The Flying Start Program serves Lincoln County, Oregon's employable students, delivering career training to them at school, and lending wings to their success. Click here for the Flying Start Careers Calendar.

Chris Waugh presents the interactive sessions in a format much like business training meetings, and provides handout masters to the school in advance.

The training modules are:

• Why Some People are so Wierd - Understanding Different Personalities
• Let's Talk - Master Communication Skills and Power Words
• Who Likes to Argue? Conflict Appreciation and Constructive Arguing
• Where are You Heading? Success for People Who Hate Goals
• Are You Scrambling to Meet Deadlines? How to Get Time on Your Side
• Looking Good - Basic Professional Image and Business Etiquette
• The Steps to Your Future - Identify Your Job Choices and Career Heading
• Winning the Game - Resume and Interview Skills that Lead to Job Offers
• Have Fun and Make Money - Develop Your Sales and Service Skills

The programs are available to:

Newport High School Carolyn Brown School Taft High School Career Tech School Seventh Day Adventist School

Toledo High School Siletz Valley School Eddyville School Waldport High School Angell Job Corps

Flying Start Career Training is possible because of the participation of many community organizations. The 2007-8 sponsors are Central Lincoln PUD, Pepsi Cola Bottling, Oregon Coast Bank, West Coast Bank, the Lincoln City Rotary Club, TLC Federal Credit Union, Umpqua Bank, Les Schwab Tire Center of Newport, Mariner Square, Carpet Etc/Carpet One, Grimstad & Associates, Hallmark Inn, Chinook Winds Casino Resort, Bank of the West and Wal-Mart.

Click here for the Flying Start Careers Calendar