Career Fair Research Paper

On February 14, 2018 at the Hollidaysburg Area Jr. High school located in Pennsylvania, a Career Fair took place. What is a career fair? A career fair is when people with different careers/career pathways explain information about their career to students so they can begin planning what they want to do. Some of the speakers that presented were from science, communication, and business pathways and all had interesting explanations however, the most interesting was the Human Services career pathway. To begin, the Human Services career pathway includes many different occupations. For example, the Human Services speaker at the career fair, Mike Wieland, was a probation officer. As a probation officer, he would supervise offenders who are on probation. Another example is a psychologist, who is someone that gives people a safe environment to express their feelings and helps people with struggles or problems they are having. Most of the jobs relate to families and human needs like a social worker, hairdresser, etc. Some careers can have dangerous environments even in the Human Services career pathway and you may be somewhere that is unsafe or threatening. Examples of

Some jobs aren’t as dangerous than some in this pathway, but many can be risky. Before the career fair, I didn’t know much about Human Services and assumed it was just interacting with people. During Mike Wieland’s presentation, he explained thing like the starting salary which is around $20,000. He also explained good schools to get a degree such as IUP and other information needed to help determine a potential job. The most interesting part was when he explained what he did as a probation officer. I learned a lot and realized that it was difficult to be put in intense situations and stay calm which is different from business or engineering. That difference is what makes Human Services more interesting compared to the