Careers | Blue Ridge Career Pathways

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“One of the most courageous things you can do is identify yourself, know who you are, what you believe in and where you want to go.”

Sheila Murray Bethel

Career Clusters

Worlds of Work represents seventeen Career Clusters. An in-depth look at these clusters is included on this website and as a PDF to help you plan your career. We hope that you can explore many career opportunities through this experience.

Worlds of Work Exploration Booklet

A Note to the Parents

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Today, you need math, language arts, and technology skills for EVERY job.

Math and science intensive jobs are outpacing job growth at a ratio of 3:1 (meaning there are 3 math and science intensive jobs to every 1 job that is not).

When it comes to earning big without spending big on college, it pays to go with specialized or technical degrees.

Careers in fields such as health care, manufacturing, and information technology offer median earnings of up to $55,000 or more for graduates with an associate’s degree.

Career Consortium

Collaborators

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Agriculture, Foods, & Natural Resources

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The Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resouces cluster is about the production, processing, marketing, distribution, financing, and development of agricultural commodities and resources

Architecture & Construction

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The Architecture and Construction cluster is about careers in designing, planning, managing, building, and maintaining the built environment.

Arts, AV Technology, & Communications

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The Arts, A/V Technology, and Communications cluster is about flexing your creativity, design, writing, performing, and multimedia skills.

Business Management & Administration

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Business Management and Administration careers use your organizational and leadership skills to prepare for careers where you plan, direct, and evaluate operations to run a successful business.

Education & Training

The Education and Training cluster is about using your ability to motivate and your lover of people to provide education and training that reaches individuals of all ages and across a range of industries.

Energy

The Energy clusters uses your interests in helping people and passion for your community to prepare for careers in the energy sectors.

Finance

The Finance cluster is about using your skills in math and statistics to prepare for well-paying careers in financial and investment planning, banking, insurance, and business financial management.

Government & Public Administration

The Government and Public Administration cluster is about using your passion for public service to prepare to work in a diverse array of jobs found in local, state and federal government.

Health Sciences

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Health care is one of the fastest-growing labor markets in the world. There are a lot of careers in health science other than doctors and nurses.

Hospitality & Tourism

Hospitality & Tourism encompasses the management, marketing, and operations of restaurants and other food services lodging, attractions, recreation events, and travel-related services.

Human Services

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The Human Services cluster uses your skills to provide support to families and individuals with services from working in early childhood care to providing mental health services for older adults.

Information Technology

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The Information Technology cluster uses your love of technology to learn how to design, develop and manage different types of software and hardware programs.

Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security

The Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security cluster is about planning, managing, and providing legal, public safety, protective services and homeland security, including professional and technical support services.

Manufacturing

The Manufacturing cluster is about planning, managing, and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products and related professional and technical support activities.

Marketing

The Marketing cluster flexes your creative skills for a career in advertising, public relations, sales, or planning.

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics

The Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics cluster is about planning, management, and movement of people, materials, and goods by road pipeline, air, rail, and water and related support services dealing with infrastructure, logistics, equipment and facilities.

STEM & Information Technology

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The Information Technology & STEM clusters are about entry-level, technical, and professional careers related to the design, development, support, and management of hardware, software, multimedia, and systems integration services.

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