FIND YOUR FUTURE!

Event Overview

Region’s largest, hands-on career

exploration experience for high school

students, teachers and counselors to

learn about today’s hottest jobs from

working professionals!

Mark Your Calendar:

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Suburban Collection Showplace

Novi, Michigan

THEME: Find Your Future!

FOCUS – In-Demand Careers

in These Sectors:

Advanced Manufacturing

Construction

Health Sciences

Information Technology

Thousands of current job openings in these

career sectors across Oakland County,

Southeast Michigan, State and Nation

REGIONAL

Participating Counties Oakland, Macomb, Wayne,

Washtenaw, Livingston

Oakland County providing planning,

marketing and logistical resources in 2018

Purpose

Why MiCareerQuest? • Building Our Future

Talent Pipeline

• Connecting Employers,

Educators and Student

Workforce

How is MiCareerQuest

Different?

This is not a career fair. Instead,

students are given an opportunity to

experience each industry’s in-

demand jobs through hands-on,

interactive demonstrations – with

working professionals available to

answer questions and inspire!

Origin of Event West Michigan Works! launched

MiCareerQuest in Grand Rapids in 2015:

• Today – 9,000+ Students

• 10 Sponsors

• 100+ Employers

Their 2018 Event is April 25.

Success Factors

• Employer-Led Event

• Focus is on Career Awareness and Jobs –

Not Employer Branding

• Demonstrations are exciting and

inspirational

The Plan

The Plan: Goals • 10,000 high school students participate

and gain a better understanding of a

career they want to pursue

• Employers from the four sectors start to

build their future talent pipeline

• Post-Event: Teachers and Counselors

help students achieve their goals

Exhibit Structure • Exhibits focus on in-demand jobs and

career opportunities in four sectors, not

specific companies

• Quadrant exhibit space piped and draped

with branded colors and entrance/exit

signage to facilitate student movement

• 20-25 exhibitors per career quadrant

• Working Professionals helping with

demonstrations and available for

questions

Show Floor Layout

Event Logistics

• Approximately 10,000 student slots will be

allocated to schools across region on a

first come, first-serve basis

• Day is split into three, two-hour sessions

• Sessions start at 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m.

and Noon; approximately 3,300 students

at each

• Students start at assigned quadrant and

move through hall to experience all four

industry sectors

A Successful Exhibit

• Showcases Tools of the Trade

• Features an Interactive Task

• Integrates Technology

• Has Enthusiastic Working

Professionals to Inspire Students

Your Valued

Participation

Employers and working

professionals can create a

great student experience by:

• Coordinating well with their industry peers

• Building an impactful demonstration that helps

tell the story of their industry and in-demand

jobs available

• Allowing students to “see” and “feel” their work

• Describing career opportunities that exist in a

way that inspires

Employer/Exhibitor

Commitment

• Actively Participate in Your Quadrant

Planning & Design Meetings

• Provide In-Kind and/or Sponsorship Support

• Commit to Event by Early-April

First Come / First Served

• Set-Up Demo on Nov. 27 Day Before Event

• Be Prepared to Engage Students on Nov. 28

Educator Commitment

Intermediate School Districts

• Attend monthly planning meetings

• Promote the event to schools

• Share important information with registered schools

Post-Secondary Educational Sponsors

• Provide resources and staff for exhibits

• Attend planning and design meetings

• Talk with students about educational opportunities

and career pathways

School District Commitment • Determine number of students

• Select a session

• Reserve a spot for your school

• Arrange for field trip to event

• Secure chaperones

• Stay in contact with organizers, as needed

• Prep students in advance

• Participate in MiCareerQuest

• Complete post-event evaluation form

Sponsorships:

Critical Component

Business Involvement • Review the sponsorship packages available

• High-level sponsors will receive prominent

visibility at the event and in our publicity and

social media activities

• Career quadrant leadership is in charge of

overall composition and flow

• Several sponsor levels offer a seat on the

quadrant steering committee

• Quadrant exhibitors are the working

professionals that directly engage with students

Sponsorships Cover

Key Expenses

• Facility rental

• Display company operational

services

• Security

• Student and volunteer supplies

• Subsidizing student

transportation, where needed

Oakland County is taking lead

role this year – providing all the

planning, marketing and

logistical support.

Sponsor Opportunities

Sponsor Benefits PLATINUM

• Logo on top of corresponding quadrant archway

• Logo prominent in student onsite program

• Logo prominent on volunteer t-shirts

• Logo prominent on event website

• Mention in event press releases

• Display table at event

• Seat on Event Executive Committee

• Seat on corresponding Quadrant Steering Committee

GOLD

• Logo prominent on top left side of quadrant archway

• Logo in student onsite program

• Logo on event website

• Display table at event

• Logo on volunteer t-shirts

• Seat on corresponding Quadrant Steering Committee

Sponsor Benefits SILVER • Logo on left side of quadrant archway

• Logo in student onsite program

• Logo on event website

• Seat on corresponding Quadrant Steering Committee BRONZE

• Logo on quadrant archway

• Name in student onsite program

• Name on event website

• Participant on corresponding Quadrant Exhibitor Team

Executive Committee • Oakland County EDCA

• Michigan Works! Agencies

• Michigan Talent Investment Agency

• Michigan Department of Talent and Economic

Development

• Higher Education Sponsors

• Oakland Schools

• Quadrant Champions

• Suburban Collection Showplace

• Art Craft Display

Quadrant Steering Committee • Champion

• Platinum, Gold and Silver Sponsors

• Business Services Representatives

• Working Professionals

• Others TBD

Next Steps • First Executive Committee Meeting and

Career Quadrant Meetings starting in March

• Secure Sponsorships by April

• Determine Participating Schools

For More Info: Beth Tomaszewski, Project Manager

(248) 823-5127 | TomaszewskiE@oakgov.com

Facebook: Michigan Career Quest Southeast

Twitter: MiCareerQuestSE

OakGov.com/MiCareerQuestSE

FIND YOUR FUTURE!