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Steel stairs lead to the top of the Red Oak Fire Tower where there's a 14-foot square cabin with panoramic windows and a metal catwalk. There's electricity, but no water.
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Us & Them Encore: Disconnected Youth
West Virginia’s rate of “disconnected youth” has improved, but nearly 24,000 young people are still neither working nor in school. Us & Them explores what leaves some young people feeling stuck — and the programs trying to reconnect them to education, work and opportunity.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLegislation Encourages Job Training In Technical, Vocational Fields
People seeking short-term training for credentials in technical and medical fields will have an easier time finding programs and funding with new legislation.
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The Recharge West Virginia Program would reimburse employers for the costs of training employees, and also requires the trained employees receive a 25% pay raise.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsTraining Program Helps Women Take Advantage Of Construction Boom
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is bringing millions of dollars for construction and development all across the state. Thanks to a training program, West Virginia is well positioned to meet the demand for more workers with skilled women.
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W.Va. Among National Leaders In Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships go back to medieval times. Think of the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker. What’s old is new again and the growing vocational trend seems well fitted to the Mountain State workforce.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsUs & Them: Reconnecting West Virginia's Disconnected Youth
There's a name for young people, who aren't in school, or working, or training for work. They are disconnected youth. West Virginia has one of the highest rates of these young people — between the age of 16 and 24 — who feel stuck in the transition between school and joining the workforce.
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