CAREER TECH AT WORK
Internships are a key part of high school career and technical programs, and NJ county vocational-technical school districts work hard to match students with workplaces that will enhance their future [ Read More: CAREER TECH AT WORK ]
Meet Jackie Gummel: DEP intern learns the importance of customer service
Internships are a key part of high school career and technical programs, and NJ county vocational-technical school districts work hard to match students with workplaces that will enhance their future careers.
Jackie Gummel is 2016 graduate of Mercer County Technical Schools who plans to pursue a college degree in business management.
She spent the spring semester of her senior year interning at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Office of Local Government Assistance.
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Meet Stephanie Hoffman, welding instructor at Salem County Vocational Technical Schools
Stephanie Hoffman stands barely five feet tall in her work boots, but she is having a huge impact at Salem County Vocational Technical Schools. A certified welder and a US [ Read More: Meet Stephanie Hoffman, welding instructor at Salem County Vocational Technical Schools ]
CAREER TECH AT WORK
Meet Jackie Gummel: DEP intern learns the importance of customer service As an intern in the NJ Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Local Government Assistance, Mercer County Technical Schools [ Read More: CAREER TECH AT WORK ]
Princeton University’s newest apprentice carpenter is getting quite an education
Zachary Scrape graduated from Somerset County Vocational-Technical School in June 2105 and landed a highly-coveted spot at Princeton University. He is not a student at the University, but is learning [ Read More: Princeton University’s newest apprentice carpenter is getting quite an education ]
CAREER TECH AT WORK
Meet Bill Leary: Giving back to the school that gave him his start. William Henry Leary IV’s career in the heating and air conditioning business began when he was a [ Read More: CAREER TECH AT WORK ]
Bill Leary: Giving back
William Henry Leary IV’s career in the heating and air conditioning business began when he was a student at the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools campus in Piscataway in the 1980s.
Today, as the owner of a Metuchen company with 35 employees and a fleet of 18 trucks providing a full range of residential and commercial services, he helps current students along the same path.
Career Tech Works
Preethi Govindarajan, of Bridgewater, is a 2013 graduate of Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School’s Academy for Health and Medical Sciences. She also recently graduated from Raritan Valley Community [ Read More: Career Tech Works ]
