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Students get a taste of the business world at Youth Harvesting Conference

Nearly 100 career-minded high school students have been put through their professional paces, at the third annual Youth Harvesting Conference with one selected to represent Bermuda this spring in New York.Organiser Sarah Fellows said Bermuda High School for Girls student Aoife Rynne has been selected to attend the United Nations International School Conference in March.Students from public and private schools got a taste of the business world in two days of presentations, with six teams assigned industries to learn about and represent.The hospitality team came out top in a group including accountancy and reinsurance, corporate business and small business, the medical field, trades and entrepreneurs.Each team had to give a breakdown of their industry, plus the level of education required for an entry job and the careers available locally.Their presentations were judged by a team of local and international businessmen, at the event held Thursday and Friday in XL Group’s headquarters.“This year we have seen a change in the career aspirations of our youth,” Ms Fellows said. “Three students out of 97 wished to go into the reinsurance industry.”The most popular career industry field was healthcare, she said, followed by entrepreneurship and small business.Although teams had to work tightly together, each student was accountable for their participation.Ms Fellows said the Youth Harvesting Conference will go on a tour of Bermuda’s schools this year, with the winning team to lead the workshops.The hospitality team winners were: Berkeley Institute’s Jasmyn Renfroe; Bermuda Institute’s Pierre Basden, Khaelijah Burgess, Alexa Holdipp and Donnae Norford; Sophie Froud and Jamie Gauk from Bermuda High School;KeAnne Adcock Smith and Crisante Bean from CedarBridge Academy; Cameron Holdipp and Adriana Woodley from Impact; Heather Blee from Mount St Agnes; Leandra Stracuqadario from Saltus, and Warwick Academy students Dylan Hollis, Seth Roberts Furbert and Amber Wilson.