GALWAY– November 18th was an enlightening day for Galway students when when three guests from Career Direction and the National Guard came to visit Mr. Mulroy’s business classes to talk about career opportunities and future choices. The Career Direction programs discusses the importance of having the tools to be successful and happy with your life. The students of Galway were lucky to have these visitors to learn how to analyze themselves and plan for their own future.

Tony De Sena, a representative for Career Direction, presented some advice on the tools students will need to have the life that they want in the future. SSG Darrick Zwack from the National Guard and Will Meyers were also there to help De Sena give advice on how what you do now will affect your future.

The Career Direction program consists of many steps to help you build the roadway to the future. Students were asked to analyze their priorities, think about their personality and what career would best suit them based on what their interests are. The students did an interest inventory to see what type of career would best suit them. The category they fell into was based on their answers to questions about what they would and would not like to do. Some of these categories include art/communications, business/management, protective/military, science/mathematics, and a few more. This interest inventory was sent to the National Guard for evaluation and each student will receive a one-page report with career suggestions to best suit them individually.

After the completing the interest inventory, students were informed about the prospect of successful careers through matching their passions with their skills and setting goals for themselves so that they will always have something to work for and enjoy at the same time.

SSG Darrick Zwack and Will Myers also talked to students about how decisions you make now can effect your future. SSG Zwack talked about the National Guard and the Army and any form of military service, and the requirements that need to be met to join and what can hold a person back from being accepted. Zwack and Myers also discussed their past, their college experience and their involvement with the National Guard.

Through the Career Direction program, students were given the tools they need to make decisions about their future and to be able to balance their career with their social lives. Through the program students learned to plan ahead and to make decisions for themselves to make their lives what they want it to be. These guests taught students in Galway that they should do what they love and love what they do, and live their lives to the fullest.