construction career days provides jobs for youth bringing youth into the construction industry
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Construction Career Days Provides Jobs for Youth
Bringing Youth into the Construction Industry
Colorado Construction Career Days – 2003, 2004, 2005
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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
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