Today's Youth are Tomorrow's Manufacturers
Find
What are you good at? What do you like to do?
Explore
Which manufacturing career is right for you?
Build
How do you build your roadmap?
Sustain
How do you sustain your growth and continously sharpen your skills?
Today's Youth are Tomorrow's Manufacturers
Find out about yourself:
The State of Illinois Career Resources
Ask your guidance counselor or contact ICC Career Center for passwords to Kuder and Career Cruising.
Today's Youth are Tomorrow's Manufacturers
Which careers match your interests and talents?
Career Clusters Manufacturing Brochure
The State Of Illinois Career Resources
Other ways to explore careers…
- Field trips to listed companies
- Manufacturing workshops
- Mentoring
- Speakers
See Manufacturers Resource page for more info
Today's Youth are Tomorrow's Manufacturers
Take the classes you need to reach your goals.
View curricula choices at your high school
View career pathway courses at Illinois Central College
View All Manufacturing Programs at ICC
Today's Youth are Tomorrow's Manufacturers
What’s next for you? For any career, you need education beyond high school. Now is the time to decide which college is right for you and plan to go there.
Good options to consider is attending Illinois Central College and then continue your education at another university. Think ahead and be ready!
From the previous phases, you have identified your talents, skill sets, identified which jobs are of interest to you, and explored the programs of study that are required. Job shadowing, co-op, and internships are valuable resources to ensure a manufacturing career is for you. And while you are in college, consider taking additional courses that may not be required or maybe plan on an additional minor to broaden your horizon and skill sets.
Now is the time to build your resume and prepare yourself with sample interview questions. Below is a list of excellent career tools that will be helpful to sustain your goals.
Career Tools
- NACE 2006 -- Employers rate the importance of candidate qualities/skills
- Critical Skills – List of skills/traits that local employers are looking for.
- S.T.A.R. Questions – Typical questions to think about
- What are behavior based interview questions?
- Prepare – Interview
- Targeted Growth– past performance is the best indicator for the future.
- Two Minute Drill --The two minute drill is a 120 second recitation of your personal background and work history.
- Financial Aid
