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Commandant Brian Rusk, Lieutenant Colm Kingston and Sergeant David Locke of the Defence Forces with CBS students at the Careers Day.
CBS The Green Parents Council have once again pulled out all the stops and hosted a very successful “Careers Day” for students on Wednesday last for College Awareness Week.
The initiative was taken on and organised by parents Breda Dyland and John Gannon. They were assisted on the day by Frederick Duyile.
They decided on a range of speakers for the day based on what past leaving cert pupils had taken up after doing their exams and also based on future interest.
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Stands from the Institute of Technology Tralee, An Garda Síochana, Kerry ETB (Education and Training Boards) and Kerry College of Further Education were present on the day to provide information on a variety of career options and how to go about achieving them.
Students at a stand at the Careers Day at CBS The Green.
There were a total of 19 speakers timetabled into the school day. The sessions took place in three different rooms with boys from 3rd to 6th years getting to choose who they went to see based on their career interests.
The speakers were Pat Ryan Dairymaster (Sales and Marketing), Ed O’Brien School Principal (Primary Teaching), Aiden O’Mahony (Gardaí), Ian Bowell Aspen Grove Solutions (IT-Software Development), JT Deenihan Lecturer, Owner Active Kingdom (Health & Leisure), Mark O’Sullivan General Manager Fels Point (Hotel & Catering), Philip Doyle Lecturer and Ryan Higgins Student (Creative Media), Liam Waldron Architect (Architecture), John Gannon Aspen Grove Solutions (Accounting), Michael O’Connor Aspen Grove Solutions (It-Hardware Management and Support), Dr John Daly Dairy Master (Factory Engineering and food related) and Michael Cassidy Astellas Pharma Ireland (Engineering and energy management), Commandant Brian Rusk, Lieutenant Colm Kingston and Sergeant David Locke (Defence Forces), Toiréasa Ferris and Margaret Thornton (Kerry College of Further Education).
Breda Dyland with John Gannon and people involved in the CBS Careers Day at the school on Wednesday.
The day went according to plan with all feedback being positive from both students and professionals.
The organisers would like to, on behalf of staff and students, sincerely thank all of those who took part and who made the day possible.
All in all, it seems that the Parents Council Careers Day will become an annual event and will be one that The Green is very proud of.
