Career Street

Quick reminder! Career Street uses these fund directly to develop and deploy a variety of quality career exploration experiences for students in our area to learn about local industry and make informed decisions about their future! There's still plenty of time!

Click here: https://www.eriegives.org/organization/career-street

Tomorrow is Erie Gives Day!

For Career Street, every donation helps create more opportunities for Erie County students to explore careers, meet local professionals, and discover what’s possible for their future.

We’ve reached 60,000 student career exploration experiences—and we’re just getting started!

If you believe in helping students see their future right here in Erie County, consider supporting Career Street tomorrow. Every gift makes a difference!

Congratulations Anne Conti for receiving the ACES Educator of the Year award! It’s a pleasure working with you Union City Area School District! Well deserved!

Tomorrow is Erie Gives Day!

For Career Street, every donation helps create more opportunities for Erie County students to explore careers, meet local professionals, and discover what’s possible for their future.

We’ve reached 60,000 student career exploration experiences—and we’re just getting started!

If you believe in helping students see their future right here in Erie County, consider supporting Career Street tomorrow. Every gift makes a difference!

Imagine being a student trying to decide what your future looks like.

Now imagine having hundreds of local employers willing to open their doors to help you explore it.

That's what Career Street makes possible.

Because employers, educators, and community partners work together, students have participated in more than 60,000 career exploration experiences throughout Erie County.

When people work together, amazing things happen.

That's what your Erie Gives gift to Career Street supports.

Employer tours can be extremely helpful in career exploration because they allow students to connect what they learn in school with real workplaces and real careers. Rather than simply hearing about a job, students can see it in action, ask questions, and experience a professional environment firsthand.

During the 2025-26 academic school year, Career Street facilitated 58 employer tours, to include 21 employers and 361 local students!

60,000 Career Exploration Experiences. Countless Student Stories. One Community Investment.

Happy to share this fantastic new resource!

Today, we were excited to officially release the Erie Together Profile of a Graduate Workbook to the community during our Erie Together Action Team meeting!

For the past several years, Erie Together's Profile of a Graduate has provided a shared vision of the knowledge, skills, and mindsets every young person in Erie County needs to succeed in career, college, and life. Today, we're excited to build on that work by providing a practical new resource that helps educators, youth-serving organizations, parents, caregivers, and others intentionally help young people develop those skills.

Designed primarily for use with high school students, this free workbook includes hands-on activities, assessments, facilitator instructions, student worksheets, answer keys, and suggestions for continued learning. It can be used in classrooms, after-school programs, youth organizations, workforce development programs, and at home.

Helping students prepare for successful futures isn't the responsibility of schools alone. It takes all of us working together.

We hope you'll download the workbook, put it to use, and share it with others who work with young people.

You can access both the Erie Together Profile of a Graduate and the new workbook at www.erietogether.org/grad.

I was hired to launch Career Street in late February 2014... 12 years later, I am in awe of its growth, evolution and ability to continue to provide quality career exploration experiences to the students in our area - 60,000 student career exploration experiences! The support and partnership with area schools, employers, organizations, and industry experts has gotten us this far. We can continue these efforts with your support!

60,000 reasons to believe in Career Street!

Remember us as you plan your donations on Erie Gives Day!

In the studio recording an updated “About” video. After 12 years and 60,000 student career exploration experiences, it was time!

Behind every Career Street experience is an employer who believes in the next generation.

We're incredibly grateful to the businesses and organizations that open their doors, share their expertise, and help students discover what's possible. Your time and commitment are making a lasting impact on thousands of young people across Erie County.

Today, we're highlighting a couple of our employer partners who shared what being part of Career Street has meant to them. Thank you to them—and to every employer helping inspire tomorrow's workforce!

“Our experience with Career Street has been seamless and rewarding.”
-Sarah Holland, Marketing Director
Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett, P.C.

"For over a decade Scott Enterprises, the largest hospitality company in the tristate area has had a strong partnership with Career Street in the effort to promote the hospitality business. The process has been very easy and has produced great results!"
- Chris N Scott
Vice President/ Owner Scott Enterprises

Job shadowing gives students the opportunity to move beyond learning about a career and actually experience it. By spending time with professionals, students gain insight into workplace expectations, explore career possibilities, and make more informed decisions about their future.