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Earthmover Credit Union CEO and Oswego District 308 alum touts career pathways programs · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Earthmover Credit Union CEO and Oswego District THREEHO eight alumtaut's
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  Speaker 1: Career Pathways Programs. Written by Judy Harvey. This article is
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  Speaker 1: Janelle Cabada's president and CEO of Earthmover Credit Union, is
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  Speaker 1: an Oswego High School alumna who got her early start
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  Speaker 1: in finance through the Panther Credit Union, a student run
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  Speaker 1: branch of Earthmover at the high school. Those experiences helped
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  Speaker 1: her pave the way to many personal and professional milestones.
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  Speaker 1: She said, it gave me my first real glimpse into
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  Speaker 1: what a future career could look like, Cabada said in
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  Speaker 1: a news release from District threeh eight. The Banking and
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  Speaker 1: Finance Internship is open to Oswego HS seniors and allows
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  Speaker 1: students to work in the Panther Credit Union, gaining valuable
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  Speaker 1: experience in the industry. Benjamin Owen, director of colleg Colledge
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  Speaker 1: and Career Readiness in District threeh eight, said the Panther
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  Speaker 1: Credit Union has been beneficial to students and Earthmover alike.
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  Speaker 1: This model really just shows the success an impact it
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  Speaker 1: can have by providing students with opportunities early on meeting
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  Speaker 1: the needs of an industry partner, and then allowing for
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  Speaker 1: that success within a career path that a student identified.
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  Speaker 1: Owen said in the release, having this US opportunity in
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  Speaker 1: high school ultimately helped Cabatis get started in her career.
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  Speaker 1: She said, early exposure to this line of work in
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  Speaker 1: high school shaped my understanding of the professional world. It
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  Speaker 1: helped me discover not only what I liked, but also
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  Speaker 1: what I didn't. Learning that early was priceless, she said.
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  Speaker 1: Owen said this applies to students engaged in all career
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  Speaker 1: related learning, not just Panther Credit Union. For students, work
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  Speaker 1: based learning is absolutely essential because it allows students to
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  Speaker 1: explore and find their post secondary path while it's low risk,
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  Speaker 1: before there's a huge investment in training or tuition. He said.
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  Speaker 1: The experience allows students to try various opportunities to find
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  Speaker 1: something that aligns with their interests or their skills. In
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  Speaker 1: addition to the Panther Credit Union, other career oriented courses
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  Speaker 1: are available for seniors in workplace experience and internships in
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  Speaker 1: numerous subject areas. Students can gain skills through classroom activities,
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  Speaker 1: but beyond that, they can gain experience on the job. Ultimately,
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  Speaker 1: the learning that students get to do and connections can
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  Speaker 1: set them up for a lifelong career, like it did
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  Speaker 1: for Cabata. As the district said, working at a credit
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  Speaker 1: union was not always Cabata's vision for herself. She said,
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  Speaker 1: I would be lying if I said I dreamed of
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  Speaker 1: working at a credit union when I was sixteen. Kabata said.
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  Speaker 1: What I did want was to learn. I wanted to
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  Speaker 1: make a difference in someone's life and work for a
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  Speaker 1: company that aligned with my values. Hands on experience for
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  Speaker 1: high school students can open doors to incredible opportunities, Kabata said,