Career fair planned to give students opportunity to network

The Chardon School District will be holding a Career Fair for the students on March. 1.

The event which will take place in the gymnasium at Chardon High School, 151 Chardon Ave., is being organized through a partnership with Ohio Means Jobs, the Chardon Chamber of Commerce, RB Sigma Inc., and the Alliance for Working Together.

The event is intended to provide sevenththrough 10th-grade students a structured method network for career exploration and to allow 11th- and 12thgrade students the opportunity to network and interview for internships and jobs.

“The Career Fair is the culminating activity of our district’s focus on college and career pathways,” Ed Klein, Chardon’s assistant superintendent, said in a new release. “Students in all grade levels, and in all school buildings throughout the Chardon Local School District, will be exploring the 4 E’s: Education, Employment, Enlistment and Entrepreneurship.”

Organization who choose to exhibit at the event will be able to interview students as potential candidates for internships and available job opportunities. They will also be able to network with graduating students as they prepare to enter the workforce and with students who choose to continue career exploration, according to a news release.

Organizations interested in exhibiting at the Career Fair should contact Corine Casalina at corine.casalina@chardonlocalschools.org or by calling 440-285-4052.

Additional registration information can also be found at www. chardonschools.org.