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of jobs available. Students can talk with employees at the worksite to learn about
their job, specific responsibilities, their background, and career journey. At most
worksites, students can participate in a hands-on task related to one of the jobs they
learn about. This has included experiences such as scooping cookies at a bakery,
creating street signs at a public works department, testing water at a wastewater
treatment facility, and locating and pulling requested books from shelves at a
public library. This group has enabled students to learn about a variety of jobs,
including ones they may have never considered, exposes them to a variety of work
environments, and helps them to begin identifying their individual work
preferences.
Figure 6
Students Heading to the Mall
