Career Fairs

Career Fairs

BASICS / Rotary Career Fair

At the end of April each year, all high school sophomores at local schools - Altoona Area, Bellwood-Antis, Bishop Guilfoyle, Blair County Christian, Central, Central PA Digital Learning Foundation, Claysburg-Kimmel, Glendale, Great Commission, Hollidaysburg Area, Northern Bedford, Tyrone, and Williamsburg - are invited to participate in a Career Fair held at the Blair County Convention Center. Students can choose from 70+ career categories to help them to better understand what those careers are about and the type of preparation required to pursue them. Prior to the Career Fair, each student designates four career interests and then is scheduled to meet with businesses and organizations representing those interests. Each career visit takes twenty minutes to complete. The event is co-sponsored by the BASICS Committee and the six Blair County Rotary Clubs: Rotary Club of Altoona, Sunrise Rotary Club of Altoona, Tyrone Rotary, Hollidaysburg Rotary, Morrisons Cove Rotary, Claysburg Rotary. The BASICS / Rotary Career Fair is considered the step on the career pathway just prior to Career Shadowing.

Blair BASICS Virtual Career Fair

BASICS has now added a virtual component to the way we deliver career information to educators, students, parents and others across the county. We call this the Blair BASICS Virtual Career Fair. We've solicited short videos from businesses and professionals across Blair County, asking them to describe their typical work day, the training and education necessary for their job, what they like most about their job and what they find challenging. We've conveniently gathered these videos together on a YouTube Video Channel: Blair BASICS Virtual Career Fair. You can click this link or search for the channel in YouTube to see all of our current videos in one place. And we are continuing to add to our collection. Subscribe to the channel and you will see new featured videos each month exploring further the careers available in Blair County.

If you would rather pick and choose separate videos, then click HERE for a PDF listing our current videos with thumbnails and links. We'll update this PDF as the collection on our YouTube channel grows so you'll have the broadest selection possible.

Career Fair Subcommittee Co-Chairs

Nicole Zernick
Assistant Director
GACTC
814.505.1283
nicole.zernick@gactc.edu
Steve Dalecki
President & CEO
ARC Federal Credit Union
814.946.0857 ext. 121
sdalecki@arcfcu.org