“You don’t know what you don’t know,” said MetroNorth Chamber president Lori Higgins. “The whole idea is to get students here, to get the general public here, parents, and job seekers show them what awesome career opportunities we have in the north metro.”
This career fair was specifically focused on hands-on jobs and gave attendees the chance to try things like welding, and learn about truck driving, and explore some jobs through virtual reality.
Students from many local high schools were there they had the chance to talk to people in the career field and learn about the jobs.
“I was interested in the aerospace engineering and plumbing, because I know plumbing makes a lot of money and doesn’t require like four years of college; and aerospace engineering because I’ve just been interested in stuff like that since I was a little kid,” said Anoka High School freshman Jackson Klark.
“We’ve been asking the kids as they walk by what’s been their favorite experience so far, and the fun thing is they all have different answers, because depending on their interests some have really been engaged with the welders or with stem builders just whatever their passion is,: said Higgins. “It’s been fun to see them having all those different interests.”
While the students were considering future career options, some were also looking at the here and now.
“It gave me ideas for what I could do not just when I’m older, but like right now. Maybe I could get a job at a fast food place during like high school,” said Klark. “I would have to say it helped.”
