For stats on the national and Georgia's skilled trades gap and a skilled trades career exploration tool, please visit GoBuildGeorgia.com.
America wasn't built from behind a desk, but now this country is suffering a skilled trade skills gap and nobody seems to be talking about it. Georgia is no exception--even as unemployment rose in recent years, there were still more skilled trade job openings than there were skilled workers qualified to take those jobs. Go Build Georgia is an initiative to usher Georgia career seekers into these high-demand skilled trades (such as welding, brickmasonry, plumbing, electrical tech, and carpentry). These tend to have shorter postsecondary training but can still have higher salaries and more job security than meets the eye.
For stats on the national and Georgia's skilled trades gap and a skilled trades career exploration tool, please visit GoBuildGeorgia.com. We're used to hearing about 'summer melt' in reference to the way students lose learning momentum after they have been away from school for the summer. This article from Inside Higher Ed describes another level of summer melt--that of students who are accepted into college but ultimately lose momentum in following through with enrollment. There are ways to prevent this summer melt between high school graduation and higher education, and it seems that a student's social network--particularly parents and friends--plays a key role in helping the situation. Please follow the link to learn more!
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/04/04/new_research_points_to_a_summer_melt_issue_for_low_income_students#sthash.vaaXS5Eh.rtZmJgbJ.dpbs |
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