Calling all Partners in
Education:
The Eleventh Annual World of
Possibilities Career Fair
will be held Thursday November 15,
2012 at the Williamson
County Ag Expo Park.
This comprehensive career
fair is being held to better
inform eighth grade students
about career opportunities
available. Williamson
County recognize that there
are specific workforce needs
for Williamson County and
Middle Tennessee. We are
taking an active role to
introduce students to career
opportunities and other
emerging careers by offering
more career education within
the curriculum. The
World of Possibilities
Career Fair is an excellent
strategy for getting
students authentically
engaged in learning about
careers.
You and/or another
representative from your
company are invited to
participate in the “2012
World of Possibilities
Career Fair.” This
will be a great time to
publicize, educate, and
recruit for your
organization. If you are
interested in participating
in the event, please
register online by October
19.
Registration for Business
If you would like more
information regarding
participation in this event
and promoting the careers
within your organization,
please contact:
Rebecca Collins, Career
Counselor for Career and
Technical Education
Williamson County Schools,
615/472-4063
Exhibitors
Hospitality room/lunch
provided for exhibitors.
No fee required to exhibit,
but you can be recognized as
a career fair sponsor by
contributing $200.00.
Fees collected will help
cover the cost of
hospitality, signage,
exhibit set-up,
transportation, and other
miscellaneous expenses.
Purpose:
To have local business and
professional community
leaders give students the
opportunity to explore the
world of work in
relationship to the
student’s individual
interests, skills, work
ethic, and post-secondary
choices.
The audience:
Approximately 2500 eighth
grade students will attend.
Students from Williamson
County public, private, and
home schools are invited to
participate. Most have
completed career exploration
curriculum at their schools.
Student participation: The
students will interview 3-5
career role models while at
the career fair. The
majority of the career role
model interviews will be
with professionals in career
areas in which the student
has shown an interest.
They will be encouraged to
conduct interviews with
professionals in career
areas in which the student
is not interested or knows
little about this field.
Exhibitor participation:
The exhibitor will serve as
a career role model for the
students. Students
will visit an exhibit
prepared to interview the
career role model. The
students will be prepared to
ask the exhibitors
questions. The
exhibitors will not only be
prepared to answer questions
regarding education/training
requirements, job
responsibilities, and
salary, but will also
provide an activity within
the booth that will help the
career “come alive”.
Examples include but are not
limited to dressing in
“uniform;” demonstrating
tools, instruments, and
computer programs/software;
playing videos, etc.
How can you support the
World of Possibilities
Career Fair?
You can help to make this
career fair a reality for
students. We are seeking:
1)
Exhibitors to be career role
models
2)
Donations or Sponsors to pay
for transporting students to
and from the career fair
3)
Donations or Sponsors to pay
for drapes and table rental
4)
Donations or Sponsors to
cover hospitality expenses
5)
Donations or Sponsors to
provide programs and maps
6) Donations or Sponsors
to provide signage
7)
Donations or Sponsors to
cover other miscellaneous
items
The fee to become a sponsor
is $200. Sponsors will
receive
visibility/recognition for
their support that will
include the company name on
tee-shirts, signage and in
Williamson County School
District’s electronic
newsletter IN FOCUS.
The company will also be
listed on the Williamson
County Schools web site and
mentioned during the Career
Fair on WC-TV.
In addition, participants
may find employees who are
skilled and interested in
becoming a contributing
member of their
organization.
