Careers and CTE
Building Company Partnerships at reSET Flight Night
This past Wednesday Career In STEM participated in Flight Night, a shark-tank style business pitch competition hosted by reSET in Hartford, CT. Focused on social entrepreneurship, each company had three minutes to share their ideas with an audience of investors, community members, and leaders. The night featured a great lineup of pitchers, including: Bare Life […]
3 Unique (and high-paying) Careers in STEM
Guest post by Simplr A career in STEM offers great opportunities in many different fields, but also an endless choice of paths that a student can take. Today we’d like to look at some specific and unique areas in STEM that are growing rapidly in addition to facing a severe shortage in skills and […]
Become Your Best STEM Self – resolution 2018! Part 1
Become Your Best STEM Self Part 1: If money were no object, what would you do? When you are doing something you love you feel energized, exited, alive, and in-tune with yourself. Conversely, you also know when you are doing something that makes you miserable! Time drags on super slow, you have to force yourself […]
3 STEM Activities to Try During Your Winter Break
Put your winter break to good use! While home for the holidays, take some time to explore your interests in STEM, try new things, and continue on the path to your future STEM career! Here are three fun STEM activities to try: Play STEM Games Take a step a way from WOW and Minecraft for […]
Try it Before You Major In It! Day in the life videos of STEM careers
Try it Before You Major In It! You probably try on shoes and clothes before you buy them, right? I like to make sure my stuff fits me well and looks good on me, so I do! While we ‘try things on’ such as our clothing, which we only wear for a few hours at […]
Hour of Code: 7 things to try if you loved it!
The Hour of Code is a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries. Anyone, anywhere can organize an Hour of Code event. One-hour tutorials are available in over 45 languages. No experience needed. Ages 4 to 104. ~Hour of Code Congrats! You are among the 100 million people that have tried the […]
STEM Scholarships
Scholarships for STEM There were nearly 8.6 million STEM jobs in May 2015 (BLS 2016), with many STEM occupations enjoying continued growth and increased demand. To maintain national competitiveness and fill the millions of new job openings in STEM, many scholarship opportunities exist to encourage students to pursue science, technology, engineering, or mathematics as a [...]
Must-Have College Prep Resources for STEM Majors
Must-Have College Prep Resources for STEM Majors You have done your research as described in my last post, and have a general idea of STEM careers that you are interested in. Congrats! Identifying your field of interest is often the hardest part. Glad that is over 🙂 Now you are ready to start preparing for college […]
Top STEM Career Information Websites
Free Websites to Find Your Perfect STEM Career There are thousands of lucrative STEM careers out there, but which career is right for you? Fortunately there are many free online resources to help you explore different STEM careers. If you are looking for STEM career information but overwhelmed by your google search, check out these […]
The state of STEM
In a recent survey of 1,000 middle and high school students, it was found that interest in STEM and confidence in STEM skills fade as students get older. Researchers also found that “most students do not associate STEM with mainstream brands, haven’t asked anyone about STEM jobs, and agreed that if they knew how STEM […]
