Month: November 2021

Harford County organization helps workers with differing abilities to find jobs

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BELCAMP, Md. — At United Souvenir and Apparel in Harford County, David Rogers pulled a sweatshirt off a conveyor belt and folded it.

“I’m folding sweaters in three now,” Rogers explained, smiling.

He studied a chart for how many smalls, mediums, larges, and extra larges would come down the conveyor belt.

He waited for his coworkers to screen print the sweatshirts and set them on the belt.

“David is just, he’s amazing, he’s funny, he always wants to make you smile,” said Katelynn Selchert. Selchert is Case Manager at the Arc Northern Chesapeake. She worked with David for about three years in her previous role as a job coach.

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20 high-paying, growing jobs that only need a high school diploma

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  • Not all fast-growing jobs that pay above the median annual wage require a college degree.

  • Flight attendants, for instance, typically make around $59,000; this job is projected to grow by 31,100 jobs from 2020 to 2030.

  • Here are 20 jobs that are projected to grow and pay well that typically require a high school diploma.

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20 jobs of the future that will take off when the pandemic is finally over

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  • The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest employment projections; employment is projected to grow 7.7% from 2020 to 2030.

  • BLS published a table of the jobs that may grow the fastest, excluding those with “above average cyclical recovery.”

  • Here are the projected 20 fastest-growing jobs excluding jobs with above average cyclical recovery.

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Free job training offered to Harford County students for in-demand jobs

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Simulator technology is being offered for free job training in Harford County at a new training center in Edgewood.

A simulator with different programs helps Harford Community College students to get their commercial driver’s license and learn how to use construction equipment.

“We don’t want the first time for someone to be introduced to something to be a live-action situation. So, the simulator allows them to learn and develop that muscle memory, develop that confidence prior to them getting out into the real world,” said Austin Hill, director of strategic partnerships at Harford Community College.

The brand-new equipment at Harford Community College’s Leading Edge Training Center is powered by the Ratcliffe Foundation. Located at the Edgewood campus of the Boys and Girls Club, free training is being offered in construction trades, manufacturing, logistics and warehousing.

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