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What Do Younger comes to work. Among the outcomes Cunningham, and some of the young
that millennials and Gen Z are looking people for an episode of the “Featured
People Want When for is training and education on how to Insights with CCED” podcast. It was

It Comes to Work? be better leaders. Mr. Perna said that in interesting to hear from the students
order to be successful in the workplace, what they want to do with the skills they
employees need “academic knowledge, learned now for summer camp and in
By Debbie Bowden, Director,
technical competencies, and professional the future for whatever comes their way.
Caroline County Economic skills.” Those professional skills are what

Development and Tourism are sometimes referred to as “soft skills,” If you have a chance to participate or

send your staff to leadership training,
but they are the backbone for leadership.
This time last it will be a great benefi t. And it doesn’t

year, I was part There are many programs and pathways have to be just millennials or Gen Z. I
o f a co ho r t for leadership in Caroline County and went to Leadership Maryland, and I am
of folks from the region. There is one program that way beyond being called young!

across Maryland lives in Caroline County Recreation and FYI – Help us get the word out about
that made up the Parks – Counselors In Training. This the available space in Caroline County.
2022 Leadership program takes young people who are If you have a supplier or customer that is
Maryland class. interested in working in the summer
It was a great experience. The other camp program and allows them to looking for a great place to do business,
please have them reach out to me.
economic development staff also learn what it takes to lead. Th e cohort
participate in leadership skills training is a two-year program of pre-teens and Caroline County Economic Development

- Tara Hill-Coursey in Shore Leadership, young teenagers. They learn the ins-and- and Tourism is an offi ce within Caroline
and Kendall Teague in Dale Carnegie. outs of working in a summer camp and County government. For updates on
the basic skills for leading a group of any future business support, please visit
I bring this up because I recently saw a
campers and peers. carolinebusiness.com, sign up for our
generational expert, Mark Perna, give a newsletter, and follow Caroline County
speech on what “young people” (those I spoke with the Recreation and Economic Development on Facebook.
ages 42 and younger) want when it Parks staff, Nicole Scott and Katie

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