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Links to Industry Career Panels

Do you want to hear about careers from Westbrook business/industry partners?  Follow the links below to view moderated industry career panels co-sponsored by Westbrook High School and Junior Achievement.

  • Click here to watch the recording of the Advanced Manufacturing Industry Panel.  Westbrook Career Connections, Junior Achievement and the Middlesex Chamber of Commerce Virtual Career Fair collaborated to produce a virtual Advanced Manufacturing Industry Panel.  Watch the recording to hear some wonderful advice from leading manufacturers in the Westbrook area.  They provide excellent advice and share opportunities for employment.   Participants included Bo Bradstreet, moderator, Executive Recruiter and Consultant, Bohan and Bradstreet; Oliver Bausch, President and Owner, Bausch Technologies; Jeff Dickey, Executive Vice President of Hydraulics, The Lee Company; Bill Neale, Director of Operations (retired) Radiall USA; and, Christopher Heyl, Vice President of Operations, CiDRA.  
  • Click here to watch the recording of the Government Employees Industry Panel.  Westbrook Career Connections, Junior Achievement and the Middlesex Chamber of Commerce Virtual Career Fair collaborated to produce this virtual Industry Panel.  Panelists provide excellent advice and share opportunities for employment.  Participants represented the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division, the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the CT Judicial Branch, and the CT Department of Public Health.  The panel was moderated by Sumayya Ayoub, Senior Education Manager at Junior Achievement.  
  • Click here  to watch the recording of the Sports and Sports Entertainment Industry panel.  Professionals from the industry described their occupations and career journeys and gave students some important tips for career success.  
  • Consider an apprenticeship in the building trades as a post high school education option.  Apprenticeships offer tuition-free training, and you get to earn while you learn on the job.    Click here for information about apprenticeships in the construction trades (electricians, brick masons, carpenters, construction workers, boilermakers, painters, pipelayers, etc.).
  • Click here for a video of the Medical/Health Industry Panel discussion on December 10, 2019.  Professionals from the industry described their occupations and their career journeys.  Learn what you can do in high school to be successful in the field.