My Day at the Williamson County Career Fair
By Mollie McCormick
I’m going to be honest—when I woke up yesterday morning, I was a little less than excited to be spending my afternoon at the Williamson County Career
Fair, handing out flyers on information that I didn’t think these kids would care one bit about. I had too many emails and too many tasks that needed to
be done. But fast forward to 3 hours later when I left the building with a big smile on my face, a sense of new motivation, and grateful for a job that
allows me to be around, and potentially influence the minds of our young, future leaders.
I met kid after kid that didn’t associate graphic or web design with the technology industry, or had no idea that they could, in fact, be the ones creating the next Angry Birds or Kinect. They just simply didn’t know it was an option. My answer? I handed them a techville.us map (ok, ok kids love posters…I get it!) and told them to study those companies, because there is a good chance you may work for, or even lead, one of them someday. Plus, you get to wear jeans more often than not in this field.
So let’s change the way these kids think about their future. Everything uses technology and the more we are able to transform our approach on that and show how it infiltrates our world, maybe we can get these kids excited about a career in this ever-changing field. It’s certainly never boring. All in favor, say “technology.”
