Great Xplorations Career Fair

This week's exciting news was the Great Expectations Career Fair at the McKimmon Center at NC State! Saw a lot of my 8th graders from last year who were participating. There were 4 main rooms for students to rotate to and have hands on learning. In one room, Guess My Gigg...students asked questions until they figured out what Career they had! Nate Adams was a Guest Speaker, owns a unique food truck, Chirba Chirba Dumpling in American, but raised in Taiwan, so he speaks fluent Chinese! The students never guessed his Gigg, but had fun trying! Nate gave me his info & may come and speak to our Chinese classes at Carroll.  The next Guest Speaker was Donald McCoy, STEM Consultant, who said he would be happy to speak to our students as well! In another room, hundreds of students rotated into small groups of 3 students with a Volunteer from the business community who conducted mock interviews and gave them tips on how to interview better! Then they had a panel of experts, and one was Ken Smith, News Anchor from WRAL who answered many good questions and have tons of expert advice.  In another room, Representatives from each Branch of Military Service helped students with Team Building activities using yarn, played telephone to show good listening skills are important... I was also able to do some Networking myself for both of my schools for potential speakers for our Career Fairs, in classes, etc.