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Your Career Starts Today 2018 CAREER EXPLORING GUIDEBOOK YOUR CAREER STARTS TO DAY. STEP #1 STEP #2 STEP #3 Select a program that appeals Register online for program’s Attend program’s open house most to you. open house. and have fun. 7125 Fall Creek Road North, Indianapolis, IN 46256 • (317) 813-7125 • www.CentralIndianaExploring.org It’s never too early to start thinking about your future. With Exploring, you can learn more about careers that interest you while getting hands-on experience and networking with professionals. From Engineering and Health Care to IT and Law Enforcement, you have the opportunity to learn from Central Indiana’s top organizations in their field. WHAT IS EXPLORING? Exploring is a unique career exploration program for young men and women ages 10-20. The program provides students with an opportunity to learn about a wide variety of career fields and network with professionals already working in those fields. Exploring is based on a unique and dynamic relationship between youth and the organization in their communities. Local organizations initiate an Explorer program by matching their staff and program resources to the interests of young people. WHY EXPLORING? POST OR CLUB? Exploring provides exciting activities and one- Exploring serves two age groups, both co-ed. on-one mentorship for youth looking to discover Explorer Clubs serve middle schoolers, aged their future. You will get hands-on experience to 10-13, in sixth through eighth grade. Explorer Posts determine whether or not a particular career field is serve older youth 14-20 years old. The program right for you, you will develop valuable networking model is the same for both age groups—hands- contacts with professionals working in your on and interactive character and career activities selected career fields, and you get to know other facilitated by trained business leaders from the youth with your same interests and aspirations. local community. CAREER EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES ARTS & HUMANITIES.................................................................................................................................................4 BUSINESS....................................................................................................................................................................6 ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY.................................................................................................................................8 FIRE & EMS.................................................................................................................................................................11 HEALTH CARE............................................................................................................................................................14 LAW ENFORCEMENT................................................................................................................................................18 SCIENCE.....................................................................................................................................................................22 SKILLED TRADES.......................................................................................................................................................24 SOCIAL SERVICES.....................................................................................................................................................27 HOW DO I LEARN MORE? This guidebook provides a full listing of our Exploring Clubs and Posts around Central Indiana. Each Exploring Club and/or Post hosts an open house in the fall for prospective new members to visit and learn more about its program. You can also visit www.CentralIndianaExploring.org for more information. ARTS & HUMANITIES CAREER EXPLORING Arts & Humanities Career Exploring is a hands-on program open to young men and women from the 6th grade to 20 years old that exposes participants to many career opportunities in art, music, drama and other humanities areas. GREENFIELD’S EYE ON YOU PHOTOGRAPHY CORPORATION – POST #301 This program offers high school students the opportunity Location: to expand their knowledge in photography. Students will TBD learn some hands-on camera skills, work with studio lighting, and also learn a few ins and outs of running a Contact: small business. Marty Moran [email protected] Contact Marty Moran for information on location and times of meetings. Cost: $30* *PORTION OF COSTS COVERED, THANKS TO THE HANCOCK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION – BIG IMPACT GRANT. Thank You! In celebration of its 25th anniversary, the Hancock County Community Foundation (HCCF) invited organizations to apply for a $25,000 grant for a program, project or capital improvement project that will have a positive impact on the Hancock County community. All nonprofit organizations serving Hancock County were invited to apply in March, including but not limited to organizations providing human services, animal care, quality of life, and arts and cultural enhancement. On December 2, 2017, HCCF awarded three organizations Big Impact grants of $25,000 each, including the Exploring Program for Crossroads of America Council, Boy Scouts of America. Thanks to Hancock County Community Foundation (HCCF), we will be starting 5 or more new Exploring Posts to broaden the career interest opportunities in Hancock County. Youth will be able to learn what it is like to work in healthcare, culinary, general careers, veterinary, psychology, photography and more to come. To learn more about HCCF, go to givehcgrowhc.org BUSINESS CAREER EXPLORING Business Career Exploring is a hands-on program open to young men and women from the 6th grade to 20 years old with an interest in the many functional areas within a business, including Sales/Marketing, Operations, Finance/Accounting, Customer Service, Human Resources, and Information Technology. 220 LEADERSHIP – POST #220 (SECOND-TO-NONE SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP) Matthew and Joseph Moheban, Founders of 220, will Technology Requirements: help Explorers interested in social entrepreneurship create Students must have access to a laptop, tablet, or a business around their passion(s) and develop critical smartphone with Internet access intangible skills through the process. This opportunity is for youth from ages 14-20. This all-virtual program Location: will take place every other week for 60 minutes on the Private Zoom room (video call software) following themes: Meeting Time: • Session 1: Discover Your Passions (Self-Efficacy) Every other Tuesday at 7:00pm (ET), starting on • Session 2: Design Your Ultimate Life (Unrealistic Vision) October 2. • Session 3: Brainstorm Business Ideas (Design Thinking) Contact: • Session 4: Business Model Canvas (Writing a Business Plan) Joseph Moheban • Session 5: Develop Your Ideal Client Template (Marketing) [email protected] • Session 6: Pitch Deck Creation (Formatting & Other Content Creation Skills) Cost: $115 • Session 7: 12-week Sprints (Goal Setting & Reverse Engineering) • Session 8: Critical Activities (Leaving Your Comfort Zone) Website: • Session 9: TBD: Pitch Competition and Banquet in www.220leadership.com Chicago or Indianapolis ELI LILLY & CO. – POST #642 (BUSINESS AND ACCOUNTING) This program provides insight into general business Open House: concepts from accounting and marketing to interview Tuesday, September 18 skills and investing. We utilize multiple presenters with 7:00pm - 8:30pm various backgrounds throughout the program, so each session comes with a unique tone and perspective on Location: business. Additionally, the presenters are often young Lilly Corporate Center, Building 98 professionals who have recently completed their college 307 East Merrill Street, Indianapolis education and are not too far removed from the college/ career exploration and selection process. Contact: Kyle Garza The post will meet October through May at Lilly [email protected] Corporate Center, usually the third Tuesday of each month from 7:00pm – 8:30pm, and we offer a year-end Cost: $55 job shadow opportunity as well. BE SURE TO REGISTER FOR OPEN HOUSES AT WWW.CENTRALINDIANAEXPLORING.ORG 7 ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY CAREER EXPLORING Engineering & Technology Career Exploring is a hands-on program open to young men and women from the 6th grade to 20 years old with an interest in learning more about careers in the fields of engineering and technology. You will get to experience firsthand what it is like to be on the cutting edge of engineering and technology discoveries and so much more! BSA LIFESTRUCTURES – POST #898 (ARCHITECTURE) One of the foremost architectural firms in Indiana, BSA Open House: LifeStructures dedicates itself to bringing facilities to life, Wednesday, September 12 creating facilities that support and enhance the practices 6:00pm - 8:00pm of healing, learning and discovery as well as the people Food will be provided involved in these fields. Location: Students who participate in this program will have the 9365 Counselors Row, Indianapolis opportunity to learn about architectural design and Third Floor problem solving under the supervision of experienced BSALS architects. Students will also have the opportunity Contact: to learn and practice designing their own structures in the Scott Gilliam BSALS office. Additionally, several meetings will involve [email protected] field trips to take guided tours of recently-constructed buildings led by the architects who helped design them. Cost: $90 The program
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