>>
>> OVER
>> OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS WLTX HAS BEEN4@ TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF COLUMBIA
WORKFORCE WANTS EVERYONE TO GET
BACK TO4@ WORK AS SOON AS POSSIE
EVEN IF THE JOB YOU ARE MOVING
INTO IS NOT4@ THE SAME AS THE O
YOU'RE COMING OUT OF.
BRIAN, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE 4@YOU, AS WELL.
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE
KNOWS THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I
CAME4@ UP WITH.4@
THIS IS THE DEPARTMEN4@T OF PUBC
WORKFORCE.
WHAT IS A LIFEBOAT JOB?
>> THE TOP 304@ OCCUPATIONS.
OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER
THAT HAVE BEEN IN HIGH DEMAND
WITH HUGE NUMBERS OF JOB4@
POSTINGS EVEN WITH COVID-19.
WE TRY TO IDENTIFY4@ THOSE TO HP
FOLKS OUT OF THE STORM THAT
COVID-19 IS.
>>4@ ALRIGHT.
THIS WEEK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
CAB DRIVERS AND STORE4@ CLERKS.
WHY4@ IS THERE SUCH A BIG PUSH
HIRE TRUCK4@ DRIVERS.
>> THE DEMAND HAS BEEN
TREMENDOUS IN TERMS OF MORE AND
MORE PEOPLE STAYING HOME.4@
FOLKS ARE NOT GOING OUT TO EA4@.
THEY ARE HAVING STAYCATION AND4
WE'VE SEEN IN INCREASE IN4@
CONSUMER DEMAND WITH RETAIL AND
GROCERY4@ STORES AND THE BEST W
TO GET GOODS IS USUALLY BY
TRACTOR-TRAILER SO WE'VE SEEN A
SPIKE IN THE DEMAND FOR PEOPLE
WITH COMMERCIAL 4@DRIVER'S
LICENSES THAT CAN4@ SLIDE INTO
THAT JOB RIGHT AWAY.
>> HERE'S THE THING ABOUT4@ BEI
A TRUCK DRIVER, CAN YOU FILL OUT
AN APPLICATION?
THERE'S TRAINING THAT COMES
ALONG BUT4@ EMPLOYERS ARE WILLI
TO PAY FOR THAT.
>> SOME OF THEM ARE.
NOT ALL OF THEM BUT THE4@ SHORTE
IS SO CRITICAL THAT SOME IF THEY
CAN GET COMMITMENT TO STICK WITH
THE COMPANY THEY'RE WILLING TO
REIMBURSE OR PAY FOR THE
TRAINING AND THAT4@ WILL VARY B
EITHER WAY IT IS A4@ SHORT-TERM
TRAINING PROGRAM.
>> ALRIGHT.
WE HAVE VIEWERS 4@SAYING, I'M N
INTERESTED IN THE OPEN ROAD BUT
I STILL NEED A JOB.
STOCK CLERKS IS ANOTHER GOOD
INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
STOCK CLERKS ARE CLOSELY4@ RELAD
WITH SOME OF THE OTHER
OCCUPATIONS THAT WE HIGH LATES
BUT THIS4@ IS JUST HIGHLIGHTING
THE DEMAND4@ IN THE RETAIL SECT@
PERHAPS PEOPLE4@ ONLY HAD SEASOL
EMPLOYMENT, THEY CAN TRANSITION
QUICKLY4@ AND HELP GET4@ FOODS
OF THE BACK ROOM AND GET4@ THE
SHELVES STOCKED.
>> ALRIGHT.
HOW DO WE GET THESE JOBS?
WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP FOR US?
>> THE NEXT STEP OF COURSE, IS
TO VISIT YOUR4@ LOCAL SC WORK
CENTER.4@
YOU CAN DO THAT VIRTUALLY OR
IN-PERSON.
I WOULD4@ ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO
FIND THE WORK CENTER AND REACH
OUT AND MAKE CONTACT WITH THE
FINE FOLKS 4@THERE.
THEY CAN HELP YOU FIND SPECIFIC
JOB OPENINGS AND IN SOME
SITUATIONS YOU MIGHT QUALIFY4@ @
TRAINING
JOB OPENINGS AND IN SOME SITUATIONS YOU MIGHT QUALIFY4@ @ TRAINI
TRAINING.
TRAINI TRAINING. >> SO HERE'S HOW WE DO THIS
EVERY WEEK.
WE WANT VIEWERS TO THE KNOW
THERE IS WORK 4@AVAILABLE.
>> YES, MA'AM, THAT IS YOU KNOW,
OUR 4@UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS WILL
COME AT TOM TOMORROW4@ BUT THE
ECONOMIC IN SOUTH CAROLINA IS4@
ENCOURAGING AND IT'S IMPROVING.
WE'RE SEEING UPTICKS IN JOB
POSTINGS ACROSS THE BOARD.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN A4@
BETTER TIME THROUGHOUT THE
PANDEMIC TO4@ TRY TO JUMP BACK
INTO THE LABOR FORCE IF YOU CAN
>> WE4@ APPRECIATE