How to Use This Website
For Middle School Instructors
The courses on this website are free. They will teach your students about career opportunities in a variety of fields and related programs offered by JRTI. These courses can also be used toward fulfilling requirements for the following 6-8th grade content standards: Career Development and Life Planning/Career Exploration and Planning
- Explore how personal abilities, skills, interest, and values relate to workplace.
- Use a variety of resources and methods to explore career options.
- Examine specific job requirements and opportunities for progressions of career levels from entry level to advanced leadership and develop a personal career growth vision.
- Explore career options in relation to selecting a career cluster.
- Describe lifestyle dreams and possible career options and evaluate the likelihood of attaining goals.
- Begin to develop a possible career/life plan that explores educational credentials, skills and career progressions.
- Explore how identified career choices impact lifestyles and opportunities.
- Practice expected workplace dispositions and behaviors.
- Explore the need for lifelong learning as situations and responsibilities change, requiring new knowledge and skills.
For Middle School Students
Use of this website is free. You must create an account before you can take any of the courses. Your information is collected so that you can earn a certificate of completion. Your information will not be shared with any other person or organization. When you successfully complete a course, either a tab will open with a PDF of your certificate or the file might be automatically downloaded.
For High School Students
Use this website to explore career paths and apply to our high school programs. We have three one-year and seventeen two-year programs.
Choose a course and begin exploring…
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Advanced Manufacturing
Advanced Manufacturing is a high tech industry that utilizes the latest tools and techniques. Creativity and math-based problem solving skills are used to engineer solutions for 21st century manufacturing.
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Arts & Communication
The Arts & Communications industry is a career field that offers numerous opportunities for creative people like artists, writers, and performers. Many of these jobs rely on strong interpersonal and technology skills.
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Building Construction
Careers in building construction require skills with a range of tools, knowledge of materials, and and the ability to perform very physical work. Apply your creativity and attention to detail to build beautiful structures that will last for generations.
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Education
Teachers work with students of all ages but typically specialize in certain learner groups or content areas. From preschool to K-12, adult learners to industry-specific training, there are endless opportunities. Educators use creativity and interpersonal skills to present topics in ways that will engage their students.
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Electrical
Our world runs on electricity. Electricians run power in new and existing buildings. They install and maintain systems for heating, cooling, and refrigeration. They also install equipment that provides electricity like power lines, generators, and solar panels. This is often physically demanding work that requires a lot of knowledge about electrical and mechanical systems.
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Healthcare
There are over eight billion people in the world. Every one of them will need the help of a health care provider at some point. This is a huge industry with many career paths. Healthcare workers need a great deal of knowledge about biology and chemistry as well as very strong interpersonal skills.
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Hospitality
The hospitality industry contributes greatly to the quality of life in a community. It is also a vital industry in a state like West Virginia that relies on tourism. Careers in this industry require creativity and strong interpersonal skills.
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Information Technology
Every industry on Earth relies on IT technicians keeping our computers and networks running. App developers design innovative ways for us to use information and AI is quickly becoming a technology we rely on. Professionals in this field need to be methodical and able to solve problems using logic.
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Public Safety
When there’s an emergency, first responders get everything under control. They save lives and protect us from threats. They have to be able to work in very stressful, often dangerous, situations. People in this industry also use knowledge of science to investigate crimes and develop ways to keep people safe.
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Vehicle Repair
Technicians in this field diagnose and repair problems on cars, pickup trucks, semi trucks, construction equipment, trains, ships, etc. They have to have knowledge of several types of systems including mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, and computers.