Category Archives: Work Readiness

Hinkley High School Students Participate in Mock Interviews

As part of the Junior Achievement program, students from the Career Development class at Hinkley High School recently participated in mock interviews to help them prepare for future job and college interviews.
The interviews were coordinated by Leo DeGreef, a Lockheed Martin Employee and Junior Achievement volunteer. DeGreef brought in colleagues from Lockheed Martin to interview [...]

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5th Graders Take the Reins at the Hyatt

On Tuesday, 30 fifth grade students from CMS Community School in Denver too control of the Hyatt Regency Denver at Convention Center.  Students spent the day shadowing employees of the 1,100 room hotel.  They were working with everyone from  to chefs, security guards, valets, to front desk personnel, concierge and engineers.  One student even got [...]

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JA’s President and CEO in the Classroom

More than 3,500 volunteers will participate in Junior Achievement classrooms this year and count among them the president and CEO of JA, Robin Wise. Robin is teaching the high school program – “JA Success Skills.” Here’s what she has to say about her experience.

“I just got back from teaching my fourth session of JA [...]

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Teen Careers Poll: Boys Motivated by Higher Salary; Girls Self-Motivated

As the number of women surpasses men in the workforce, a recent Junior Achievement(JA)-ING poll found striking differences in the opinions of teenage boys and girls when it comes to what motivates them to excel on the job and that tools they consider important in determining career success.
Motivation to succeed stems from very different places [...]

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Ethical readiness for the workforce – are today’s kids ready for it?

A recent national poll conducted by Junior Achievement (JA) and Deloitte indicates teens freely admit to unethical behavior today.
A few of the key findings:

80% of teens believe they can make ethical business decisions when they join the workforce, yet 38%  think they have to break rules at school to succeed nearly half believe that lying [...]

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