Local Kitchens had an amazing time at the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District’s Mock Career Fair! ?? Mock Career Fairs are such a great way for students to: ? Gain real-world networking experience ? Practice resumes and elevator pitches ? Connect with professionals who care about their future We love supporting our local communities and can’t wait for the next one. ?? #MockCareerFair #CommunityImpact #FutureLeaders #LocalKitchens
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Champions from over 30 organizations braved some crazy weather to support Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District’s Alta Vista and AVID students' annual Mock Career Fairs. A HUGE thank you to the over 80 individuals who represented their knowledge and experience.? This first LinkedIn thank you is to those individuals below who volunteered to support both of our Mock Career Fairs! (I have to break it into two thank you's because all these amazing people don't fit into one!) What does a Mock Career Fair do? - Builds networking experience and skills for the purposes of college applications, job searches, and scholarship applications - Provides an opportunity to apply skills such as delivering an “elevator pitch,” researching companies, and writing a resume - Lets students experience the unique activity of a job fair with lower stakes - Introduces students to professionals from various companies and organizations - Provides students with tangible evidence that there are people in the community who are interested in them and care about their success. -Builds confidence and self-esteem! Special thanks to those who hosted job fair tables representing so many varied organizations: Brittany N. Taylor, M.A.; Danny Velasco; Leon Rosario; Rene Munoz; Natasha Barbosa; Harry Price; Aubrey Park; Ashley Yee-Mazawa; Anthony Tsujisaka, M.A. (he/him); Helen Grays-Jones; Tiffany Fournier; Stephen Nguyen; Perla Krouskup; Nisha Sharma; Pablo Donato; Thomas Low, Dafne Banuelos; Kailie Taina; Mayra Piceno; Fatima Olmos; Monica Escalante-Silva; Scott Hobin; Scott Robinson; Scott Brookshire; Nancy Frusetta; Vivien D'Andrea; Gautam Inaganti; Carlos Goncalvez. Thank you also to our volunteers and MVLA staff who supported this event. Special thanks to the Los Altos Rotary Club for their donation that supported supplies for this event and the amazing volunteers who attended and to the Mountain View Los Altos High School Foundation for their financial and other wonderful support of the AVID PEAK program. Volunteers: Susie Mielke; Lindsay Carpenter; Steve Hope; Debbie DeSoto Kundrat; JW Smith; Anne Kearns; Harvey Alcabes; Suresh Shanmugham. Staff supporting our Alta Career Fair: Kim Rogers; Lisa Falsetti; Matthew Phillips; Debi Rudd; Suzanne Woolfolk; Grace Icaciano, Teri Faught; Eric Volta; Margaret Gong; Kristine Bardman, plus so many others behind the scenes! Pictured here: Team Meriwest Credit Union and The Sobrato Organization.