16th Annual Career Fair
"Career All-Stars"
Held April 25, 2008
Smithson-Craighead Academy
 Nashville, Tennessee
12:00 Noon - 2:00PM
 

The entire student body at the Smithson-Craighead Academy has an opportunity to explore over 30 careers at the BEEM (Business Exchange for the Entrepreneurially Minded) Career Fair.  The fair is designed to give youth early exposure to career options and positive role models. This year's career fair, titled "Career All-Stars," exposed the elementary school children to entrepreneurs, corporate executives, doctors, dentists, musicians, artists, educators, disc jockeys, journalists, lawyers, ministers, police officers, fire fighters and others.  This year’s fair also highlighted historic career all-stars, business figures who have impacted the economic fabric of America and the world.

 
The Career Fair is a professional exploration dimension of ISOA’s BEEM Program that aims to teach youth, grades K-4 about business and entrepreneurship to foster economic development. The BEEM Career Fair was the first in Nashville to focus on exposing children as early as kindergarten to business and career possibilities.  The fair is now in its 16^th consecutive year.

ISOA’s BEEM Program has received numerous honors and awards such as Golden Rule awards for community service and education from J.C. Penney, Brookmeade Elementary School awards for outstanding service and excellence, and an award from Tennessee 's Governor for service to youth. It also has been recognized as a Metropolitan Nashville School "showcased" program and a Tennessee State Legislative Caucus model youth program.

Unwavering supporters of the Career Fair include the Fisk University Wesley Foundation, the Hendersonville Area Chapter of the Links Inc., Hoskins & Co.,   Tennessee State University's College of Business, and TSU ¹s Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE).