The Career Development Program
provides New Trier students with counseling
services and career exploration. The program is intended to complement the work of each
student’s advisor and post-high school counselor with
steps to guide them through self-analysis, career
exploration and educational goal setting.
This is achieved through:
- Three
individual counseling sessions with Ms. Susie Thorngren
- Excursions
to career fairs in various fields including health care,
media and communications, engineering, architecture and
marketing
- Job
shadowing with professionals in the community
- Career
Services Orientation with sophomore advisories
- Resume
writing and interviewing workshops
- Summer
school program exploring careers in engineering
business management
and information technology, or health care
- Guidance
for internships and Senior Project
- Interpretation
of career assessment results (including the PLAN test)
The College/Career Center, located in Room 230 (adjacent
to Post-High School Counseling) is New Trier’s
comprehensive resource site for:
- College
and university information including catalogs,
applications, viewbooks and brochures, and general
reference material
- Financial
aid and internship information and applications
- Visits
from admissions representatives from post-secondary
institutions in the U.S. and Canada
- College/Career
Center Orientation with junior advisories
- Academic,
volunteer or adventure-oriented summer program
information
- Career
and occupation information
- College
board test preparation information
- U.S.
military opportunity information
- Circulating
collection of videos, CD’s, and books on colleges and
careers
- Part-time
or temporary job postings
Students
use websites and software on the ten available computers to:
- Conduct
college or career interest and abilities inventories
- Utilize
the inventory results for information on possible
occupations connecting to college majors and schools
that provide them; or information on schools and majors
connecting to possible occupations
- Acquire
information on specific colleges or universities and/or
complete an online application
- Research
or apply for financial aid
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