Tag: apprenticeship programs

Business

Workforce development program gives teens a small paid job with classroom time; could be model for construction industry

The Wall Street Journal had an interesting article Thursday describing how a wire factory in Georgia employed high school kids during the summer to help develop their work skills and improve their attitudes and academic performance. The program has the kids do fairly simple tasks in the factory for pay four hours a day and […]

August 11, 2014

Business

Oregon contractors, state leaders host pre-apprenticeship programs to introduce teens to construction

Expecting a sustained recovery in demand and the need to hire lots of young workers in the next few years, contractors in Oregon are working to drum up interest in the construction industry among teens and are reporting positive results. The state’s construction businesses are expected to hire 30,000 workers by 2020—45 percent of which […]

July 23, 2013

Construction Equipment

Now that the economy has opened a lot of ears

By Marcia Gruver Doyle   Sigh. The U.S. Census Bureau has just released two studies. The first, Field of Degree and Earnings by Selected Employment Characteristics: 2011, shows if you have a penchant for engineering, you’re in luck. People who majored in engineering had the highest earnings of any bachelor’s degree field, at $92,000 per year And […]

October 30, 2012

Construction Equipment

Government figures ignore “higher learning” options

Sigh. The U.S. Census Bureau has just released two studies. The first, Field of Degree and Earnings by Selected Employment Characteristics: 2011, shows if you have a penchant for engineering, you’re in luck. People who majored in engineering had the highest earnings of any bachelor’s degree field, at $92,000 per year And the second study — take […]

October 15, 2012