What Do You Want To Be in the Future?

Maclay’s Annual Career Day

Photo by Blair Bayliss/Maclay Andalusian

On Thursday, Nov. 14, Maclay hosted Career Day during the B4 period. This day invites people with diverse careers on campus to talk to upper school students about their professions. Students get to pick three out of the 24 jobs offered and spend 25 minutes learning about each occupation. Held every year by the upper school student council, the event allows students to explore different career paths and potentially find interest in some of them.

“The student council recognizes that having an understanding of a future profession can help guide a student’s educational choices,” Head of Student Affair Heather Bas said. 

This year, the collection of occupations included journalism, aesthetic medicine, nurse practitioner, certified registered nurse anesthetist, law and prosecution, lobbyist, recruitment, real estate and construction, military officer, entrepreneurship, scientific computing, aerospace engineering, dentistry, construction executive, teacher, clinical psychologist, bookseller, information technology (IT) and security, IT sales, retail, physician-Ob/Gyn, sports industry, veterinarian and sports broadcasting.

Many of the volunteers who spoke were returning participants from previous years, and each of them discussed their education, how they developed interest in their job and their daily schedule. They provided the pros and cons of working in their industry as well as a sense of reward from their career. After hearing about each job, students were encouraged to ask questions.

“I do not think that it is ever too early to learn about a potential career field and there is no better place to do that than in the safe space that is created by Maclay,” Physician-OB/GYN Tanya Evers said. 

Maclay provides a comfortable setting for students to explore career opportunities. For many students, Career Day is a special opportunity to strengthen their passion and seek advice from experts.

“Career day helped me choose what I did and did not like about certain careers and it helped me be able to decide what career I wanna do when I am older,” senior McClaine Ulrich said. 

With the help of the student council, Maclay will continue this tradition to help students discover future careers.