STUDENT GUIDE2025-2026
WHY JA CAREERIGNITE?JA CareerIgnite is designed to give you a chance to connect withcompany partners to learn more about their industry and futurecareer opportunities! Use the bingo card at the event entrance toassist you in asking questions to the company representatives.Gather information on high demand careers, skills, education,and training needed to achieve your dream career!JA CAREERIGNITE IMPACT DURINGTHE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR20,746 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS13 SCHOOLS256 COMPANIESHave fun!
This field focuses on growing and managingplants and animals, making products fromthem, and getting those products to people.It includes things like farming, gardening,and working with natural resources.Agriculture, Food &Natural ResourcesThe architecture, engineering, andconstruction field focuses on designing,building, and maintaining structures likebuildings, bridges, and roads.Architecture, Engineering& ConstructionThis field offers careers in planning,organizing, and managing businesses,including jobs in investment planning,banking, and insurance.Business & FinanceAdvanced Manufacturing,Engineering & LogisticsThis job involves planning how things aremade, keeping machines running smoothly,and organizing how people and productstravel by car, plane, train, or boat.What is a Career Cluster?A career cluster is a group of jobs that use similar skills and knowledge. JA CareerIgnitehas taken the 16 national career clusters and combined them into 8 bigger groups.43Government, Law &Public ServiceThis field is about working in government. Itincludes making laws, keeping people safe,handling taxes, and giving public services.Jobs can also be in law, police, oremergency help.This field involves working in healthcare toplan and provide treatments, diagnoseillnesses, manage health information,support patients, and conduct research todevelop new medical technologies.Health & Life SciencesThis field involves running and promotingrestaurants, hotels, attractions, and events,as well as working in writing, publishing, arts,and entertainment.Hospitality & TourismThis field involves managing technology, likecomputers and software, and combiningdifferent tech systems to work together.TechnologySasha Lane was working as awaitress at a Tex-Mexrestaurant in Frisco, Texas,when she was discovered. Hertime in that role gave her agrounded start beforeentering the film world.As a kid on her family’sChristmas tree farm inPennsylvania, Taylor Swifthelped pick prayingmantis eggs off the treesso they wouldn’t hatch incustomers' homes. It wasan important task shetook seriously.Before his Hollywood success, ChrisHemsworth worked in a pharmacy.He cleaned and repaired medicaldevices for rental, scrubbing eachmachine with a toothbrush to makeends meet.
Career ClustersLevel of Education NeededINDemand Jobs are organized into eight career clusters,located at the top of the page. A career cluster is a group ofjobs and industries that are related by the knowledge andskills they require.Different jobs require different levels of education and skills.INDemand Jobs are grouped by education levels rangingfrom a HS diploma to a 4-year degree and beyond.OccupationsOccupations are the job titles that you may consider,depending on your interests, skills, the level of education youwish to pursue, and the salary range you would like to earn.Flame RatingThe flame rating shows the demand level of an occupationfrom low demand to high demand (1 to 5 flames) based onshort-term and long-term job projection data.Salary RangeA salary is an annual income. Individual salaries vary basedon your experience level, education, skills, employer, jobresponsibilities, and other factors.For more information on INDemand Jobs, please visit https://indemandjobs.dwd.in.gov/Using theINDemand Jobs Resource6
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FUTURE PLANNINGUsing the space below, answer the questions to plan for your future after this event.What is my dream job?What steps, education, or training isneeded to reach my dream job?DREAM BIG!Ifyoyuou can see it,can be it.What can I do now to help achieve these goals?Never too early tostart creating the lifeof your dreams.1144
HOSPITALITY PARTNERSILVERGOLDJunior Achievement is grateful to the generous sponsors and donors that havemade events like this possible, your support has been instrumental in bringingthis vision to life. A special thank you goes to our dedicated company partners,whose enthusiasm and passion has not gone unnoticed. We are deeply gratefulfor the countless hours our company partners have devoted.THANK YOU TO OUR 2025-2026SCHOOL YEAR PARTNERS!to see additional resources!SCAN ME!PRESENTING PARTNERS