Finding Young People Jobs That Can Lead to Careers

Young people unsure what job is right for them can find out about everything from microchips to medicine at the Missouri Job Center Charge! open house set for Monday, Nov. 16, from 3-5 p.m.

“The best time to discover what you might want to do in life is when you’re young,” says Lori Myers, Director of the St. Charles County Department of Workforce and Business Development. “We have ways to help young people explore their options and set goals.”

Participants will be able to try on virtual reality headsets showing them more than 30 possible career simulations including:

• Plan a new urban development (City Planner)
• Develop a new building for a school (Architect)
• Help an emergency patient (Registered Nurse)
• Assist with knee surgery (Surgical Technologist)
• Fix a broken assembly line (Welder)
• Restore power to a neighborhood (Distribution Line Worker)
• Help at a car crash (EMT)
• Drill an underground system (Broadband Technician – Utilities)
• Find the contaminated microchips (Semiconductor Manufacturing Technician)
• Build a warehouse structure (Steelworker)
• Build a website for a fashion brand (Web Developer)
• Save a farm’s wheat crop (Soil and Plant Scientist)
• Demolish an overpass (Construction Laborer)
• Design an electrical system for a hospital (Electrical Engineer)

“Some young people have never worked before and they need to get some experience,” Myers says. “We can put them in our work experience program, so they learn what it’s like to show up on time every day and work with others and receive feedback from a supervisor.”

The Job Center’s Charge! Youth Career Exploration Program has helped some young people get apprenticeships in electrical work, welding certificates, or training for a commercial driver’s license. Others have received financial assistance to take high school equivalency tests. 

To be eligible, young people must live in St. Charles County and be aged 16-24 years old. The federally-funded program is designed to help young adults who have at least one of the following barriers to overcome: never graduated high school, homeless, pregnant or a young parent, documented disability, offender status, low income, in foster care or aged out, and/or lacking basic skills. 

“Please come out and learn about opportunities in the job market,” Myers says. “It could lead to a career that will take you into the future.”

The Missouri Job Center of St. Charles County is located at 3757 Harry S Truman Boulevard in St. Charles. Learn more.

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