Career fair has P.A. youth looking forward to their future

“There’s a vet tech program through Saskatchewan Polytechnic, and the veterinary degree through the U of S. A lot of time they think the vet tech program is a stepping stone to a vet med degree,” but Mandebille says that’s not the case. “They’ve still got two years of vet med studies to do at university.”

Ron Samson, at the government of Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Justice booth, said he’d seen much of the same thing.

“We’ve been getting a lot questions about what sort of entry level things they need, and they’re surprised,” said Samson.

Nurse Darcie Aug, recruiting for the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN), said they were focusing heavily on making sure students knew exactly what they need.

“We’re really concentrating on what the requirements are so they don’t make a bad choice when selecting their high school classes and then have to go back and upgrade, because that’s no fun,” said Darcie.

After giving students the proper information, Samson says the students he’s seen are excited, which he thinks is critical for P.A. youth.

“There’s a lot of issues within P.A. with youth…bullying, you got the gang problems, things that kids can get into that aren’t on the positive side. I think something like this is good for getting kids into the positive side of getting into a career for the years to come.”

Samson also noted that youth in Prince Albert were looking toward their future careers at a younger age than before.

Grade 7 student Aiden Gettis, in a suit and tie, fit that bill perfectly.

His class had been told to “dress for success,” and visited different booths with prepared questions as part of a class assignment.

Gettis entered the career fair wanting to be an investment banker, but left wanting to be a steam engineer.

ssterritt@jpbg.ca

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by Spencer Sterritt

Career fair has P.A. youth looking forward to their future

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