you

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To learn about the world of work and the kinds of jobs that are out there
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To think about what you might want to do after you graduate from high school
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To help you choose classes and activities that will help get you to your career goal

• The Career Fair will be Friday, January 29 during an extended Lynx
Life at the end of the school day
• Guest speakers are coming to PCMS to talk to you about their careers – they are parents and community members. All of them are volunteering their time!
• You will attend 2 presentations (25 minutes each) where you will learn about different careers
• Today you will hear about the different options. Next Tuesday you will choose which presentations to attend.
*There are lots of options, so it’s a good idea to take some notes for yourself in your booklet so next week you remember what you’d like to see.

The options have been put into the 16 Career
Clusters you have learned about already.
Look for the ones you are most interested in!

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources

Costco Wholesale
• I take part in developing products to sell in our stores, conduct product testing to make sure that products are safe and meet our quality standards, and implement programs in our stores to make sure products we produce at our stores are safe and meet our quality standards.
• You know when your parents tell you not to play with your food....don't listen. We play with food every day and we do it using science!

Architecture & Construction

Olson Kundig Architects
• My job is to design and oversee construction of buildings for clients.
• Olson Kundig is a Seattle-based design practice founded on the ideas that buildings can serve as a bridge between nature, culture and people, and that inspiring surroundings have a positive effect on people’s lives. The firm’s work can be found across the globe!

• Carpenters construct and repair building frameworks and structures —such as stairways, doorframes, partitions, rafters, and bridge supports —made from wood and other materials.
• Carpenters are one of the most versatile construction occupations, with workers usually doing many different tasks.

Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications

Village Theater
• Everyday I get to help create imaginary worlds and bring stories and characters to life.
• Using photography and a lot of creativity and imagination,
I get to make elaborate posters that help tell the story of our shows to get people excited to see them.

Self employed
• I am primarily a singer/songwriter which means I record and release original music, and play shows around
Seattle. I also teach piano and voice lessons a couple days a week and do some freelance music journalism and writing on the side.
• I don't have set hours. And I usually work the hardest after 8pm!

Wizards of the Coast
• I am in charge of the making of the game Magic: The
Gathering including all its many expansions
• Through my job, I have been able to visit every continent except Antarctica.

Bungie
• I make the website and app for Destiny! I get to work on the game and help make it more fun to play as well as make the app work better for players!
• My company also used to work on Halo.
• Working on games!? Working on apps and website?! Yes please!

Impact Studios Pro
• My job involves talking with new prospects, doing live presentations, training with new users, negotiating new accounts, product development, participating in video production projects, video editing and maintaining overall quality control.
• Being an entrepreneur is an excellent way to meet lots of cool, interesting people and travel all around the world!
Although, it's not easy.

Business, Management & Administration

Microsoft
• I work with people to determine how best to use their employees to reach the goals of the company. I figure how to best attract, develop and retain employees for a company to be successful.
• I have been to China to see Microsoft Engineers work to get our Surface pc/tablet created.

Education & Training

Northwest Prospects Academy
• I manage baseball, softball, and football employees in a large, indoor sports complex. I oversee all activities in the building including managing 14 baseball teams.
• I also am a pitching instructor teaching basic to advanced throwing mechanics for 8-18 year olds.
• I get to work with former pro baseball, softball, and football players every day.

Children’s Hospital & North Thurston School District
• At Children's Hospital, I worked with families that had deaf/hard of hearing babies (birth-3) with everything having to do with the deafness.
• As a classroom teacher, I usually had 12 deaf/hard of hearing students for the whole day and we studied all subjects.
• I used sign language daily. My assistant was deaf too so I really had to learn a lot. I used ASL (American Sign Language), PSE (Pigeon
Signed English) and SEE (Signing Exact English). We did academics, music, dance, and foreign sign languages.

Finance

C&J Energy Services
• I oversaw managers and employees that perform accounting, billing, purchasing and payroll. I analyzed data to determine interesting information such as how long it takes to bill our customers or receive payment.
• A career in finance is not industry-specific. All companies need an accounting/finance team to keep track of how much they make and how much they spend so whether you like video games, sports, movies, airplanes, machines, cars, making stuff, or even making sure people follow laws, you can find a place in any of these industries in the finance world, including the FBI!

Tamaela Mortgage (self employed)
• I am the middle man between people needing money to buy a house and the banks that provide that money. I help people with arguably one of the most important financial decisions of their life.
• You can make A LOT of money! You also get to help people make good financial decisions.

Government & Public Administration

Washington Army National Guard
• I am a military police officer. It's similar to a regular police officer, but for the military.
• Unlike a normal police officer, you can become a military police officer as soon as you graduate high school!

Department of Defense
• I oversee the delivery of Combat Support items to the
U.S. Military
• We make sure that only the absolute best equipment, supplies, support, and services are provided to the absolute best fighting force in the world - the U.S. military.
• As a DOD Civilian you can eat, sleep, and conduct training with the US Military and sometimes even wear the same Military Uniform under certain circumstances.

City of Issaquah
• The mayor is the face of the city in good times and bad. My goal is to make Issaquah a great place to live, work, play, learn and visit. Before becoming mayor, I served on our City Council, where I learned how our City works and how I could make it a better place.
• One of the best things about being mayor is being able to issue proclamations to honor outstanding citizens and special occasions.
We’ve had a lot of fun in the last year when I issued proclamations honoring the Issaquah High state championship girls track and soccer teams.

Health Science

North Bend Therapeutic Massage (self)
• My massage practice is focused more on treatment and medical massage rather than spa/relaxation. When people get an injury, often time a massage can alleviate the pain.
• There are a variety of work environments and it always feels good to help a person feel good.

Eastside Sports Rehabilitation Clinic
• I help rehabilitate patients' injuries following any type of injury to muscle, bone, ligament, joint, or nerves.
• This is the perfect job for someone who has a scientific mind, but also likes to help people, teach people, and be active and moving a lot during the day.
• This is a job where you can easily change where you work and the patients that you work with several times during your career. Some days, I work on a Seahawks player, and a woman who is 103 in the same day!

Lake Hills Orthodontics
• As an orthodontist I have the opportunity to create smiles and really get to know my patients during their time in treatment. It truly is a "happy" job since everyone is happy when they get their braces off.
• As a business owner, I face the same challenges all businesses face but I get the opportunity to "be my own boss”
• My job doesn't just involve braces, it can also involve laser surgeries and even face reconstruction.

Hospitality & Tourism

Lark Restaurant
• I am the person at our restaurant in charge of making all of the bread that gets served in our restaurant. I also make all of the desserts for the restaurant as well as in our lunchtime cafe called Slab Sandwich & Pie
• I spend most of my day making and testing cookies, cakes, pies, breads, and ice cream.

Seattle Sounders FC
• In Sounders FC Community Outreach, we try to figure out how best to use soccer for good. A lot of what we focus on is youth development, providing opportunities to experience the game that ultimately teach life lessons and have a positive impact on kids lives.
• My prior experience as a Sounders FC player gives me a unique perspective on the power of soccer to inspire.

Bake’s Place
• I previously worked at award winning Seattle-area restaurants Local 360 and Canlis.
• I have a passion for food. From a young age I have always known that being in a kitchen, preparing amazing food for others, is where I want to be.
• Over the years my experience has provided me with a range of culinary training and knowledge in a number of cuisines including French, modern American and seafood.

Human Services

YMCA of Greater Seattle
• I oversee the Personal Training and Group Fitness departments as well as do 1-on-1 and small group personal training and am a Group Fitness Instructor.
• Employment of health educators is projected to grow faster than the average for all occupations. Growth will be driven by efforts to improve health outcomes and teach people healthy habits and behaviors.

Information Technology

Microsoft
• My team stops the bad guys from using the Internet to break into Microsoft and steal things that are important to the company. We help to make Microsoft's products be more secure so that our people around the world feel safe when they use them.
• I get to make sure that some of the coolest technologies in the world that all of you use - like Xbox and Windows are built in a way that keeps you and your information safe from dangerous online influences.

Microsoft
• I work on Xbox for Microsoft. I am responsible for the overall look of certain games, devising the game’s visual style and directing the production of all visual material throughout the game’s development.
• I produce much of the initial artwork myself, set creative and technical standards and determine the best tools and techniques to use.

Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• I investigate crimes that violate the federal laws of the
United States and situations that threaten the security of the United States.
• FBI agents do NOT have to be lawyers or accountants and do NOT get all of the answers from a computer.

Seattle Fire Department
• I respond to medical, trauma and fire emergencies for the
City of Seattle. I provide advanced emergency medical care as a Paramedic.
• I have tons of cool stories about saving people's lives!

King County Sheriff’s Office
• In my current position, I am in charge of approximately 25 people who are responsible for keeping safe, the people who visit the King County Courthouse in Downtown
Seattle.
• My job is great because I don't have to sit at a desk all day!

Yakima Fire Department
• I respond to emergency incidents that can include medical issues, car accidents, fires, swift water rescue and much more.
• I am at work with my team for 48 hours at a time. I never have two days that are the same.
• Firefighting is more than the raging fires you see on TV.
It's an interesting, rewarding, and challenging job.

Manufacturing

Boeing
• I am the lead of a crew that maintains, services, and prepares aircraft at Boeing that are being certified for commercial service.
• We install equipment and sensors needed for certification by the FAA, and then get the plane ready to fly.
• We work with leading edge technology and are involved with tests most people only see in documentaries. Most of our work is hands on, fabricating parts, loading software and running tests to make sure everything works right.

Marketing, Sales & Services

Eiger Marketing Group
• As a Sports & Entertainment Marketing Executive I produce events and advise companies how to sponsor teams, work with athletes and entertainers so they can improve their brand image and relationship with customers.
• I talk about sports, events and athletes most days of the week. Select clients include:

Nordstrom
• I support people, products and presentations for the
Men's Casual departments for Nordstrom in the US,
Canada and Puerto Rico. I travel with the buyers and influence what we buy and strategize about how to sell it.
• I travel 2-3 weeks a month to visit the entire country. Last year I was in Canada and Puerto Rico opening new stores. This year I will be in Hawaii, Toronto and Austin. I help create the training as well as the product presentation in store.

Bensussen Deutsch & Associates
• I have the pleasure of creating merchandise and marketing strategies for the top companies in the world. I manage Starbucks, Hershey and Boeing.
• My company takes the world’s biggest brands into stadiums, family rooms, doctor’s offices and centers of commerce

Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics

Innovelis, Inc.
• We identify problems, invent and patent solutions, and then bring the inventions to market.
• We are our own bosses and have over 20 patents.
• We are part of Innovelis, Inc., which sells products to
Apple and Best Buy

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics

Alaska Airlines
• I am a Captain for Alaska Airlines. I fly Boeing 737s wherever Alaska flies.
• I fly to Hawaii, Mexico, and other vacation spots and often get as much as 24 hours off there.

US Coast Guard
• I am the commander of Coast Guard operations in most of
Washington, parts of Idaho, and Montana. We provide search and rescue on our waters, protect our marine environment, conduct law enforcement, ensure our homeland security, and maintain the safety of our waters.
• We have 5 multi-mission stations, 8 patrol boats, 3 helicopters, an aids to navigation team, and our vessel traffic system.
• The amazing people I work with conducted more than 1200 search and rescue cases last year saving more than 100 lives .