Career Bound
Career Bound students build work-ready skills, gain knowledge of local industries and offer businesses a fresh perspective on problems they need to solve.
Preparing Youth For The Workforce To Be Successful
During the Program, Students Will:
- Collaborate with their peers to participate in case challenges throughout the school year with host companies to help them solve real world problems within their business.
- Participate in engaging Industry Days where executives share pathways to career success and provide guided mentorship.
- Build strong workforce skills, learn interviewing techniques, resume writing and soft skills through project-based learning.
- Have summer internship opportunities and be able to earn one school credit upon completion of the program.
Benefit for Teachers:
Teachers will be able to develop relationships with local businesses and learn the latest industry trends.
CAREER BOUND CURRICULUM
While gaining knowledge of several local industries, Career Bound Students will partner with a host business that will present a problem for the students to solve. Using project-based learning, students develop innovative ideas while working collaboratively to solve the presented business challenge.
During the student industry tour, the host businesses facilitate the launch of the case challenge and ensure understanding of the task, serve as a mentor coach to assist the students through their research, analysis, and/or through their solution creation. The host company will evaluate student presentations, provide feedback and select a winning team during the Business Challenge Showcase.
Concepts Covered:
- Character development
- Career preparation
- Employer expectations
- Ethics
- Job application
- Job interview
- Positive attitude
- Professionalism
- Making a good impression
- Manners
- Relationships with others
- Self-motivation
- Workplace behavior and productivity
- Workplace communication
Program Skills:
- Active listening
- Analyzing and applying information
- Collaboration
- Critical observation
- Decision-making
- Demonstrating soft skills in a mock interview
- Evaluating alternatives
- Oral and written communication
- Presenting information
- Role-playing
- Self-evaluation
- Working in teams
- Weighing consequences of personal behavior
Become a Business Challenge Partner!
Career Bound Business Challenge Partners pair up with a school and present a challenge they are facing in their industry. Our students are divided into small groups to answer the question. They then present their solution to the partner’s challenge during a competition at the end of the partnership.
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Special thanks to the Florida Lottery for sponsoring this year’s Career Bound graduation celebrations! Thanks to the Florida Lottery’s dedication to education, students can pursue their passions while attending college with the Bright Futures Scholarship.
The Florida Lottery continues to be a dedicated partner to Florida’s students and schools – contributing over $1 billion to education each of the past 20 consecutive years!
JA Career Bound has motivated me to one day start and manage my own personal business using the many tools and skills I learned while in the program. I am better prepared for today’s workforce! Program days, including my favorite visiting Celebrity Cruises, introduced us to career opportunities within the various industries.
THANK YOU GENEROUS CAREER BOUND SUPPORTERS!
This has been made possible by support from the following Funds at the Community Foundation of Broward: Peter J. and Mary C. Barbare Fund; Rick and Rita Case Fund; Frederick W. Jaqua Fund and Mary and Alex Mackenzie Community Impact Fund.
For more information about the Career Bound program, contact Sharifa McKenley at [email protected].
