Great Xplorations Career Fair
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The 6th-annual Great Xplorations Career Fair will be held on November 21, 2008, at the Jane S. McKimmon Center from 9 AM until noon.
We expect over 2,500 eighth-, ninth-, and tenth-grade students to participate this year.
About 150 businesses and organizations will set up display tables and talk to the students about careers in their business or organization.
2008 Great Xplorations - information for participating businesses
Great Xplorations video on the School Connection TV
The Great Xplorations Career Fair will be held at the McKimmon Center on:
Thanks to following businesses that participated in 2007:
- 5th Element Catering, LLC
- Alternate Access, Inc.
- American Craftsmen, Inc
- Animal Rehabilitation and Wellness Inst.
- Awards Express
- Banfield, The Pet Hospital
- Barbizon of Raleigh
- Barton College
- BB&T
- Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center
- BioNetwork Bioprocessing Center
- Campbell University
- Capital Area JobLink Career Center - Swinburne
- Capital Area Soccer League
- Capitol Broadcasting Company
- Caricatures & Portraits
- Carolina Donor Services
- Carolina Mudcats
- Cisco
- Closure Medical Corporation
- Community Alternatives
- Covidien (Formerly Tyco Healthcare Mallinckrodt)
- Curtis Media Group
- David A Vesel & Assoc
- Dreams and Faith, Inc
- Duke University Hospital/Duke Neuroscience
- East Carolina University School of Nursing
- East Coast Promotional Products
- Eaton Corporation/Electrical Division
- ECPI
- EDS
- EMBARQ
- Family Based Strategies
- Flow Circus, Inc.
- Fluent Language Solutions
- Franchise Management Ltd
- Golden Corral
- Great Outdoor Provision Co
- Harris Barber College
- Harris Teeter
- Healthtrax Fitness
- Iatria Day Spa
- IBM International Business Machines
- iContact
- John Casablancas
- John Deere
- John Robert Powers: Modeling/Acting/Singing/Life
- Johnson & Wales University
- Jumpstart Therapy & Literacy Institute
- KCI Technologies, Inc
- Kight's Medical Corp
- Kurt A. McKissick, DDS, PA
- Large & Small Graphics (dba LSG, LLC)
- Marriott Employment Center
- Mental Health Solutions
- Mims Financial
- Mitchell's Academy
- National Weather Service
- NBC 17 WNCN
- NC Army National Guard
- NC AWWA-WEA
- NC Center for Nursing
- NC Cooperative Extension
- NC Department of Transportation
- NC Dept of Agriculture
- NC State Communication Services/Fox 50
- NC State University College of Engineering
- NC Wildlife Resources Commission
- North Carolina A&T State University
- North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants
- North Carolina Bar Association Foundation
- North Carolina Correctional Institution
- North Carolina Job Corps
- North Carolina Society of Surveyors
- North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation
- Novartis
- Peace College
- Piedmont Air Conditioning
- Prepaid Legal Services
- Progress Energy
- Promotional Partners, Inc.
- Raleigh Parks and Recreation
- Raleigh Police Dept
- Rex Healthcare
- Saint Augustine's College
- School of Communication Arts
- Shaw University
- Sherrill's Beauty Academy
- Southern Piping Co
- State Employees' Credit Union
- Steak 'n Shake
- The Mop Top Shop
- Theo Davis Printing
- Time Warner Cable
- Town of Holly Springs
- Triangle Entertainment Agency
- Triangle Health Underwriter Association
- Triangle Solutions Alliance
- True2Form
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
- UNC Air Care
- United States Army
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing
- University of Phoenix Raleigh Campus
- UPS
- USDA/Risk Mgmt Agency
- V. I. P. Hair Studio
- Victoria's Sweets Bakery & Cafe'
- W.E.B. DuBois Community Development Corporation
- Wake AHEC
- Wake County EMS
- Wake County Public Libraries
- Wake Technical Community College
- Walden University
- Watts School of Nursing
- Weaver Cooke Construction
- Wings of Carolina Flying Club
- WLFL/CW22 & WRDC/MYRDC
- WNCE 90.7FM
- Women's Edge Magazine
- WRBZ/WDNC
- Youth Advocacy & Involvement
Great Xplorations - planning committee
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