Bladen County high schools held their second annual Career Day organized by Brian Campbell, President of Campbell Oil Company. It was a huge success.
When Campbell started organizing the Career Days, he said, “We want to try to help the students figure out their purpose.”
The goal of the program is to get students to become more engaged, more interested in class, thinking about continuing their education, and what they will want to do after school and the goal was met for this first step in this new program according to Campbell.
West Bladen High School held their Career Day on Tuesday, May 2nd and East Bladen High School held their Career Day on Wednesday, May 3rd. Area business owners and leaders met at the two schools to give presentations.
The local students were then broken down into sessions depending on their individual career interests. Professionals from different fields spoke for about 30 minutes to the students about their career field’s outlook, opportunities, salary ranges, job descriptions and what the professionals liked about their careers.
The hope of those involved is to expand this program into more than just a career day and involve younger students.
Campbell said, “I also would like to see the area businesses expand their role and relationship with the schools.”
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