Supporting education and innovation.
Stan Forward Mentoring Inc. is a community-based organization collaborating with local and national institutions to enhance economic development through access to job training and career opportunities within the greater Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area. Our primary focus is to help provide young adults with the needed pathways into these programs by conducting, developing, and operating outreach and recruitment into pre-apprenticeship programs. We will also prepare and provide support to aid young adults transitioning from pre-apprenticeship to apprenticeship pathways to ensure their success.
Who Uses Apprenticeship?
Apprenticeships are usually associated with carpentry, plumbing, electrical work, machining, masonry, and other hands-on trades. However, a growing number of employers in finance, IT, hospitality, health care, and other fields are turning to apprenticeships to close the skills gap that has left so many important positions unfilled. Companies such as Adobe, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, LinkedIn, JPMorgan Chase, Amazon, Dow Chemical Company, Salesforce Software, Peterson Automotive Collection, and CVS Health have already invested in apprenticeship programs.
After decades of pushing bachelor’s degrees, U.S. needs more tradespeople
“All throughout high school, they made it sound like going to college was our only option.” — Derrick Roberson, in training to become an electrician
According to the Georgetown center, the United States has 30 million jobs that pay an average of $55,000 per year and do not require a bachelor’s degree. The U.S. Department of Education reports that people with career and technical educations are slightly more likely to be employed and significantly more likely to be working in their fields of study than their counterparts with academic credentials. Career education boosters also say job-focused courses — and accompanying apprenticeships — can provide students with essential “soft skills” such as communication and conflict resolution that foster teamwork and reduce stress.
43 Trade School Jobs Among the Highest Paying Trades.
Want to make over $20 or $25 an hour? Going to a trade school is a great way to learn in-demand skills for reliable, satisfying, high-paying jobs. You can get fast training for a trade that pays well in a sector like energy, construction, auto repair, aircraft maintenance, or industrial technology.So if you expand your definition of "trade," you can train for other good-paying jobs in areas like health care, information technology, the media arts, and more.
Here's why it can pay to attend a trade school: Jobs that provide good incomes are often more easily obtained after training at one. The simple fact is that many of the highest paying trades in America are satisfied with people who began their careers with a brief skills-based education from a vocational or technical college.
“As society has moved from an industrial to knowledge-based economy, skilled trades remain a part of that shift contrary to many misperceptions. The role of skilled trades is even more critical as manufacturing continues to evolve in the high-tech global economy, offering exciting career opportunities that are in high-demand.”
— Detroit Regional Chamber, ‘Perception, Partnerships And Pipeline Will Close The Skills Gap In Michigan’
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