Why?

We are always working with companies and organizations to establish new Career Exploring programs across the country. Consider these benefits:

• Year round, local support staff
• Proven and flexible program model
• Nationally recognized and endorsed
• Positive community involvement
• Pipeline for future employees
• Positively impact youth development
• Employee professional growth
• Strong local and national support
• General liability insurance coverage

WANT TO SAVE MONEY?

Consider your employee turnover rate. If Exploring could provide you the ability to pre-screen future applicants AND train them in a manner that prepares them to work specifically for your company, would you consider it?

Now consider the cost savings. The National Nonprofit Leadership Alliance (one of our supporters) is pleased to offer the Cost of Employee Turnover Calculator - a free tool to help nonprofit organizations better understand the “hidden” costs of turnover. Spoiler alert: Turnover costs your organization more than you think!

If your business or organization is considering the impact you can have on young people in your community through the Exploring program, the first thing you should discuss with the head of the organization is which age group(s) you'd like to work with. Exploring clubs serve middle schoolers in 6th - 8th grades. Exploring posts serve 14 - 20 year olds. Both programs are co-ed.

Ready to learn more? Click on the Get Involved button in the top right corner!

Career Opportunities

• Provide hands-on, interactive career experiences
• Develop potential contacts that may broaden employment options

Life Skills

• Develop basic life skills using the Exploring Activity Library
• Facilitate positive social interactions

Citizenship

• Encourage the skill and desire to help others
• Gain a keen respect for the basic rights of others

Character Development

• Help make ethical choices
• Facilitate service learning opportunities

Leadership Experience

• Allow youth leaders to coordinate your program activities
• Facilitate leadership training with Exploring's training materials

TOP 10 YOUTH CAREER INTERESTS

1. Registered Nurse/Nurse Practitioner
2. Professional Athlete
3. Physician/Surgeon
4. Musician/singer
5. Photographer
6. Veterinarian
7. Actor/Actress
8. Artist
9. Mechanical Engineer
10. Attorney

A career interest survey was fielded in 2017 to more than 36,000 students from 6^th to 12^th grade to gauge interest in more than 200 career options. This top 10 list ranges from in-demand medical positions like nurses and physicians to more aspirational positions like professional athletes, singers, and actors. The survey also revealed that childhood ambitions evolve with maturity. Middle school respondents were twice as likely as their twelfth grade counterparts to select careers in athletics and the arts, while interest in health and business careers increased as respondents entered high school.