Career expo hopes to ‘light a spark’ with QC students, adults

1,600 students, and many adults attend event

By: Dave Thompson|November 19, 2025

|5 min read

A student gets some welding lessons during the Building Futures Career Expo on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 18, at the QCCA Expo Center in Rock Island. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

Eric Steele was busy talking about the work of cement masons on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 18, at the QCCA Expo Center in Rock Island.

He spent much of the day talking to hundreds of students and adults, telling them about that career and other jobs available in the building trades.

“I tell them it’s a career, not just a job. I really push that.…

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