Cowlitz PUD host 6th Annual High School Career Day
12-30-2024
On November 6, 2024, Cowlitz PUD hosted 118 local high school students from 7 area high schools to learn about careers at in the public power sector.
After the safety briefing, our employee volunteers spent a few minutes giving students a brief overview of their career area they would be presenting on. We had employees from the following departments: Lineman, Technology – IT and Data Analytics, GIS, Electrical & Transmission & Distribution Engineering, Fleet, Electrician, Human Resources and Communications/Public Relations.
Students selected their top two careers and spent the next hour attending the career sessions where they could learn about the career path, what type of schooling is required and talk with employees about their experience and how they came to work at the PUD.
In the six years Cowlitz PUD has hosted this career fair we have interviewed multiple students that have attended while in high school and hired three employees that have attended this day.
Our goal as an employer is to educate the youth on good local careers in the Cowlitz County area.