Penn College helps high schoolers build their future

Published 10.29.2018

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With a skilled worker shortage presenting a tremendous opportunity for rewarding careers in the construction and design industry, Penn College's inaugural "PA Build Your Future" event introduced those varied vocational possibilities to hundreds of high school students from throughout the state. Industry exhibitors – as well as college faculty, staff and students – offered participants “hands-on” experiences as a way to explore an exciting future. "If I'm running a company and I'm hiring and I need someone that's an electrical assembler, I need to hire that person and have him or her start immediately and be as efficient as possible and get up to speed," says Jeffrey C. Comitz, an applications engineer for Thermal Product Solutions (and a 2016 graduate in heating, ventilation and air conditioning design technology). "The days of, 'Oh, OK, we'll teach 'em, they'll get it eventually' ... they're over."

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