Junior Achievement is looking for industry professionals who may be interested in volunteering at JA JobSpark! JA JobSpark, now in it’s seventh year – is a massive two-day hands-on career expo for Indianapolis eighth graders. This initiative is designed to “spark” students’ interests & help them prepare for their future by introducing them to various career clusters.
Junior Achievement is expecting almost 11,000 students to attend the event on September 20th & 21st at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. They are currently looking for volunteers in our industry who are interested in educating young people on future in-demand careers.
See more JobSpark info here: Cluster Volunteer Flier 2022 FINAL
See past JobSpark Survey data here: JA JobSpark Survey Two-Pager 2021 Final
All interested volunteers can sign up here. Please register no later than August 26th.
Industry Specific Cluster Volunteer Role:
- Be knowledgeable of industry area you are representing
- Communicate industry specific skills, education needed, jobs available, etc.
- Share about your career path
- Actively engage students in hands-on activities
- Comfortable working with students, energetic/enthusiastic
- Assist cluster members with running hands-on activities, monitoring for safety
- Ensure activity instructions are properly given and being followed
- Monitor equipment/cluster assets that are to remain in area
*Additional information and training will be provided as we near the event in September.
For more information about JA JobSpark, please click on this link: http://www.jajobspark.org. To see a video of our past event in 2019, please click here http://www.jajobsaprk.org/highlights2019.
If you have any questions about these volunteer opportunities, please feel free to contact Lyndsey at support@consultingbylyndsey.com, or contact Molly at molly@jaindy.org or Cindy at cindyk@jaindy.org.
Posted August 1, 2022 at 1:48 pm