Mid-South companies meet next generation talent at career fair
Students interact with SPOT, The Agile Mobile Robot by Boston Dynamics, during Junior Achievement’s career exploration fair at the Agricenter in Memphis. The fair brought 3,000 8th graders TN, MS and AR together for hands-on exposure to careers in industries such as transportation, agriculture, healthcare, marketing and more. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Junior Achievement’s JA Inspire Career Exploration Fair brought industry leaders and students together for a hands-on look into careers that are fast-growing, in high demand and close to home.
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Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South Agricenter International Dunavant Enterprises BlueOval SK Nucor SteelAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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