Career & College Connection

10 Ways to Help Your Student Succeed

Don’t let your student wait until graduation is just around the corner to start preparing for college. We strongly encourage students to learn about us and to use College Connection's services as early as possible.  If a student doesn't start early, he or she may miss out on Steps to College Success workshops, college field trips, scholarships, and admission deadlines.

1. Advise

Advise your students to familiarize themselves with all College Connection services open to them. 

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3: PROMOTE

Promote your student utilizing Career and College Connection services. 

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2. INFORM

Inform your student on the importance of writing a resume.

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4: EMPHASIZE

Emphasize the importance of work-based learning while in post-secondary schools. 

How do I get a job without any experience? How do I get experience without having a job?  This is a dilemma that many students face as they prepare themselves for graduation and beyond.  Work-based learning allows students to combine classroom learning with professional work experience in their chosen field of study. Your son or daughter can sample career options by participating in a work-based learning opportunity or by experimenting with part-time or summer employment.

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5: SUPPORT

Support extracurricular involvement 

  • Part of experiencing high school and young adult life is to be involved and active outside the classroom. Interpersonal and leadership skills—qualities valued by recruiters and future employers—are often developed in extracurricular activities. At MNTC your student will have the opportunity to join or run for an office in their student organization and to compete in state and national contests.
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6: HELP

Help your student to stay up-to-date with current events. 

Career and College Connection provides a variety of workshops, field trips, and Career and College Fairs throughout the year to assist your student with exploring, preparing for, connecting to, and being admitted to college.  To see a calendar of these exciting opportunities view upcoming events.

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7: Challenge

Challenge your student to do career and college research.  

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8: ENCOURAGE

Encourage your student to follow the employment services steps to career success. 

Preparing for the job search can be overwhelming. The following information can be used to help your student to successfully prepare for employment.  Think of it as a list to help keep your student on track.  This infographic provides direction, resources, and information to assist your student on the road to success.

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9: TALK

Talk to your student about their online reputation.

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10: SUPPORT

Support Career and College Connection.

  • Contact Career and College Connection when you have a summer, part-time, full-time job opening or internship. Our team will help you find a hard-working student. If your company offers work-based learning opportunities, have them listed on Career and College Connection.
  • Contact Career and College Connection if you have or know of a scholarship opportunity for which MNTC students can apply.
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