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Home / Washington Business - March/April 2004 / Business Week Allows Job Providers to Work One-on-One with Tomorrow's Leaders |
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Business Week Allows Job Providers to Work One-on-One with Tomorrow's Leaders |
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Written On: March/April 2004 |
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Written By: By Shawnte Pearson |
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Experiencing business is what Washington Business Week (WBW) is all about. WBW is a rigorous week-long business education program for all high school students. Each year the program is delivered to more than 5,000 students from across the state during summer and in-school sessions. Washington Business Week gives high school students a unique opportunity to work one-on-one with business professionals. Throughout the week, teens learn all about how business works from the inside out, what it takes to run a business, and how to be successful.
Students work in small teams as “companies,” each competing with the others in the world of production, marketing and finance. It’s an intense experience in the challenges and opportunities available in the American system of free enterprise that brings schools and local business together. The participants learn about more than just business; they learn about leadership, life, and themselves. During the week students connect with guest speakers, and get engaged with activities on a college campus of their choosing. One student each week is chosen for a $3,000 scholarship provided by PEMCO Financial Services.
A program of Washington Business Week’s caliber has a major (and sometimes life-changing) impact on many of the students that attend. The impact is so strong that a few Washington Business Week graduates are still involved in the program today. They have come back to volunteer their time as a business professional, or “Company Advisor.” As an advisor, these business professionals have the opportunity to share their experience, knowledge, expertise, and personal success stories. It gives students a good mentor to follow, and empowers them to think they can do what they put their mind to because someone believes in them.
Jeremy Cummings of Weyerhaeuser Company graduated from the WBW Program in 1991 and now volunteers as a Company Advisor.
“As a student I was lost. I heard about Washington Business Week in one of my classes and thought I would give it a try. I learned a lot about business. A few years later I heard about the opportunity to be a Company Advisor through work (Weyerhaeuser Company), remembered what a great time I had, and wanted to give back to the program.”
To find more information about getting involved with the Washington Business Week Program by volunteering your time as a Company Advisor, contributing to the program, or sharing information with your high school child or employee, please call 1-800-686-6442, e-mail info@wbw.org, or visit the WBW website at www.wbw.org.
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