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Explore your future. Discover the opportunities.


                                  APRIL 15-17


                   Keystone Centre | Manitoba Room & UCT Pavillion



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          BY DREW MAY                                                                                                     interview skills.
                                                                                                                            “Even if it’s just someone
             The 34th annual Brandon                                                                                      who wants that little bit of help
          Career Symposium is a chance                                                                                    getting to their next job, that will
          for high school students and                                                                                    give them a little bit of one-on-
          adults alike to learn about a cho-                                                                              one time as well.”
          sen career path or find a new one                                                                                  High school students looking
          entirely.                                                                                                       at post-secondary institutions
             Co-ordinator Leann Bower                                                                                     will also get the chance to meet
          said this year’s event is open to the                                                                           with representatives from dif-
          public throughout its entire run.                                                                               ferent schools. It gives them the
             “We really encourage anyone                                                                                  chance to find out the entry re-
          of any age to come and join us.”                                                                                quirements and any prerequisite
             The Brandon Career Sym-                                                                                      classes for particular programs.
          posium brings industries and                                                                                      “It’s really important for them
          post-secondary institutions to-                                                                                 to stop and talk to the post-sec-
          gether under the Keystone Cen-                                                                                  ondary (school) to find out a lit-
          tre roof. Bower said 3,200 teach-                                                                               tle bit about their campuses and
          ers and students from Manitoba                                                                                  programs and services that they
          and Saskatchewan are scheduled                                                                                  offer,” Bower said. “It’s a really
          to attend the show from April                                                                                   great opportunity to see some
          15-17.                                                                                                          things that you didn’t even know
             “We want parents to come                                                                                     existed.”
          with their children, we want                                                                                      Bower said the event added
          (people) new to Canada, new                                                                                     an “entrepreneurs corner” to put
          to Brandon,” Bower said. “We  Leann Bower, co-ordinator of the Brandon Career Symposium. (DrewMay/TheBrandonSun)  a greater emphasis on entre-
          want to be that opportunity for                                                                                 preneurship for people who are
          anybody seeking something dif- to people looking to start a new on their job-searching skills or ner will give people a chance to interested in starting their own
          ferent in their life.”      career and will also offer services move up at their current place work one-on-one with an expert businesses.
             The symposium isn’t limited for people looking to brush up of employment. The career cor- in resumé building or to work on  »ContinuedonPage4
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