Program trains Hoosiers for new trade careers in 2 weeks

FOX 59

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – There are more job openings in the construction industry today than any other time in the last 10 years, according to the national bureau of labor statistics.

A free training program is helping unemployed Hoosiers fill those jobs in just two weeks.

“Our main goal is to get them formally accepted into the apprenticeship program of their choice,” said Devon Doss, Executive Director of Indiana Plan.

Doss is a graduate of the program himself. He grew up on the east side of Indianapolis and attended college for a year before realizing it wasn’t for him. He was looking for something else when he found Indiana Plan.

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