DAVENPORT, Iowa -
There are mixed messages in the nation's unemployment rate. While the unemployment rate dropped to 9.7%, the stock market is sluggish and investors are nervous. That's because thousands of jobs remain lost or unfilled.
Annie Holzworth, 30, is an unemployed student looking for new opportunities. At Scott Community College, she's among the first to craft a career in logistics.
"It's essentially how you get a bottle of water on the shelf to how does a car end up in a car dealership," she said.
Reasons for Rep. Bruce Braley, (D) Iowa, to tour the Blong Technology Center on Friday. He's promoting legislation to create more clean energy job training at community colleges.
"Look for innovative ways to put people to work," he said. "And to make Iowa the leader of our renewable energy explosion."
It's the kind of technology that's already turning up in local industry. Companies are finding new uses for recycled products. And when times are tough, it's putting people to work.
"I've actually had to make an agreement that they let my students finish the program before they hire them," said Ryan Light, director of renewable energy at Scott Community College.
All this as the labor statistics offer challenges. There were 8.4 million jobs lost nationally since the downturn began in December 2007. That's the most lost in any recession since World War II.
" Certainly didn't fool the stock market," said financial advisor John Miller. "It dropped immediately, and I don't think it fooled anybody else either."
That makes this new job training even more important. Green jobs from solar and wind energy. It's a world of opportunity for Annie Holzworth.
"Taking your time to get an education is definitely going to help to get your foot in the door," she concluded. "I'm hoping that's going to be the end result for me."
Holzworth hopes to take that logistics training and turn it into a job at the Rock Island Arsenal.
A result to grow new jobs.
Annie Holzworth, 30, is an unemployed student looking for new opportunities. At Scott Community College, she's among the first to craft a career in logistics.
"It's essentially how you get a bottle of water on the shelf to how does a car end up in a car dealership," she said.
Reasons for Rep. Bruce Braley, (D) Iowa, to tour the Blong Technology Center on Friday. He's promoting legislation to create more clean energy job training at community colleges.
"Look for innovative ways to put people to work," he said. "And to make Iowa the leader of our renewable energy explosion."
It's the kind of technology that's already turning up in local industry. Companies are finding new uses for recycled products. And when times are tough, it's putting people to work.
"I've actually had to make an agreement that they let my students finish the program before they hire them," said Ryan Light, director of renewable energy at Scott Community College.
All this as the labor statistics offer challenges. There were 8.4 million jobs lost nationally since the downturn began in December 2007. That's the most lost in any recession since World War II.
" Certainly didn't fool the stock market," said financial advisor John Miller. "It dropped immediately, and I don't think it fooled anybody else either."
That makes this new job training even more important. Green jobs from solar and wind energy. It's a world of opportunity for Annie Holzworth.
"Taking your time to get an education is definitely going to help to get your foot in the door," she concluded. "I'm hoping that's going to be the end result for me."
Holzworth hopes to take that logistics training and turn it into a job at the Rock Island Arsenal.
A result to grow new jobs.
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