Students across southern Illinois traveled to the Pavilion in Marion on Wednesday for a regional career fair.
Cheyanne Bristol with Southern FS is just one of the 100 presenters at the third annual career fair for southern Illinois high school students. This is the third year for the fair hosted by Regional Office of Education 21 and ROE 30.
Nearly 1,000 students from 24 schools across the counties in the regional office areas had the chance to talk with employers, schools, unions, and even the military branches to learn about possible careers.
Southern FS serves many agricultural needs across southern Illinois and parts of Kentucky and Missouri. Bristol talks with students about many of the possible careers available in just her company.
Andrew Dillman is the director of career and technical educations programs for franklin county. He's leading this year's career fair. He says students get to see a variety of careers and find out about opportunities in or near their communities.
Vienna senior Aaron Hood already knows he's going to school in Nashville to learn automotive tech schools next year. Going to last year's fair helped him decide.
Gracyn Horn is also a senior from Vienna. She's going into elementary education. She talked with representatives from the RoE 30 to help her make that decision. She says networking like that has benefitted students.
Dillman says you can't be what you can see. And he's glad to see students inspired to take their next steps after high school.
