Trojan Futures: Career Exploration
at Troy High School
Trojan Futures is a career exploration program for students at Troy High School, built in partnership with Troy High School staff and the Miami County Educational Service Center. Through personalized career assessments, coaching, and hands-on experiences like internships and job shadowing, the Trojan Futures program helps students create career paths toward successful futures. This helps them gain a clearer, more confident view of what’s next after graduation.
Local Education Opportunities
Trojan Futures students exploring life after high school can browse nearby colleges, universities, and career and technical schools below.
Top Companies Hiring in Miami County
Students exploring what’s next and close to home can start with these local employers.
Readiness Skills to Have For Your Career
Employers look for more than a diploma. The professional skills below make up the OhioMeansJobs-Readiness Seal, and every Trojan Futures student works toward demonstrating them.
- Drug Free. Being drug-free.
- Reliability. Has integrity and responsibility in professional settings.
- Work Ethic. Has effective work habits, personal accountability, and a determination to succeed.
- Punctuality. Arrives to commitments on time and ready to contribute.
- Discipline. Abides by guidelines, demonstrates self-control, and stays on task.
- Teamwork and Collaboration. Builds collaborative relationships with others and can work as part of a team.
- Professionalism. Demonstrates honesty, dresses and acts appropriately and responsibly, and learns from mistakes.
- Learning Agility. Desires to continuously learn new information and skills.
- Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving. Exercises strong decision-making skills, analyzes issues effectively, and thinks creatively to overcome problems.
- Leadership. Leverages the strengths of others to achieve common goals, coaches and motivates peers, and can prioritize and delegate work.
- Creativity and Innovation. Is original and inventive, communicates new ideas to others, and draws on knowledge from different fields to find solutions.
- Oral and Written Communication. Articulates thoughts and ideas clearly and effectively in written and oral forms.
- Digital Technology. Understands emerging technology and leverages it to solve problems, complete tasks, and accomplish goals.
- Global and Intercultural Fluency. Values, respects, and learns from diverse groups of people.
- Career Management. Self-advocates and articulates strengths, knowledge, and experiences relevant to success in a job or postsecondary education.