Careers that Work

Lycoming Careers that Work

Coming September 16th, 2026

Season 5 of Careers That Work heads to Lycoming County to meet the people building, creating, solving and shaping the region’s workforce. Across 10 all-new episodes, discover careers you may know, careers you may have never considered and the real people who make them happen—from assembly workers and pressmen to content creators and skilled craftspeople. Whether you’re exploring what comes after high school, considering a new direction or simply curious about the opportunities in your community, you don’t have to have it all figured out. Sometimes, you just have to see what’s possible.

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Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrow's Careers

To address the concerns of developing a properly skilled and prepared local workforce, WVIA is partnering with the 1994 Charles B. Degenstein Foundation to produce a multi-faceted media and related curriculum initiative called Careers that Work that will focus on educating and preparing students for well-paying jobs that fulfill the employment needs of growing industries throughout our region.

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Our area’s aging workforce will soon be leaving the employment pool, creating a need to fill the coming vacancies.

This, along with expanded automation and a rapidly evolving economy, requiring skilled and adaptable employees, indicates an urgent need to address the specific requirements of key and growing industries throughout our region.

To combat shortcomings and equity gaps, Careers That Work introduces students to the real-life application of skills found in the workplace, providing an understanding of career opportunities, and their requisite pathways for empowered employment.

Each short video is accompanied by curriculum that focuses on grades 4th through 12th, fostering early awareness and education emphasizing PA Career Readiness Standards and Career Pathways. The videos and curriculum highlight and explore high demand jobs in our region, focusing on career descriptions, necessary workforce skills, career pathways, and salary. Videos are hosted on the WVIA Education portal, shared on all WVIA social media platforms as well as being featured by PBS Learning Media.

Careers that Work not only addresses workforce skills development for grades 4th through 12th, but also offers career pathways education. Curriculum content includes lesson plans, activities, and evaluative materials, all aligned to the Pennsylvania Career Readiness standards.

Discover exciting career pathways with these worksheets:

Careers that Work is the winner of a 2023 Public Media Award!

The National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) recognized WVIA as the winner of a Public Media Award for the Careers that Work campaign in the Education Resources for the Community category.

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