Mike Rowe explains the Equipment World/Caterpillar Contractor of the Year program. Read More...
NBC Nightly News continues their series Hiring Our Heroes focusing on the struggle returning soldiers are having trying to find employment.
By Halimah Abdullah
TODAY - Hiring Our Heroes
Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans are returning home to a bleak job landscape and often struggle to find employment — a problem that worries military officials.
One million veterans are currently unemployed. An estimated 30 percent of veterans under the age of 25 are jobless. As the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts wind down and the military continues to downsize, these numbers will most likely grow. Read More...
This article is part of NBC News series ‘Hiring our Heroes’ and takes a look at how the labor market has some misconceptions about our returning soldiers.
Col. Jacobs: Employers would be lucky to hire veterans
By Col. Jack Jacobs, NBC News Contributor
NBC NEWS
By Col. Jack Jacobs , NBC News contributor
When World War II ended, millions of Americans came home and went straight into college or work, thus spawning the biggest economic boom in American history. Read More...
TODAY & NBC’s series continued today with an interview with Dr. Jill Biden at the Hiring for Heroes Job Fair that took place aboard the USS Intrepid.
Jill Biden: Veterans will ‘get the job done’
The Welding program prepares students for employment in the field and provides upgrade opportunities for currently employed personnel. By completing the degree or certificate requirements, students gain proficiency in the following welding processes: oxy-acetylene cutting, plasma arc cutting, brazing and welding, shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding, and flux cored welding. Students develop skills in welding ferrous and non-ferrous alloys in flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead positions. Students also acquire proficiency in blueprint reading, layout, structural fabrication, and pipe welding. Competencies will be assessed regularly in accordance with criteria established by the American Welding Society, the American Petroleum Institute, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the American National Standards Institute.
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The AED Foundation is pleased to announce that The mikeroweWORKS Foundation has awarded tools scholarships to two top diesel/equipment technology students at each of AED’s Accredited, Alliance and Recognized schools. Fifty-two students each have received a $1,000 tools scholarship, for a total of $52,000 in 2012. Scholarship winners are general or manufacturer diesel/equipment program college students who earned the highest cumulative GPA at the end of the fall 2011 semester. Read More...
