Burroughs’ Post

It's baaaaaaack! Our Cal Job Shadow program (a.k.a. Externship Program), is back again and looking for UC Berkeley alumni to host a current Cal student for a day (or 10!) during the January break. This could be in person or zoom, and we're recruiting alumni from all over the globe! See the post below for information on upcoming information sessions. Please share widely with your teams! #ucberkeleyalumni #gobears

One of my Year 11s inspired my latest blog for Future First by reminding me that young people are trying to see their future selves in “a job” often without any idea of what that actually might look like. It is vital, particularly for neurodivergent young people, that they are given the opportunity to see what workplaces actually look, sound and feel like. Maybe technology is the key to making this feasible for younger children to keep their ideas broad throughout Primary and Secondary school? #augmentedreality #virtualreality #workexperience

Shining a spotlight on the importance of relatable role models in education, and how you can build a sustainable pipeline for your learners.

Career talk with 4th-8th graders from Socorro ISD was a success! What was made clear is that it’s crucial to start discussing the range of opportunities available to students, especially in fields that will be vital in the coming decades. Given the rapidly evolving job market, especially with the rise of green jobs and roles focused on climate and sustainability, it’s clear that today’s students need to be aware of these emerging fields. The workforce of the future will not only require technical expertise but also a broad range of skills and perspectives, including those focused on thought leadership, policy, and justice. Integrating discussions about climate and technology careers into career showcases can help prepare students for these future opportunities. It’s also essential to emphasize the importance of diversity in these fields, as marginalized communities often face the greatest challenges from climate change and thus have a vital role in shaping solutions and policies. After Saturday's career showcase, it was made apparent that Peek Counsel can play a pivotal role in developing a climate career pipeline for students in our community, for our voices are needed more than ever in those spaces. 

Build Iowa's Career Center features over 25 careers allowing you to learn more about specific roles in the industry, the skills needed and what they pay. https://lnkd.in/gnKcMjih

What skills really matter when it comes to building a public service career? Veteran policy experts from both sides of the aisle shared career guidance from their professional journeys with Kal Penn during our Summer Series. Interested in a career in public service? Visit freefacts.org

I graduated a year and a week ago on this day, so I wanted to share my post grad experience with others. I was fortunate enough to have a job lined up out of college, but I was stressing a couple months prior to graduation because I felt like my peers all had jobs lined up or at least a foot in the door somewhere. I had started applying since the beginning of my final semester, but didn't grip traction until the final month and a half. Here's where the interviews and offers started coming in. What helped out was branching outside of my comfort zone. I started applying to positions that I was not too familiar with, yet had enough school experience to understand the scope of work I was getting into and even did research on my own. I branched out to companies thousands of miles away from home even if I never had planned to move outside of my state. I eventually narrowed down my options to two companies and took the one that appealed more to me as a person. Equipment Engineer, a position I had not heard of until I was introduced to Kiewit via LinkedIn. The move for this position to Seattle was not easy by any means. I had to leave family and friends behind and travel to a state that was not even on my travel bucket list at the time. Not only was it over a thousand miles away from anyone I knew, but i would be ditching sunny California for gloomy Washington. I knew I would take the position after my offer right after graduation, but I kept it to myself in the case that I backed out. I was never someone to make such big changes, and the furthest that I had ever been from home was Long Beach, only being a thirty to 50 minute drive. I took the risk in hopes of one day being back. I finally took the job offer 3 weeks post graduation and was working a month after that. It was not an easy transition, but I knew I wasn't alone regardless of the distance. Excitement and eagerness soo filled my mind and off I was. After two days, including a few hours of sleep in between, we were finally in Seattle. A few months into my career, I was surprised as to how different much there was still to learn. Plenty of similarities were shared between the two different worlds, but now I was getting paid to do the work. Not a day goes by where I am not learning something new with the help of my mentors who some have a lifetime of knowledge ready to share to the world with passion. Needless to say, it has paid off getting out of my comfort zone and expand my horizons. As terrifying as stepping outside of your comfort zone may seem, sometimes you have to take the risk and let life take you where you're meant to be. The reason that some find it harder to start their careers is due the restrictions they place on their job search. Don't be afraid to expand out and explore the world around you. Maybe someday you'll find yourself exactly where you envisioned yourself before you departed.

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“We all started out somewhere and I believe the experience we create for our graduates is the difference between giving them a job and giving them a career path.” – Ken Gilmartin, CEO Wood's award-winning global early careers team have worked with 1,226 graduates from across 29 countries over the past two years to support their transition from campus to corporate life, equipping them with business-critical skills required for their career advancement through online and face-to-face workshops. Find out more about Wood's global graduate program and the impact it's having on our early careers professionals: https://lnkd.in/g4Ec8MK5