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2 2 S T U F F • F a l l 2 0 1 9 S T U F F M a d e I n N H . c o m you're not so interested in." She plans to continue to work as an intern part-time at Hitchiner during the school year. Hitchiner's continued partnership with Milford High School benefits the company and opens career pathways for students, some of whom are offered jobs at the company. The experiential learning enables students to make a better- informed decision about whether to take on the tuition obligation of college, and which career to pursue, said Timothy Sullivan, Hitchiner's vice president of corporate affairs and services. Hitchiner also offers summer engineering internships for college students and has other upcoming career pathway initiatives in the works. Many other individual employers are also doing their part to reach out to prospective employees. MSI Mechanical Systems, for example, offers co-ops to high school students and has done much to help workers gain experience and skills. Brian Hooper, vice president of operations at MSI, said a number of MSI's former co-op students continue to work for him today in their 30s, while others have opened their own companies. All of these programs are vital to worker success, employers, and the state. "Young people are our future, the biggest contributors to the economy," Brahim said. "More workers are not going to fall from the sky. And there's [currently] not enough." PHOTO | Matthew Wright Calista Chappell, 16 POSITION: Intern COMAPNY: Hitchiner Manufacturing Co. Inc., Milford SCHOOL: Milford High School SALARY: $12 an hour, "which was much better than I expected" as a 16-year-old, she said. CAREER ASPIRATION: Engineering PLAYING ALL THE RIGHT NOTES: "I've played piano since first grade, I picked up the flute in fifth grade, then I started playing the piccolo my sophomore year … I'm a student leader for the marching band, which is very exciting." Calista Chappell interned in a variety of departments for Hitchiner, including the engineering department. PHOTO | Matthew Wright VIDEO LINK SEE P AGE 7 VIDEO LINK SEE P AGE 7