On October 2-3, Riverside Middle and Pendleton High School students engaged in career exploration and conversations about post-secondary opportunities. The Anderson-Oconee-Pickens (AOP) Business Career Showcase hosted over 50 business, industry, and educational leaders from across South Carolina representing career clusters in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), health sciences, manufacturing, human services, and more. With workforce development being a critical issue facing our nation, this event is designed to provide students an opportunity to interact with company representatives and ask questions regarding careers and necessary skill development. The goal of this event is simple; to help young people and their parents understand the decisions that they need to make now in order to thrive in their future careers. The 2013 Showcase was just a small taste of the amazing things our local industries and businesses are doing and how to obtain a highly-skilled / highly-paid job opportunity in our own backyard.
