Getting information about college majors, careers, and the job market, is easier today than it ever has been. In fact, there is so much information available, sorting through all of it might be the hardest part!
Have you investigated information sources at your own high school? Last week I went to a career video conference
with about 30 of my schoolmates. It was awesome! Without leaving their university, the Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Alabama, Chuck Karr, 
and one of his assistants, Dean Whitaker, 
beamed right into the computer lab at my school for a talk about what engineering is and what it isn’t. In a couple of weeks I’m going to a video conference on veterinary school. And, my school hopes to hold a medical school admission information session for high school students. Virtual field trips are where it’s at! I can find out about areas of interest from real pros in the fields without ever leaving my campus. While this isn’t the only way to get career information, the students watching with me loved the experience.All this makes me think about what jobs are really like. Next time I’ll share some of the information I learned about engineering. Right now, I gotta go see a man about a bone.
Woof,
Clyde
