North Canterbury News: May 13, 2021

NORTH CANTERBURY YOUTH FUTURES CAREERS EXPO
18 The North Canterbury News, May 13, 2021
Careers expo open to people of all ages
By DAVID HILL
Next week’s careers expo
provides an opportunity for all
ages to explore what is
possible.
Rangiora High School
associate principal Paul
Donnelly says the North
Canterbury Youth Futures
careers expo is open to all ages
and allows parents to explore
the opportunities with their
children.
The expo will be held at
Rangiora High School next
Wednesday from 4pm to 8pm
and is open to anyone aged 11
and over.
‘‘The magic of this evening is
that it’s not just for 11­year­olds
through to age 24. The same
message is for those who are a
lot older,’’ Mr Donnelly says.
‘‘If it gives those in the older
age range the same
opportunities and inspiration,
then it’s agood thing and that’s
why we wanted to make it a
family expo.’’
Holding the careers expo in
the evening allowed young
people to attend the event with
their parents and tended to
lead to more meaningful
interactions with employers
and training providers.
In contrast, there was a
tendency for young people to
congregate around the free
pens and lollies when attending
the bigger careers expo in
Christchurch.
The experience of the first
expo in 2019 also found that
many parents were inspired by
the possibilities available to
them, as well as their children,
Mr Donnelly says.
‘‘It’s an opportunity to offer
hope to our students and to
those who are unemployed or
looking for achange that there
are possibilities that people
can develop for themselves.
‘‘Our working lives are fairly
dynamic,’’ he says.
‘‘We may start off in one
career and finish up in another,
so we have to develop those
inner qualities and dispositions
to adapt to change.’’
Mr Donnelly says he cannot
say enough about the support of
the Ministry of Social
Development and Connected.
govt.nz in making the careers
expo possible.
The Ministry of Education,
ComCol North Canterbury, the
Waimakariri District Council,
Enterprise North Canterbury
and local schools have all
played apart in pulling the
careers expo together, he
says.
‘‘They came to us and it’s
been acollaborative process.
We are all wanting to do the
best for the youth in North
Canterbury.
‘‘We’ve got the ideal venue
here, but education has to be
way beyond the school and
that’s why it (the expo) has to be
acommunity thing.’’
The expo will highlight the
possibilities available in North
Canterbury, he says.
‘‘When employers employ
local people —and yes, the
local people need to have the
Supporting young people ... Michelle Becks, left, of Connected.govt.nz chats to Jess Thom and Michelle
Montgomery, both of Youth Service, during the careers expo at Rangiora High School in 2019.
attributes to get employed —
they enrich the province and
contribute to the economic
wellbeing and prosperity, and
they become part of the life of
the community.
‘‘But we also acknowledge
that our young people will work
outside our community and will
travel, so we have a
responsibility to prepare them
for the world, for the future and
the opportunities in front of
them.’’
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