Construction Career Days Provides Jobs for Youth

Construction Career Days Provides Jobs for Youth

Bringing Youth into the Construction Industry

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The Goal of Construction Career Days

• To Build a Construction Work Force

• Make Available Youth for Hire

• Get Youth into Training Programs

How Do You Achieve These Goals?

Industry Turns Out to Hire Youth

Expanding Job Fairs Throughout the State

• More schools will be able to participate

• Companies in outlying areas will have access to students to hire

• Involve Workforce Centers

Industry Proves Students are Needed for Future Workforce

• Industry’s reputation is enhanced

• More schools want Tech programs to prepare students

• Companies are seeing the results of investing their time, money, and energy to Construction Career Days

• The Job Fair takes Construction Career Days full circle

A Job Fair!

• First Annual Construction Industry Job Fair• Construction Career Day Schools Invited ages 18

years and over• Workforce Centers Clients• Community Colleges Construction Tech Programs• Over 45 Companies Participated• Dozens of Youth Hired• Dozens more enter Union and Open Shop

Training Programs• Schools and Industry Clamor for More

What Else?

• VIP Tour in Fall of 2006

• Program for Middle School Students

• School District Programs for Counselors

Building a Construction Workforce