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FARMINGTON – More than 500 students from eight area high schools each listened to two of 40 presenters tell about their careers at the 13th Western Maine Career Partnership.
Schools participating: Mt. Abram, Mt. Blue, Carrabec, Livermore Falls, Rangeley, Madison, Jay and Mt. Valley high schools bused their mostly third year students to the event held on the University of Maine at Farmington campus.
Keynote speaker, state Sen. Tom Saviello gave students his top 10 tips: smile at everything you do; look at more than just what’s in front of you; really listen to what people are telling you; learn how to be, not how to do; have fun; find a mentor; when faced with a crossroads, take it; read, write, and find passion in what you do.
Career counselor, Gary Perlson said of the 10,000 occupation titles out there, the average person can expect to have five different jobs in his or her lifetime and it’s projected that three of those five jobs haven’t even been invented yet.
Perlson advised students to take advantage of the career day’s offerings by asking questions and listening. Then students attended two sessions of their choice that featured two presenters in related careers. Organizers want to give a special thanks to UMF and to Poland Spring for sponsoring the Career Fair and for donating bottled water for all the speakers and participants.
Presenters for this morning’s career fair were:
Tom O’Donnell, UMF Computer Center
Becky Davis-Allen, Bangor Savings Bank
Mike Burd, bass guitarist
Ronal Parlin, artist
Lauren Wyman, dance instructor
Taffy Davis, RN
Jim Pickrell, PA
Ron Hogden, forester
Frank Orcutt, logger
Woody Hanstein, attorney
Jeffrey Love, State Police detective
Andrea Bergman, veterinarian
Kris Cunningham, electrical engineer
Dana Bragg, electrician
Jason Cuthbertson, park ranger
John Churchill, firefighter
Dave Howatt, fish biologist
Bob Cordes, wildlife biologist
Stacy Damon, photographer
Charles Fontaine, graphic arts teacher
Bobbie Hanstein, journalist
Bob Kimber, author
Andy Shattuck, mechanic
Tim Madden, plumber
Robin Harnden, welder
Jim Toner and staff, UMF Fitness Center
Peter Wade, paramedic
Shannelle Coolidge, paramedic
Sarah Folsom, PT and Sports Medicine
Nate Purrington, secondary ed teacher
Helen Wilkey, elementary ed teacher and school board member
John MacDonald, game warden
Aaron Turcotte, State Police trooper
Kerry Parker, cosmetology
Susy Sanders, psychologist
Beth Jennings, UMF counselor
Steve Davis, UMF counselor
Rosemary Cyr, archeology
Gaelyln Aguilar, anthropology
