Brighton High School
Canyons School District
WORK-BASED LEARNING CAREER EXPLORATION
It's A-Dog-Eat-Dog World
What does that mean? It means people are competing for the same things, like jobs! You may have heard it said that to find a successful career, you'll have to work like a dog. Well, not anymore! Work-Based Learning can help! Explore careers while still in high school by clicking on the links below.
No more feeling dog-tired in your search!
Explore Your Options!
SIGN UP to receive more info or sniff out some of our upcoming events and job opportunities on the following pages.
WORKPLACE SKILLS
Check out this funny list of the skills you DON'T WANT to acquire to land a job! Click here:
https://www.smartystreets.com/documents/careers/senior-stick-in-the-mud.pdf
HARD SKILLS VS. SOFT SKILLS (CLICK to see the video)
CHOOSING a COLLEGE
NEED HELP IN SELECTING A COLLEGE for YOUR CAREER INTEREST?
Click on the link. Type in your career interest to "unleash" a list of colleges.
https://www.utahmajors.org/
PATHWAY TO PROFESSIONS
P2P Feb 5-6 SIGN UP HERE
JOB SHADOW OPPORTUNITIES - SIGN UP!
Throughout the school year, opportunities to participate in a job shadow and/or company tour will become available. Sign up before "everybody and their dog" beat you to it! Click on the link.
Transportation to the business (in most cases) will be the student's responsibility. Spots are limited and are on a first-come basis.
Visit the Work-Based Learning office in the Career Center room #1515/13 at Brighton for more info and to learn all about opportunities!
CTE Pathways
What is a CTE Pathway Completer?
A CTE Career Pathway includes both foundation and elective courses within a student's area of interest.
Participating in a CTE Career Pathway will save students time and money toward training and/or a college degree.
Brighton offers SEVEN Pathways: : Interior Design, Fashion Apparel &
Textiles, Business Administration, Business Information Management, Health
Science, Culinary Arts, and Graphic Design & Communication.
Students can earn the following pathways at CTEC:
Personal Care Services, Protective Services, Welding & Machining, Diesel,
and Programming & Software Development.
For more information visit: https://www.schools.utah.gov/file/4496e689-9e42-4706-a32d-cea451d4c3cc
High Wage / High Demand Jobs
Check out the CTE courses offered at Brighton that could you lead you on a path to these high paying, in demand careers.
DWS INDUSTRY BRIEFS https://jobs.utah.gov/wi/pubs/industrybriefs/
IN-DEMAND JOBS PAYING 100,000 OR MORE
Job Board
FOR CURRENT JOB OPPORTUNITIES - CHECK OUT THE HALL DISPLAY CASE ACROSS FROM THE COUNSELING CENTER