What Constitutes a Career Exploration Activity? (CEA)

Sophomores can fulfill their the Career Exploration Journal requirement (Item #5) for their Culminating Project by participating in one of the approved Career Exploration Activities listed below or another outside activity that has been pre-approved by the Career Center. Once the activity has been completed, the student will document their experience in the Journal Entry area and save to their Bridges portfolio.

At Skyline

• Career Center Evening Presentations
• Career Center Brown Bag Lunches ( “Pizza and the Pros”)
• Career Center job preparation classes ( resumes, mock interviews, applications)
• Career Center Special programming ( IGNITE, Apprenticeships etc)
• College Visits to Skyline
• Career Speaker events within classes
• Career Speaker events through clubs

In the Community

• Job Shadow ( this must be arranged outside of the school day and pre-approved by the Career Center)

• Career days, conferences and field trips
• “Connect to Your Future” (Fall every other year)
• “Expanding Your Horizons” (for girls interested in STEM careers)
• Future Potential in IT
• Microsoft and Boeing field trips
• Maritime Career Day
• Seattle Aquarium Career Day
• Museum of Flight “Women Fly” and Teen Leadership Conferences
• Try a Trade
• Women in Trades
• College Fairs and Information Sessions
• PNACAC Fall and Spring College Fairs
• Visual and Performing Arts Fair
• Christian College Fair
• Southern Consortium College Fair
• Black College Fair
• Military Academy Night
• Individual College information sessions (held in local area hotels)
• Other High School Career Fairs (by invitation--- ie Interlake)

• University Sponsored events
• Departmental events ( UW Engineering, etc)
• Admitted student days (Vandals days at U. of Idaho)
• Technical and community college tours & career events
• Industry Seminars & Events
• Hospitality Career Fair
• Accounting Association Career day
• Business Week program
• Young Lawyers Association event
• Trade and Builders Association events

• Learning for Life Career Exploration Posts

Watch for other approved CEA activities on the Career Center website and posters that are marked with a “CEA” symbol. Take advantage of these great opportunities to discover your future!