Made for This
Sponsored by Dick Hannah Dealerships
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Made for This A new option
Sometimes the way it’s always been done, just doesn’t work. Finding a career can be a challenge because it’s too expensive or takes four years and a degree. There’s another option. It’s time to find some Better Work.
Apprenticeships provide a direct line to careers for thousands of people each year. The reality is apprenticeships were the original four-year degree. Today, apprenticeships provide a career alternative with real benefits:
- Paid on the job training
- No need for loans
- Skills that transfer to anywhere you live
With the help of local business experts and non-profits Better Work has some tools to help.
Now, let’s make this new option simple...
Step 1 Start with you
This may be a career transition, your first step out of high school, or an opportunity after a personal setback. Regardless, of your situation apprenticeships have limited prerequisites.
That means there’s options. You can take a short test that highlights the right industry to fit your skills.
The career test is a resource from Careers Northwest.
Step 2 Find the right fit
Choosing an apprenticeship can be confusing. Not every industry is taking applicants and every apprenticeship isn’t the same. Plus, there are hundreds of career opportunities through apprenticeship across multiple industries – healthcare, trades, and technology.
You can start a pre-apprenticeship program to prepare for opportunities in a variety of fields.
📲 START A PRE-APPRENTICESHIP
- CareerWork$ Medical - from non-profit SE Work
- Oregon Tradeswomen
- POIC - Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center
- The Bridge program - from Portland Youth Builders
- Constructing Hope - a construction education non-profit
More programs and availability at Worksource Portland.
Step 3 Take the first step
The fact is across manufacturing, trades, healthcare, and technology industries workers are aging out. Employers are looking for replacements to fill open apprenticeships with few experience limitations and on the job training. There are career opportunities available now
Apprenticeships listed are from OregonApprenticeship.org.
Dick Hannah Dealerships Automotive Techs are in Serious Demand.
The Dick Hannah Initiative for Technician Education is a unique opportunity for a limited number of highly motivated students to learn high-tech skills while employed by the largest automotive dealer in Northwest Oregon & Southwest Washington. This two-year program leads to an Associates Degree and the beginning of a well-paying career. Students apply through Dick Hannah Dealerships and participate in an interview and selection process. Participants will be employees of Dick Hannah and students enrolled in an Automotive Program at the same time. Students split time between on-campus training and working alongside automotive technicians at Dick Hannah Dealerships.
Mt. Hood Community College Start your future at MHCC
Mt. Hood Community College (MHCC) has offered career and technical education to students from East Multnomah County and beyond for more than 50 years. MHCC has helped thousands of students find lifelong careers in fields such as mechatronics, dental hygiene, the automotive industry, and more. MHCC’s Career Pathways program invests in the local economy, ensuring students have the skills they need to land jobs in their community in less than a year after completion. With a variety of apprenticeships and associate degrees as well as a wide breadth of student resources, anyone can find their passion at MHCC regardless of their background or needs. Start your future now with MHCC—Your Community’s College.
Made For This On Hello, Rose City!
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Discover the World of Micro Electronics.
Portland Community College has great programs to introduce people to this growing industry in Oregon.
Learn more about the Clark College Technician program.
How Dick Hannah Dealerships partnership can help create technician jobs through education.
There are local careers in the semiconductor industry.
Learn how Portland Community College helps students prepare for a career in micro electronics.
Constructing Hope teaches construction skills and changes lives.
Constructing Hope provides a 10 week education program to prepare people to enter the construction industry. This program provides low-income people the opportunity to start a career without a traditional education.
Portland Community College offers professional training in its Opportunity Centers.
With several programs, both for starting out or aiming to advance their careers, Portland Community College aims to support people with on the job training opportunities.
POIC & Rosemary Anderson High School provides career education through food.
Chef Kiara Hardy shares new updates at POIC including the opening of the POIC kitchen and Chef academy starting in January.