Career Quest Offers Richland One Students A Fast Track to Job Information

Do you love your job? Did you have any idea what profession you wanted to pursue when you were in the 8th grade? What if you could get a head start by talking to professionals in various careers? Would that impact your choice of classes for high school and college?

On Valentine’s Day, February 14, Richland One’s Career Quest program offers 2,000 eighth graders the opportunity to talk face-to-face with SLED agents, police officers, manufacturers, bankers, health care employees, and hundreds of other workers. Career Quest gives teenagers the fast track to information on salaries, advancements, educational requirements, and other important career factors. The goal of Career Quest is to give middle-schoolers realistic ideas about the working world as they make decisions about what class subjects to pursue during the transition into high school and ultimately the working world.

Fort Jackson hosts Career Quest from 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., at the Solomon Center (formerly known as the Community Activity Center). All Richland One eighth-graders attend the event and they start arriving around 9:00 a.m.

For more information, please contact the Richland One Office of Communications at 231-7510 or 231-7504.