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Career Source is a member of the Massachusetts One-Stop Career Center
System and is operated by Employment Resources Inc. (ERI). Career
Source is chartered by the Metro North Regional Employment Board.
We Have Two Locations to Serve Your Needs:
CAMBRIDGE Directions
Fresh Pond Mall
186 Alewife Brook Parkway, Suite 310
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-661-7867
Fax: 617-661-7571
Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri 8:30-4:30
Wed 8:30-8:00 (please note new closing time)
EVERETT Directions
1935 Revere Beach Parkway
Everett, MA 02149
Phone: 617-389-8025
Fax: 617-389-8012
Mon-Fri 8:30-4:30
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School-to-Career Program:
For Today's Youth and Tomorrow's Economy
Already most decent-paying jobs - and those growing most rapidly,
especially in the current economy - require skills and knowledge beyond
the teachings of high school. School-to-Career provides a system that
looks to employers to articulate the skills needed for success, and
work with educators to ensure students matriculate with
relevant skills and knowledge. The twenty-first century demands
occupational as well as academic mastery.
Today, many high school students end their
educational years without mastering the thinking, teamwork, and
problem-solving skills needed to succeed in a workplace setting.
Working closely with the changes brought on by
education reform in Massachusetts, teachers are teaching the content of
the state's learning standards in the context of careers, and entire
schools are restructuring around career majors to address the
challenges of education reform.
Class activity that reflects the realities of today's
hi-tech workplace, teachers informed of current industry practice and
skill-needs, students aware of the careers available and the education
necessary to succeed in those careers — School-to-Career can
assure the Commonwealth a highly educated and skilled workforce.
Other School-to-Career Resources:
Employer Leadership
For years, schools have welcomed businesses to their doors —
typically, only with check in hand. Rarely have they been included in
substantive educational issues and often rebuffed as self-serving when
relating to career goals.
School-to-Career moves business from patrons to
partners. Now the business community, through its roles in mentoring,
training and goal setting, is a cornerstone of the system.
Students Gain:
- Job experience
- Employable skills
- The ability to make informed choices regarding careers and college
Employers Gain:
- A larger, skilled pool of qualified workers
- Reduced training costs
- A role in shaping the future workforce
The shortage of skilled and educated workers is a crisis — now
and for the future. School-to-Career seeks to construct a universal
system that substantially improves educational attainment, occupational
mastery, and access to careers and college.
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