingston Fire Department
- Legal Careers: Kim Nelson, Circuit Clerk/Sessions Clerk, Roane County Government
- Legal Careers: Russell Johnson, District Attorney General
- Mid-East Community Action Agency
- New Horizons Computer Learning Center - Knoxville
- Pavel Studios Photography
- Perma-fix Environmental Services / Diversified Scientific Services Inc. (DSSI)
- Plumbers & Steamfitters UA Local 102, JATC
- Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association
- Regions Bank
- Roane County Animal Shelter
- Roane County Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
- Roane County Health Department
- Roane County Schools
- Roane State Community College (RSCC)
- RSCC Theatre Degree Program
- Roane Writers Group
- SailAway Learning & Academy
- South College
- South Eastern Clogging Company
- Sparkman & Associates Architects, Inc.
- Tennessee Career Center / Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
- Tennessee Army National Guard
- Tennessee Energy, Industry and Construction Consortium (TEICC)
- Tennessee Eye Care
- Tennessee Highway Patrol
- Tennessee Technology Center at Harriman
- Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Kingston Fossil Plant
- Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency
- Theatre Degree Program at Roane State Community College
- The Bridge at Rockwood
- The Roane Alliance
- Thermo Fisher Scientific
- The Roane County News
- Toho Tenax America, Inc.
- U.S. Air Force Recruiting
- U.S. Army Recruiting
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Wildlife Services
- U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting
- U.S. Navy Recruiting
- U.S. Small Business Administration
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Extension Services
- Walgreens Pharmacy
- WECO Radio
The Career Day is possible because of the combined support of The Roane Alliance, Roane County Chamber of Commerce Education Committee, Roane County Schools, Roane State Community College, the Tennessee Te
chnology Center at Harriman, and the many businesses that participated.
A special thanks goes to Innovation Valley for its support of Career Day and the Education Matters! Initiative.
