The annual Future Fest career fair returned to the Cobb Innovation and Technology Academy on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. More than 1,700 Cobb County middle and high school students attended the interactive festival showcasing future career opportunities.
 Students talk to C.W. Matthews construction. |  Goodwill of North GA interacts with high school students. |  McCarthy construction answers questions of a potential employee. |
There were over 100 career and educational displays at the expo. Stations offered hands-on career exploration experiences in high-demand career fields like healthcare, construction, information technology, energy, military, and public safety.
 Cobb EMC's Watson at the Cobb CTAE Future Fest. |  CCSD Maintenance department participates in Future Fest for the first time. |
The one-day event gave students the opportunity to learn about construction, healthcare, and experiment with robots, among other unique experiences. At one station, participants got to ride in the bucket truck as GA Power linemen guided them through the experience.
 GA Power bucket truck allows students to ride. |
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Special thanks goes out to our Future Fest event sponsors listed in the graphic below:
The following is a list of the Future Fest event booths:
Amitrace
Anning Johnson Company
Apple Inc.
Applied Academic Labs
Archer Western Construction
Arrow Exterminators
Atlanta Electrical Contractors Association
Automotive Training Center
Benning Construction Company
Blue Ridge Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
Body Interact
Brasfield & Gorrie
C.W. Matthews Contracting Co., Inc. (Outside)
Carpenters Union
Chattahoochee Technical College
CITA – Automotive Demos
CITA - Construction Cluster Demos
CITA - Energy & Power Demos
CITA - Heating & Air Conditioning Demos
CITA - Information Technology Demos
CITA - Welding Demos
CITA - Healthcare - CNA Demos
CITA - Healthcare - EMR/EMT Demos
CITA - Healthcare - Phlebotomy & Clinical Lab Demos
CITA - Heavy Equipment Operator Simulator Demos
Cobb and Douglas Public Health
Cobb County 911
Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services Careers
Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services - Outside
Cobb County Police Department
Cobb County School District - Maintenance Department
Cobb County Water System
Cobb EMC Careers
Cobb EMC - Bucket Truck (Outside)
Cobb EMC Linemen (Outside)
Crane Nuclear
Delta Air Lines
Delta Community Credit Union
Ferrovial Construction / Cintra
GA Army National Guard
GA Army National Guard Vehicles (Outside)
Georgia CTSOs/GaDOE (DECA, FBLA, FCCLA, First Robotics, FFA, Hosa, SkillsUSA, TSA)
Georgia Highlands College
Georgia Power Careers
Georgia Power - Bucket Truck (Outside)
Georgia Power – Drone Demo (Outside)
Georgia Power - Electric Vehicle (Outside)
Georgia Trade School
Goodwill of North GA - Smyrna Career Center
Grady EMS Academy
Grady EMS Academy Ambulance (Outside)
GreyStone Power Corporation (Outside)
Inglett & Stubbs, LLC
Jim Ellis Automotive Group
Kennesaw State University Admissions
Kennesaw State University - Geography and Anthropology
Kennesaw State University - Psychological Science
Kennesaw State University - Science and Mathematics
Kennesaw State University - Wellstar College of Health and Human Services
Krause Family Ford (Outside)
L3 Harris
Life University Admissions
Life University – Business and Computer Science
Life University – Exercise Science
Life University - Health Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Allied Health)
Lockheed Martin
MAD-learn
Maxair Mechanical
Mayer Electric Supply
McCarthy Building Company Careers
McCarthy Building Company (Outside Demo)
McEachern Culinary Demo
McKenney's
Mechanical Contractors Association
Mechanical Trades Institute
Metamorphasis Powerhouse Company, Inc. ( CS Education Bus)
Paul Mitchell The School Esani
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) Georgia “Sim-bulance” (Outside)
Pharaoh's Conclave
Prime Power Services, Inc.
Primerica Financial Services
RE:IMAGINE
Ruby-Collins, Inc.
Southern Educational Systems
Technical Training Aids
Walton Sports Medicine
WCHHS KSU - Nursing
Wellstar Health System
Wellstar Trauma Network
WorkSource Cobb
Yancey Bros. Co.
