News Tagged: Workforce Development
Partner Spotlight: Cullum
Three Voices of Cullum: Johnny, Jared, and EarlFinding Success in the Mechanical TradesJohnny, Safety SupervisorJohnny Lucas is a friendly and approachable guy in his second career — a career he is deadly serious about. Johnny is a Safety Supervisor...
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Gen Z is Learning to Love the Trades
A recent long-form article in The Wall Street Journal highlighted the shift for recent grads away from four-year degrees and towards technical school certifications and degrees; apparently it's cool again to work with tools. The cost of post-secondary...
Read MorePartner Spotlight: N.W. White
Creating Opportunity at NW White: How Dump Trucks Can Carry Workers to a Great CareerJosh Chappell grew up in the shadow of his grandfather’s dump truck company; although he loved and understood the family business, he wanted to strike ou...
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SC's First Mobile Heavy Equipment Operator Program Launches in Midlands
Mar 10, 2023 -- Midlands Technical College (MTC) and Truist announced a new training program to help change the landscape of workforce development in South Carolina. Funded by $700,000 from Truist Foundation and Truist Financial Corporation's communit...
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Be Pro Be Proud SC Reaches 20,000 Impacted
SC Department of Employment and WorkforceNEWS RELEASENovember 15, 2022Be Pro Be Proud SC is a unique workforce development program designed to promote the great wages and benefits of skilled trade jobs across the state in hopes of bringing a new generatio...
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Carolinas AGC Highlights Partnership with BPBP in Combating Workforce Shortage
Excerpted from Living with a Workforce Shortage by Jean FeingoldConstruction is booming in the Carolinas and even more could be built if contractors had additional workers. But like other industries, construction is suffering from a serious workforce shor...
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Be Pro Be Proud Launches Mobile Workshops in NC
On October 20, 2022, Be Pro Be Proud, Inc officially welcomed its fourth state into the fold with the introduction of two new Mobile Workshops in North Carolina.The North Carolina Home Builders Association has led the effort to bring Be Pro Be Proud to th...
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Be Pro Featured at SC Chamber Workforce Development Symposium
On October 4th, the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the SC Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW) and SC Works, hosted its 2022 Workforce Development Symposium in Greenville. Be Pro Be Proud SC was a featured project of the...
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NC Congresswoman Praises Be Pro Be Proud on Floor of Congress
On September 20, 2022, North Carolina Congresswoman Virginia Foxx spoke to Congress about Be Pro Be Proud.Rep. Foxx attended the Be Pro Be Proud National Conference in June and wanted to share her experience. North Carolina is introducing its own Mobile W...
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BPBP Featured in YouTube video at the Governor's School for Agriculture
Students at the Governors School for Agriculture at John de la Howe were visited by the Be Pro Be Proud SC Mobile Workshop on Tuesday, September 13, 2022. Principal Greg Thompson showcased this visit in the YouTube video, expressing his excitement to show...
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Be Pro Be Proud Program at F.E. DuBose
With a name like Be Pro Be Proud SC, you are sure to grab the attention of the community. That is exactly what Governor McMaster hopes to do with his new initiative to focus on professional vocational education in South Carolina to create a stronger workf...
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NBC Highlights Increasing Shift from College to Trade School
For some recent high school graduates, the path to a well-paying job does not necessarily include a four-year college experience. See the video from a recent feature from Sunday Today on NBC here:https://www.today.com/video/graduates-leaning-towards-trade...
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