Do you remember taking a career interest survey when you were in high school? Did it determine your career journey, or was it just something you joked with friends about on your way to the cafeteria? Through a partnership with Alabama General Contractors and the Alabama Workforce Council’s Region 3, a better type of career interest survey is coming to Tuscaloosa-area schools: YouScience.

YouScience measures students’ aptitude as well as their interests. Many times, students don’t show interest for a career they could have tremendous aptitude for because they simply don’t know a career in that field exists. Often, careers in education and healthcare show the highest level of interest. Why? Students have been exposed to teachers their entire life in the school setting, and they’ve visited doctor’s offices since they were babies. (more…)