The newly hired student is on probation for 3 days. The company can fire the student on probation without consequences. If the company decides not to hire a student they interviewed, the student will go back on unemployment for at least 3 more days and repeat the interview process with another company. Career planning is a major part of the class. Students choose one of the eight career pathways in effect at the two Harlingen high schools.
Students then use a variety of resources to create a brochure for their career pathway.
In their final project, they create a Career Planning PowerPoint Presentation on their career pathway. Our Business Ventures students learn to use Microsoft Publisher, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. One of their first assignments is to create a logo for their company. They use Publisher for this assignment. They also use the Internet daily.