Career Quest '07 Big Hit with
Students, Parents and Educators

Max Reed, a tenth-grader at Landrum High School said that he hoped to find a main career path at Career Quest. “I don’t really know what I want to do after high school,” he said. “That’s why I’m here, hoping to find out.”

Max’s father, William also brought his two other sons, Sam, a senior at Landrum High School and Harrison, a seventh-grader at Landrum Middle School. “They didn’t have these kind of opportunities when I was in school,” said Reed. “Sam’s a senior, so we’re trying to get him squared away. Max is in high school, and it’s never to early for Harrison to start.”

Representatives from over 70 area business, middle and high school career counselors, SCC advisors, and U.S. military and university recruiters were on hand to talk with students, share personal insights into different career fields, and advise parents and students on the options necessary for specific job fields, the best high school graduation plan and the additional education and training necessary to succeed in targeted careers.

Mary Williams of Duncan brought her son Daniel, a seventh-grader at Florence Chapel Middle School, to Career Quest. “I want him to find a good career, and Career Quest will help him find the path he wants to follow,” she said.

Cody Sills, a ninth-grader at Union High School already knew what he wanted to do after graduation and came to Career Quest to get specific information on his career of choice. “I want to join the Marines and then when I get out of the Marines, become a nuclear physicist,” he said as he stopped by the Bartlett Nuclear, Inc station to talk with Bartlett’s Jim Petty about a career in nuclear energy.

“It’s nice to talk to young people and get them interested in this field because the nuclear industry has so many opportunities,” said Petty.

“Career Quest ’07 received tremendous support from the Spartanburg, Cherokee and Union County school districts and from local businesses that has allowed us to continue to build on the success of last year’s event,” said Kelley Jones, SCC’s executive assistant to the president and co-chair of the event. “The SCC faculty and staff and our partners worked tirelessly to make this event a success and to provide students and their parents within the College’s service area a valuable resource in planning for the future.”

Career Quest is organized around the 16 career clusters as defined under the state’s Education and Economic Development Act which was designed to help South Carolina students begin defining specific career goals and better prepare for additional education after high school.

For more information on SCC programs and services and the EEDA 16 career clusters, contact the SCC admissions office at (864) 592-4800, toll free 1-866-591-3700 or online at www.sccsc.edu.