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Andrew Workman ascends a climbing wall on Wednesday at Layton High School during the annual legion event, in which students explored various careers.

Layton High students explore career possibilities

Last updated Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 11:01pm

LAYTON -- Layton High School art teachers want their students to know there is more to a career in the arts than meets the eye.

As part of the third annual Layton High legion activity, students were given the opportunity Wednesday to explore careers in their field of interest.

Students in the artistic legion were given a sneak peek at a Discovery Channel documentary that follows the daily work of Joe Walsh, general stage manager of Cirque du Soleil's "O" at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. The show will air sometime in May.

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Bridgette Berkeley takes care of a patient in the ICU at Ogden Regional Medical Center recently. She graduated in July and says she knows she’s lucky to have gotten a job in her field so quickly. One thing that helped was that hospital officials knew her work ethic, as she worked as a secretary and a nursing assistant at the hospital while in school. (NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner)

Economy hides possible impending shortage of nurses

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 9:14am

SOUTH OGDEN — When Bridgette Berkeley goes to work as an intensive care unit nurse at Ogden Regional Medical Center, she feels fortunate.

A July nursing graduate from Stevens-Henager College, Berkeley said she’s bucking the trend to already have the job she wants such a short time after graduation.

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Ogden High School students are making their own biodiesel fuel out of used cooking oil (right) and using a small jet engine (bottom) to test the fuel, possibly leading neighbors and fellow students to wonder if a jet is taking off nearby. (Photo composite by MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD and BRYAN NIELSEN/Standard-Examiner)

Ogden High students all revved up over biodiesel fuel

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 6:06am

OGDEN — Neighborhood residents and students in and around Ogden High School may wonder why it sounds like a jet has been taking off over the past couple of weeks — but it’s just a little engineering being put to good use.

Students in Roger Snow’s principles of engineering class are getting hands-on experience using recyclable energy by creating biodiesel fuel and then running it through a small jet engine.

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Pat Wheeler, of Weber State University’s Goddard School of Business & Economics, offers advice Monday on what questions to expect during an interview, how to write a resume and cover letter, how to follow up and how to network. (NANCY VAN VALKENBURG/Standard-Examiner)

Expert from WSU shares how to land a job in today's economy

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 26, 2012 - 9:40pm

ROY — Before you face a job interviewer, face yourself in the mirror.

That’s the advice of Pat Wheeler, who coordinates Weber State University’s Goddard School of Business & Economics.

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10 questions to expect during job interviews

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 26, 2012 - 9:17pm

Following is a list of questions job applicants may be asked. Pat Wheeler, of the Weber State University Goddard School of Business & Economics, suggests preparing brief, to-the-point answers to each question before a job interview. She also suggests interviewees dress professionally and send a prompt thank-you note after the interview.

Click here to learn more about Wheeler and her advice.

Wheeler's 10 job interview questions:

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Maegan Tingey, of Bountiful High School, adjusts her project, a dress made from Harry Potter books, for the "recycle and redesign" category at the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America State Conference at the Davis Conference Center in Layton on Wednesday. Students from across Utah competed in different subjects like culinary arts, fashion design, leadership, nutrition and wellness and more. (ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner)

Students learn life skills as they serve others

April Hale Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 11:02pm

LAYTON — Junior high and high school students from across the state met Wednesday to share their knowledge and talents in family and consumer sciences.

The annual Family, Career and Community Leaders of America State Conference allowed approximately 1,000 students to compete in one of 28 categories ranging from culinary arts and interior design to applied technology and job interviews.

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Horace Mann Elementary fifth-graders control their station during a mock orbiter launch at Odyssey Elementary School's Astro Camp in Ogden on Thursday. (KENDAL RUSSELL/Standard-Examiner)

Astro Camp initiates learning about mission control in 5 ... 4 ... 3 ...

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 10:48pm

OGDEN — Liftoff was touch and go for the cockpit crew of the orbiter Phoenix. For one thing, the astronauts got only little more than an hour of mission training, as opposed to the 18 months usually required by NASA.

Then there was the fact that the ground staffs of both Mission Control and the Operations Center, also new to their jobs, could not pronounce some of the complex names of the technical systems they were trying to power up and lock down. And to top it off, there was the distracting group of kindergartners standing around a piano in the hallway, singing about colors and raindrops.

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Sex ed bill may slow high school students' education in nursing, other health care fields

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 16, 2012 - 1:08pm

OGDEN — Weber State University may have to stop offering three courses to high school students if Gov. Gary Herbert approves House Bill 363.

HB 363, approved by lawmakers during the 2012 Utah Legislature, mandates abstinence-only sex education in Utah public schools.

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Passion vital to success in your business or career

Brad Larsen Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 11:52pm

Remember the days when you loved going to work? You were challenged, excited and up for the next adventure. Or maybe you never felt that passion.

Either way, this article is for you. You can discover the passion that's available in your work or rediscover the passion you once had.

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OWATC hosting career fair today

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 5, 2012 - 11:28pm

OGDEN -- Ogden-Weber Applied Technology College will host its seventh annual Career Fair today.

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Rachel White, a 20-year-old from Kaysville, performs as an ice skater as a cast member aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas and Allure of the Seas cruise ships. (Photo courtesy of Rachel White)

Kaysville ice skater takes her show on the sea

Dana Rimington Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - 8:22am

KAYSVILLE — Life changed for a 20-year-old Kaysville woman the moment she stepped aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas cruise ship.

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Illustration by SHADE LEEDS/ROy High School/shadeyday@hotmail.com

Which way will you go?

Miranda Romero Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, February 20, 2012 - 10:44am

By the middle of high school, most students have already started thinking about their future.

It is important for high school students to create a strategy to identify opportunities for selecting their potential career paths based on their interests and experiences. So don't let yourself get to senior year panicking about what you are going to do with your life. Plan ahead and be prepared.

Here are eight tips on how to pick a career path that's right for you.

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Human library “book” Jose Castillo, a Utah State University philosophy student, talks to his “readers” Tuesday about his specialty topic: making the most of life’s second chances. (NANCY VAN VALKENBURG/Standard-Examiner)

Public checks out human library books at Utah State

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 7:27am

LOGAN -- Christian Orr waited, with neatly combed hair and a dapper outfit with a sweater vest, hoping someone would check him out.

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Internships benefit high school students, Standard-Examiner

Dave Greiling Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, November 26, 2011 - 10:01am

Alyssa Roberts is, without a doubt, the youngest person you'll currently find in our newsroom.

She is a senior at Davis High School and our current high school intern.

The high school interns, usually one per semester, work under the direction of Becky Cairns, a feature writer and editor of the award-winning weekly TX.