sure right now there are many job
openings out there but
if you are looking for something a
little more unconventional that pays
well
her paula tupman may have the training
program for you she joins us now live
from
oakland community college in auburn
hills and paula i understand that you do
have some friends joining you uh behind
you
i i do have a few friends here and i got
to be honest with you this really kind
of brings out my
my inner geek because this is such a
cool environment
but this training program brings out an
interesting dynamic because right now
we all know that there is a shortage of
workers in the retail
and the service industries right well
these are the workers who
could be sitting out because of those
extended unemployment benefits they're
going to start dwindling
in september it's the same pool of
people this program
is targeting because what they can do is
basically train you
up give you more skills so that you can
can compete
in as simple as saying the word robotics
i was watching cars because that's the
only work i felt like that i could get
into
take a young man like hunter maine
get really dirty and it'd be hot and it
just it was a little miserable
watching cars but it wasn't the worst
thing i've done what was the worst thing
i've ever done
i would say the worst thing i've done
would be
you know what i lied it's probably the
worst thing i've done in his twenties
out of high school
lucky enough to be able to live with his
parents but he found it hard to have
grown-up game
when you're living with your parents
he heard about this robotics program
administered by oakland county michigan
works
all he had to do was sign up attend
classes with the program's partner
oakland community college in auburn
hills it's geared for
underemployed and unemployed and he
found smarts
he never even realized he had robotics
is the future one of the few professions
you can jump
into with absolutely no knowledge and
experience
just training and as new classes open up
the seven thousand dollar tuition
is actually zero dollars for qualified
students
it's like a complete 180. i drive a nice
car i
am getting married at the end of the
year
i live in an apartment right now but
we're saving up to go live into a house
the most amazing thing that i've seen is
people that came in that didn't know
precisely what they wanted to do in life
and
came out of our class through training
with a purpose and a vision for their
future career just 14 weeks in the occ
robotics lab
and you are set on a career path with
employers
starving to pay you more and treat you
right
it's a big industry there's a lot of
companies out there there's a lot of
automation
there's a lot of people out there
looking for good quality workers
being able to have something of a
program like this
available helps individuals get
retrained get their skills upgraded and
in this particular case 14 weeks
and they're ready to go on the job out
of this training program
a new class starts monday and then
another session in september this is an
opportunity this program to grab by the
horns
because it could be once in a lifetime
it takes four months
and if you really are dedicated to
having a different career
something that is a little more
fulfilling to you then don't pass this
up
because it's only four months and if you
play your cards right
your whole life could change
yeah you know what i'm so touched by
that young man's story and it's the
story of
so many people struggling just to make
minimum wage
you can actually start your career
making twenty dollars an hour
that's a start and then go all the way
up to five figures
i i mean it's really that dynamic now
again
it is oakland county michigan works but
karen you don't have to be from oakland
county to apply
they've got a new class starting on
monday i mean you can have a
new lease on life in a new path as early
as
this monday and it doesn't need to cost
you anything it really is an incredible
opportunity
what a great opportunity in 14 weeks of
training your life can literally change
great story thank you paula appreciate
it