COME BACK TO OZARKS TONIGHT,
I'M HEATHER LEWIS BE HUNDREDS OF
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE
EXPECTED TO ATTEND AN EVENT THIS
SPRING THAT WILL HELP THEM
PREPARE FOR THEIR FUTURE.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE FOURTH
ANNUAL TEACHER EVENT THAT WILL
BE HELD ON A BELIEF IN
SPRINGFIELD, AND REGISTRATION IS
NOW OPEN.
THEY CAN SORT IS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR SPRINGFIELD
CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION WHICH
HELPED PUT ON THIS EVENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HE
HERE.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
HAVE THE FIRST ANNUAL EVENT
TO THIS FOCUSES MAINLY ON
CONSTRUCTION AND TRADE JOBS AS
WELL.
FOR STUDENT TO EXPERIENCE
THAT.
BOTH INDUSTRY ARE FACING A WORK
SHORTAGE.
WHAT ARE SOME CHALLENGES IN
RECRUITING?
THE HARDEST PART FOR THIS IS
STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO GET A JOB
IN ANY OF THIS BEFORE THEY ARE
18 SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
THEM TO ACTUALLY GET HANDS-ON
EXPERIENCE FOR.
WHERE BEFORE THAT, I MINI THEY
ARE PICKING INTO ALL THESE OTHER
TRADES AND ALL THESE INDUSTRIES
THAT THEY ACTUALLY GET TO
EXPERIENCE IF THEY LIKE IT OR
NOT.
THIS IS FILLING THAT GAP AND
ALLOWING THEM TO COME IN AND
KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT THEY WANT
TO DO, AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY
ARE GOOD AT BECAUSE TH BEFORE THEY
MAKE THAT DECISION WHEN THEY
GRADUATE.
ARE BABY BOOMERS GRADUATING
TO THE WORKFORCE SHORTAGE.
DEFINITELY.
EVERY INDUSTRY IS FEELING THE
MANPOWER SHORTAGE.
WE ARE DEFINITELY ALL TALKING
ABOUT THERE. WHEN BABY BOOMERS
ARE RETIRING AND CONSTRUCTION WE
ARE NOT ONLY FEELING THE SAME
STRUGGLE, WE ARE FEELING IT WILL
BECAUSE IT'S BEEN DECADES OF
PEOPLE SAYING, DON'T DO THAT,
THAT'S NOT A SUCCESSFUL CAREER,
YOU HAVE TO GO TO A FOUR-YEAR
COLLEGE.
WE ARE FINALLY SETTING TO SEE
THIS CHANGE BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE
ARE REALLY LACKING THAT MIDDLE
AREA TOO BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE
THAT MANY PEOPLE TO PROMOTE TO
FILL THOSE CAREERS AS WELL.
SO IT'S A EXTRA STRUGGLE.
HOUSING ATTRACT YOUNG PEOPLE,
UNYIELDING THINK ABOUT TODAY'S
INDUSTRIES?
MILLENNIALS, REALLY THEY ARE
INTERESTED IN THE HANDS-ON
ASPECT BUT THEN WE ARE SEEING
EVEN MORE JENS E.
DONATIONS HE WAS TO GRADUATE
WITHOUT THAT AND WAS TO GO TO
IMMEDIATELY SUPPORT IN FAMILIES
AND MAKE MONEY TO BUILD THEIR
CAREER AND LIFE.
THAT IS WHAT WE CAN ASK FOR TH
THEM.
WHEN THEY GO AND GET A
CERTIFICATE AT OTC FOR SIX
MONTHS OF TRAINING, A TWO-YEAR
PROGRAM, STRAIGHT INTO THE
WORKFORCE, SO MANY
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS LOCALLY,
SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES.
THE NICE THING ABOUT THIS IS IS
ALSO FOR YOUR PROGRAMS.
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT,
ENGINEERING, ALL OF THAT.
SO THERE IS A CALL FOR EVERY
STUDENT.
WHAT WILL STUDENTS BE DOING
ON THIS DATE FOR THE EVENT?
WHAT IS GOING TO BE AT THE E
PLEX?
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH EVERY
CAREER IN INDUSTRY.
WE ARE REPRESENTING ALL THE
TRADES GOT DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION,
ALL OF THAT.
THE FAVORITES LAST YEAR WERE
WELDING.
THEY LOVED THE WELDING
SIMULATORS AND THEY ACTUALLY GOT
TO REALLY WELD WITH LIVE WELD
WELDERS.
AND THEY ALSO LIKE PLAYING AND
TILE LAYING.
THEY GET TO GO UP IN HER SCISSOR
LIFT AND GO UP AND TOUCH THE
CEILING.
THEY LOVE THERE. SO EQUIPMENT,
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AGAIN NO
ONE WOULD GET TO DO IF IT
WEREN'T FOR THIS EVENT SO THEY
GET TO BE MUCH GET DOWN AND GET
DIRTY AND PUT SHINGLES ON
DOGHOUSE.
IT'S ALL THERE.
WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO
SEE THE INTEREST SPARKED FOR THE
STUDENTS?
IT'S SO MUCH FUN.
WE GET TO SIT HERE, AND IN THOSE
SCHOOLS ARE BRINGING STUDENTS
THEY DON'T HAVE AN INTEREST BUT
IT'S EVEN MORE FUN WATCHING KIDS
THAT HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY
WANTED TO ADD THEY START DOING
AFTER AND THERE IS A COMPET
COMPETITION, AND THEY GET TO SEE
THEIR NAME ON A LEADERBOARD TO
AND THEY GET SO EXCITED BECAUSE
THEY ARE GOOD AT IT.
SO WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ME BE
EXCELLING IN SCHOOL BUT MAYBE
BOARD OR OTHERS THAT ARE REALLY
STRUGGLING TO GET YOU'RE HIGH
SCHOOL BUT THEY COME HERE AND
RELAX, "I'M GOOD AT THIS" AND WE
GET TO WATCH THE E SPEAKING IS
SO AMAZING, ESPECIALLY EMPLOYERS
I WORK WITH.
WE LOVE IT SO MUCH.
Jennifer: AND YOU MENTIONED
ALREADY 1700 STUDENTS ARE
REGISTERED FOR THIS EVENT.
HOW MANY DO YOU EXPECT TO ATT
ATTEND?
I REALLY THINK WE ARE GOING
TO GET CLOSE TO THAT 2,000 MARK.
EVERY YEAR WE HAVE GROWN A
LITTLE BIT.
AT THIS ALL PART THERE ARE
MULTIPLE EVENTS IN MISSOURI SO
WE ARE GOING TO START SEEING
THAT KIND OF EBB AND FLOW A
LITTLE BIT.
BUT I THINK WE ARE GOING TO GET
CLOSER TO 2,000 ATTENDING.
WE ALWAYS OVERSHOOT BECAUSE WE
ALWAYS WANT TO BE PREPARED FOR
MORE.
LAST YEAR WE HAD CLOSE TO 2500
REGISTRATIONS SO WE ARE DOWN A
BIT BUT REGISTRATION IS STILL
OPEN UNTIL THE END OF NEXT WEEK.
Jennifer: HOW DOES THAT WORK
TO REGISTER, DOES IT COST
ANYTHING?
CAN PARENTS COME?
IS IT JUST A DAY OF SCHOOL?
OR HOW DOES THIS WORK.
Jennifer: WE WANT STUDENTS TO
COME EITHER THROUGH SCHOOL OR
WAS APPARENT.
A PARENT DOESN'T HAVE TO ATTEND
BUT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS
DOESN'T EXCUSE ABSENCE.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE
TO SKIP SCHOOL.
MOST OF THE STUDENTS HAVE THE
ABILITY TO DO SOME KIND OF A
CAREER DAY OR CHECK OUT A SCH
SCHOOL.
THEY CAN USE THAT KIND OF THING
THAT THERE CLASS ISN'T GOING AS
AN ACTUAL FIELD TRIP.
NUMERAL TALKING AT THE SCHOOL,
COUNSELORS, SHOP TEACHERS, AND
TEACHING ARE THOSE ARE THE ONES
THAT WILL BE KNOWLEDGEABLE ON I
IT.
IF THERE SCHOOL IS NOT ONE, WE
HAVE HAD QUITE A FEW THAT HAVE
HAD PERMISSION FROM THE SCHOOL
TO JUST ATTEND ON THEIR OWN.
IF THEY CAN'T DRIVE, THEIR
PARENTS TEND TO BRING THEM.
I DON'T HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
SOMETIMES DON'T WANT THEIR
PARENT WATCHING THE MONDAY SO
THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
WE HAVE HOMESCHOOLED STUDENTS
THAT WE LOVE GETTING THE
OPPORTUNITY.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS, BUT SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE SCHOOLS DRIVING TWO
HOURS.
Jennifer: WOW.
PARENTS ARE WORKING WITH A
STUDENT BUT THEY ARE NOT
REQUIRED.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS
ARE GETTING THE FULL TASTE.
Jennifer: THIS IS NOT A
MINERAL FOR FIVE YEARS BUT HAS
ALREADY SEEWORKING WITH A
STUDENT BUT THEY ARE NOT
REQUIRED.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS
ARE GETTING THE FULL TASTE.
Jennifer: THIS IS NOT A
MINERAL FOR FIVE YEARS BUT HAS
ALREADY SEEN SOME SUCCESS AND
OTHER SINS ARE MODELING WHAT YOU
GUYS HAVE CREATED HERE AND
SPRINKLE.
WE ARE NOW IN EIGHT STATES.
PLUS IT'S ALL OVER AND MISSOURI.
WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT ONES.
WISCONSIN AND FLORIDA, SO IT IS
ALL OVER.
WE HAVE SOME STATES LIKE IOWA
THAT HAVE SEVERAL.
THEY ARE STARTING TO SHARE THEIR
SUCCESSES.
WE ALSO TO WATCH THEIR VIDEOS
PRODUCE SOME ARE PUTTING) ON IT
TO MAKE IT MORE UNIQUE TO THEIR
AREA.
IT'S REALLY FUN WATCHING THEIR
SECONDHAND HOWEVER AND COME DOWN
HERE TO VISIT, AND THEN THEY
BUILD OFF OF THAT.
SO IT'S BEEN REALLY NICE
WATCHING THIS.
OVERALL INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE.
OKAY, IF SOMEONE OUT THERE
WANT TO REGISTER, HOW DO THEY DO
THAT?
TALK TO ME WILL BE THE BEST
WAY.
AGAIN BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE EVERYONE IS ABLE TO DO TH
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SURE THIS AN IS EVENT THAT
EVERYONE IS ALLOWED TO BE IN.
WHEN IS THIS?
IS FEBRUARY 14TH SO THERE IS
STILL SOME TIME.
MAKING SURE THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE SPRINGFIELD
CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION.
THANKS FOR SHARING SO MUCH ABOUT
THIS FEATURE EVENT PENNINGTON
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WORKFORCE CHALLENGES IN THE AREA