Is your workforce ready?

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Leadership is essential to workforce development

“Leadership development can be taught at any age — and companies wait far, far too long to begin.”
–Jack Zenger, Harvard Business Review

WE ARE WORKFORCE READY

Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs) provide a proactive approach to workforce development. By infusing key elements of leadership development with technical training, our students are equipped with the employability skills needed to meet hiring demands by employers in industry.

CTSO students are “workforce ready” before they apply for their first job or begin their career.

Industries Served

We prepare leaders to serve these industries through their future careers

Education + Training

Education + Training

– Teaching
– Training
– Administration
– Administrative Support
– Professional Support

Business + Finance

Business + Finance

– Finance & Accounting
– Banking, Securities & Investments
– Management & Administration
– Marketing & Sales
– Hospitality & Tourism

Technology + Communications

Technology + Communications

– Information Technology
– Web Design
– Digital Communications
– Programming & Software Development
– Arts, A/V Technology & Communication

S.T.E.M.

Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics

– Engineering & Technology
– Science & Mathematics
– Manufacturing
– Architecture & Construction
– Transportation, Distribution & Logistics

Health + Human Services

Health + Human Services

– Health Science
– Human Services
– Counseling + Mental Health
– Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
– Government & Public Administration

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources

– Agribusiness
– Animal Systems
– Environmental Service Systems
– Food Products & Processing Systems
– Natural Resources Systems

Impact Facts

by the numbers

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CTSO student graduation rate

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CTSO students pursuing post-secondary education

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Spent by industry annually on leadership training and development

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of employers have unfilled positions due to lack of qualified candidates

Success Stories

Leadership stories from our future workforce

Student Profile: Taylor Kalka

When it comes to getting involved with her community, Taylor Kalka is an expert. Wrapping up her fourth and final year as a member of DECA, a Career and Technical Student Organization focused on preparing emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for their future careers, Taylor is college bound with no intention of slowing down! Her leadership journey, however, started off just like anyone else––by taking a leap of faith and joining the organization that everyone was talking about. Fast-forw…

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