Friday, January 17, 2014

Guest Speakers Chris Schatz, Cindy Hinckley, and Denise Puffer

Guest Speaker Chris Schatz works for Moraine Park Technical College and came in to Pathways to talk about the Human Services career cluster. Those employed in the human services field work with other people to help. Human Services is an important career cluster in our world. Mr. Schatz says to be employed in this cluster, you have to have a “willingness to work with people, and help people.”

Guest Speaker Mrs.Cindy Hinckley and Mrs.Denise Puffer both work for WorkForce Development and help those at least 16 years old find a job in the West Bend area. They demonstrated the importance of following directions by giving students a “following directions test.” This helped drive home the significance in following directions in the workplace, and that skill needs to be developed at a young age according to our guest speakers.  They also explained that “the most important thing businesses are looking for in a person getting a job is education.”