Career Tech Fair 2006

Landing your dream job - getting from here to there

What’s out there...Who’s out there? Is the next United States president, Fortune 500 company’s CEO or NASA Astronaut currently a member of YOUR GSSJC troop? Do you know the career you want to explore when you graduate from high school?

     Your peers who serve on the Career and Tech Event Girl Planning Board want an interesting and fun event for you to explore various careers and meet successful women who are prepared to answer your questions about why they chose their current career, how they balance their careers and families and other neat questions we know you have!
     These career events are for girls ages 11-17, many times held at a university campus or other interesting venue. At past events, the Girl Planning Boards planned mock interviews for participants to join in and learn! College students also reviewed participant’s resumes so girls could learn ways to highlight their unique strengths.
     Attending the event offers Girl Planning Board members and participants a way to earn requirements of the Girl Scout Silver Career Award OR to meet part of the requirements for the Girl Scout Gold Career Award.

Girls – tell us what careers you would like to learn about! E-mail mgaskill@sjgs.org by October 11.

Serving on a Council Girl Planning Board for the event offers girls 11-17 leadership hours.
If you’re interested in serving on a Girl Planning Board, complete the Program Department’s application, GSSJC F-492, found on the Council Web site, www.gssjc.org/forms/F-492.pdf and return it to Melinda Gaskill, 3110 Southwest Freeway, Houston, TX 77098 or e-mail it to mgaskill@sjgs.org. Questions? E-mail Melinda at the address above or call her at 713-292-0232.

     The next Career and Tech Fair is scheduled for February 25, 2006. Girl Planning Board meetings begin in September on the third Sunday afternoon at the Girl Scout Center and at the university location just prior to the event.

     Adults accompanying girls – tell us what you’d like to do! This is a wonderful opportunity for girls to meet one on one with other adults in professions of interest to them. The wonderful leaders and parents who transport the girls need to have an educational experience also. Tell us your recommendations or volunteer to host a workshop by e-mailing mgaskill@sjgs.org

     Adult Advisory Board – know of some great female professionals who would like to share their experiences with girls? You could serve on this board, which operates parallel to the Girl Planning Board, to recruit booth hosts for the event and share your experiences with girls. Since e-mail is the meeting venue for this board, volunteer by e-mailing mgaskill@sjgs.org.

Thank you to all the volunteers who organized and staffed Day/Twilight Camps this summer. They were a huge success! We couldn’t do it without you. Your dedication to the girls and program is greatly appreciated. Way to go!