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High School Students

GCP Early Career Exploration provides high school students with a comprehensive suite of tools, including resources, detailed information, and a library of on-demand videos. These materials are designed to guide students as they explore potential career paths in the IT field, offering insights into industry roles, required skills, and career-building strategies to help them make informed decisions about their future.

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Teachers/Educators

Greater Cleveland Partnership’s Early Career Exploration connects high school students with IT professionals and IT career exploration experiences to help them understand how they can have an IT career in Northeast Ohio.

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Early Career Exploration

Pre-Apprenticeship

GCP recruits IT professionals representing various IT roles, functional areas, industries, backgrounds, educational levels, and employers to engage with middle and high school students to help them explore IT career opportunities and to increase their career awareness, education, interest, and readiness.

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About Early Career Exploration

GCP Early Career Exploration provides high school students with a comprehensive suite of tools, including resources, detailed information, and a library of on-demand videos. These materials are designed to guide students as they explore potential career paths in the IT field, offering insights into industry roles, required skills, and career-building strategies to help them make informed decisions about their future.

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  • Increase Knowledge

    Increase high school students’ awareness of IT and tech career pathways in the region by providing resources, mentorship, and insights into local industry demands. This helps them explore opportunities, gain relevant skills, and make informed career decisions.

  • Increase Engagement

    Increase high school students’ awareness of IT and tech career pathways in the region by providing resources, mentorship, and insights into local industry demands. This helps them explore opportunities, gain relevant skills, and make informed career decisions.

  • Connect Students

    Increase high school students’ awareness of IT and tech career pathways in the region by providing resources, mentorship, and insights into local industry demands. This helps them explore opportunities, gain relevant skills, and make informed career decisions.

GCP’s Early Career Exploration Team
Tom Miller
Tom Miller
Director, Early Career Exploration
Joy Childress
Joy Childress
Early Career Exploration