About 99 percent of all career program completers find jobs within six months of graduation. With college costs skyrocketing, experience in a Career Program can help students make choices about a career pathway before investing in an expensive education. Career program students can earn money while still in high school for things like car insurance, concerts and clothes. The Compact offers 19 career programs ranging from Health Careers Technologies to Urban Forestry, from Collision Repair & Auto Refinishing to Culinary Arts and Catering. By taking advantage of opportunities such as Career Program internships, mentoring and worksite learning, students get a first hand look at the realities of a prospective career choice. Over the next 10 years, 65 percent of Ohio's new jobs will require high-tech skills. Career program completers earn 13 to 47 percent more than their non-college classmates. About 35 percent of career program completers go on to college or advanced training, and many use their job skills to help pay for their education. Only a third of the jobs now available will require a college degree in the next 10 years. The average worker makes eight to ten job changes in a lifetime.  Career program completers are better prepared to adapt to changes in the workplace.