Trades

Huntington Educator Wins National Award For Skilled Trades Teachers 

The prize, meant to increase understanding, support and investment in skilled trades education in U.S. public high schools, received more than 1,000 applications from 49 states and Washington D.C.

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Pause On Youth Jobs Program Will Affect Charleston Center

The latest federal cuts will close a national job program for disadvantaged youth. The Department of Labor announced Thursday a phased pause in operations at contractor-operated Job Corps centers nationwide, including the Charleston Job Corps Center. ...

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Middle School Career And Technical Training Hopes To Improve Student Engagement, Employment

“I've seen kids go to college and have no idea what they want to be and go get a political science degree, then they can’t get a job,” Hardesty said. “I am sick and tired of a counselor telling a kid in the welding program ‘You don't want to be a welder’ when he can go out and make $40 an hour and get hired today.”

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DHHR Partnership Supports New Career Pathways For Women

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources is partnering with several organizations to create new career pathways for women. 

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