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Stevenson highlights career pathways, internships, shadowing and summer programs
Summary
Career resource specialist Jamie Travis outlined local and national career resources — Occupational Outlook Handbook, Illinois Pathways, Student Career Connection — plus shadowing, internships, summer career classes and the school’s summer job fair.
Jamie Travis, Stevenson’s career resource specialist, detailed career-exploration tools and local opportunities for students who may not be planning a four‑year degree.
Travis recommended two external resources — the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook for occupation overviews and the Illinois Pathways site for Illinois‑specific wages and county‑level data — and demonstrated how Naviance links careers to related college majors. "Some students really wanna see the scattergrams," she said when describing how career and admissions data interact in the platform.
She described the Student Career Connection site maintained by the school, which functions as a job board for part‑time work and posts summer job fair participants with QR codes linking to applications. Travis said shadowing opportunities can be arranged through the College & Career Center as one‑time, in‑person visits or virtual meetings when in‑person visits are not available. The internship and research pages list current and recurring (inactive) opportunities; recurring items appear under an inactive tab so students can set reminders to apply when they open again.
Travis also described summer career classes — two‑week courses in health care, business, STEM and law that combine speakers and field trips — and urged families to allow at least three weeks for teachers to prepare letters of recommendation when applying to enrichment programs.
