15 Graduates Move Toward Careers in Skilled Trades Through PIT2Work

15 Graduates Move Toward Careers in Skilled Trades Through PIT2Work

For Antionese Morphis, 35, there were days it would have been easier to stay home rather than get to her five-week pre-apprenticeship program by 5:45 or 7 a.m. “I had to put my pride aside and ask for help when I needed it, for my children,” Morphis said. “I made the commitment to myself that I was going to show up and show my children to finish something that you want to start.” She was determined to “learn, grow and open the door to a career i…

Second Cohort of Building Georgia Graduates, Ready for Careers in Transportation and Infrastructure

ATLANTA — Fifteen participants graduated in mid-July from Building Georgia, a statewide workforce initiative led by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC), and the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) to prepare Georgians for transportation and infrastructure careers. Building Georgia was created to help close the state’s growing infrastructure workforce gap by connecting job seekers with emp…