February is Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month and Blue River Career Programs will be spotlighting its programs and a student from each program Monday through Friday in the Shelby County Post during the month of February.
The CTE spotlight today is Blue River Career Programs alumni Jill Goodwin. She attended BRCP in 1996-1997 with the Business Center and 1997-1998 through our Co-op/Work Based Learning Program.
"BRCP not only provided me with an education focused on business but also introduced me to the company in which I have built my career,” said Goodwin. “I had expressed interest in the Co-op/work-based learning course near the completion of the Business Center course I attended and was introduced to several companies that supported the work-based learning program at BRCP.
“After job shadowing and interviewing at a few of these companies, I was offered and accepted a temporary co-op position at what was then known as Standard Register. That single opportunity led to a full-time position where I was able to advance from clerical roles to management roles and eventually to my current role as Director of Operations of that same company which is now known as Taylor."
Goodwin’s advice is to keep learning through any situation.
"Education is important. Continued learning beyond your formal education is even more important,” she said. “Be a student of your occupation. Learn all you can about the industry, service, or field you are in and then use that knowledge to advance and succeed."
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