Education
Wake County Public School System – School-to-Career Program
School-based learning brings career and workplace information to the school. The initiative restructures education so students will improve their academic performance and see a purpose to their studies. Work-based learning brings interested students into businesses and professional environments. Kids have the opportunity to job shadow, intern, or apprentice in their fields of interest. Students experience the workplace environment and acquire the skills necessary for successful careers. Connecting activities include staff development and training. Employers are helping teachers find better ways to incorporate workplace technologies into their curriculum.
Joy Frankoff, School-to-Career Coordinator
Wake County Public School System
5625 Dillard Drive
Cary, NC 27518
919.413.7677 (direct)
919.413.7400 (main)
Wake Technical Community College – Business and Industry Section
Wake Technical Community College provides Focused Industrial Training for North Carolina’s manufacturing industries. FIT uses individualized needs assessments and consultations to design and implement targeted, customized training for organizations that need to upgrade workers’ skills because of technological or process advances. The college also offers a wide variety of courses designed to meet the needs of business and industry at little or no cost.
Tim Lucas, Dean of Business & Industry
Western Wake Campus
3434 Kildaire Farm Road
Cary, NC 27518
919.335.1002 (direct)
919.335.1000 (main)
Internships.com
The Greater Raleigh Chamber has partnered with Internships.com to provide employers and students with a place to connect. Employers can post internships, access a student resume database, and receive expert insight—for free. Students and recent graduates can search the company database for internship opportunities at no charge.
College and University Career Planning and Placement Offices
Meredith College
Marie Sumerel, Director
Academic & Career Planning
3800 Hillsborough St.
217 Park Center
Raleigh, NC 27607
919.760.8344
North Carolina State University
Dr. Arnold Bell, Director
Career Development Center
2100 Pullen Hall
Campus Box 7303
Raleigh, NC 27695-7303
919.515.2396 (main)
919.513.9943 (direct)
Saint Augustine’s University
Nichole Lewis, Director
Belk Career Professional Development Center
1315 Oakwood Ave.
Raleigh, NC 27695.7303
919.516.5082
Shaw University
Career Development
302 Martin Luther King Blvd.
Raleigh, NC 27601
919.278.2672
Wake Technical Community College
Lynn Kavcsak
Dean of Career and Employment Resources
9101 Fayetteville Road
Raleigh, NC 27603
919.866.5696
William Peace University
Barbara Efird, Director
Career Services
15 E. Peace St.
Main 17
Raleigh, NC 27604-1194
919.508.2006
School-based learning brings career and workplace information to the school. The initiative restructures education so students will improve their academic performance and see a purpose to their studies. Work-based learning brings interested students into businesses and professional environments. Kids have the opportunity to job shadow, intern, or apprentice in their fields of interest. Students experience the workplace environment and acquire the skills necessary for successful careers. Connecting activities include staff development and training. Employers are helping teachers find better ways to incorporate workplace technologies into their curriculum.
Joy Frankoff, School-to-Career Coordinator
Wake County Public School System
5625 Dillard Drive
Cary, NC 27518
919.413.7677 (direct)
919.413.7400 (main)
Wake Technical Community College – Business and Industry Section
Wake Technical Community College provides Focused Industrial Training for North Carolina’s manufacturing industries. FIT uses individualized needs assessments and consultations to design and implement targeted, customized training for organizations that need to upgrade workers’ skills because of technological or process advances. The college also offers a wide variety of courses designed to meet the needs of business and industry at little or no cost.
Tim Lucas, Dean of Business & Industry
Western Wake Campus
3434 Kildaire Farm Road
Cary, NC 27518
919.335.1002 (direct)
919.335.1000 (main)
Internships.com
The Greater Raleigh Chamber has partnered with Internships.com to provide employers and students with a place to connect. Employers can post internships, access a student resume database, and receive expert insight—for free. Students and recent graduates can search the company database for internship opportunities at no charge.
College and University Career Planning and Placement Offices
Meredith College
Marie Sumerel, Director
Academic & Career Planning
3800 Hillsborough St.
217 Park Center
Raleigh, NC 27607
919.760.8344
North Carolina State University
Dr. Arnold Bell, Director
Career Development Center
2100 Pullen Hall
Campus Box 7303
Raleigh, NC 27695-7303
919.515.2396 (main)
919.513.9943 (direct)
Saint Augustine’s University
Nichole Lewis, Director
Belk Career Professional Development Center
1315 Oakwood Ave.
Raleigh, NC 27695.7303
919.516.5082
Shaw University
Career Development
302 Martin Luther King Blvd.
Raleigh, NC 27601
919.278.2672
Wake Technical Community College
Lynn Kavcsak
Dean of Career and Employment Resources
9101 Fayetteville Road
Raleigh, NC 27603
919.866.5696
William Peace University
Barbara Efird, Director
Career Services
15 E. Peace St.
Main 17
Raleigh, NC 27604-1194
919.508.2006
