Career and industry exposure for high school students
Offered once per month, Raise the Bar’s® Career Expo Series allows high school students and teachers to explore the workplaces and careers of Hancock County’s industries. Each event includes:
Multiple workplace tours
Engagement with professionals in a variety of industry roles
Conversations with training providers at the post-secondary level on certifications and degrees
Resources and links to facilitate follow-up conversations
Past EXPOS
Hospitality & Tourism Industry
Hosting Employers and Career Conversations
Hancock Conventions & Visitors Bureau (marketing and outreach, event planning, tour guides, travel consultants)
Marathon Center for the Performing Arts (marketing, fundraising, show scheduling, production, patron services)
Hancock Hotel (event planning and hosting, marketing, patron services, catering)
Hancock Historical Museum (event planning and hosting, education, curation, marketing, sales, fundraising, archivist)
Post-Secondary Training Conversations
Finance Industry
Hosting Employers and Career Conversations
Waterford Bank (banking services, loan officers, clerks)
Marathon Petroleum Corporation (corporate finance, financial analysts)
Hixon-Zuercher Capital Management (financial risk, personal financial advisors, investment analysts)
UIS Insurance and Investments (sales agents, insurance underwriters, claims and policy clerks)
Post-Secondary Training Conversations
Health science Industry
Hosting Locations and Career Conversations
Owens Community College - Findlay Campus (Surgical Technicians, Biomedical Technicians, Medical Coding, Occupational Therapy Assistants, and Physical Therapy Assistants)
University of Findlay (Nuclear Medicine Technicians, Diagnostic Sonography, and Medical Lab Science)
Blanchard Valley Health System (EMTs and Paramedics, Nursing, Cancer Care, Health Information & Medical Coders, Laboratory, and Ultrasound Technicians)
Spectrum Eye Care (Ophthalmic Technologists)