Career exploration

learning FOR work

Career Exploration experiences provide youth with short-term direct interaction with professionals and offer opportunities to explore career options. 

DOUGLAS COUNTY RESOURCES

• Expanding Horizons CTE and STEAM Summer Camps
  Summer camps for middle school and high school students that explore the trades, manufacturing, business leadership, space exploration and more.

• Recruit Hippo - Douglas (Paid and Unpaid Positions)
  Recruit Hippo is committed to providing youth with opportunities to receive work experience in order to be competitive for positions within the workforce upon high school graduation. To find out more about available paid and unpaid positions, please contact your local Youth Talent Advisor.

STATEWIDE/NATIONWIDE RESOURCES

• Oregon Connections
  Connecting industry professionals to classrooms 

Career training, skills & education

learning IN work

Career Training experiences prepare youth for employment in a specific range of occupations. Career Training experiences often occur after high school. 

DOUGLAS COUNTY RESOURCES

• Umpqua Community College
  Apprenticeship programs

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• Made in Douglas
  Ready for a career that will change your life? Made in Douglas has the resources to get you going. 

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STATEWIDE/NATIONWIDE RESOURCES

• AmeriCorps
  AmeriCorps is a network of national service programs, made up of three primary programs that each take a different approach to improving lives and fostering civic engagement. Members commit their time to address critical community needs like increasing academic achievement, mentoring youth, fighting poverty, sustaining national parks, preparing for disasters, and more.

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• Explore careers in military service
  With cooperation from the service branches, this site strives to paint an accurate picture of life in today’s military.

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