Kaitlyn Sullivan (left), a guidance counselor, and Christina Joubert, a speech-language pathologist, discuss college materials with Kevin Yuan, a junior. All three visited from the HS of Economics and Finance.

Janella Hinds, the UFT vice president for academic high schools and the secretary treasurer of the New York City Central Labor Council, chats with students before speakers take the stage.

Meredith Saladis, a teacher and chapter leader at the Brooklyn School for Music and Theater, awaits the speakers in Shanker Hall with her students.

Students check out college literature at one of 36 college tables that were outside Shanker Hall.

High school students get information about careers in theater at the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees table, one of 25 unions represented at the fair.

The crowd applauds UFT President Michael Mulgrew after he shares his post-high school experience and encourages students to explore career possibilities in professions that are unionized.

Brendan Griffith, the chief of staff at the New York City Central Labor Council, explains the value of unions to the crowd of students.