Everywhere I turn, there's something talking about money or the state of the economy. Money and jobs are great attention-getters. And that's what the goal of this blog and other Harvest House publications are- to get attention and spread information. So, this post is a bit about money and jobs.
The New Hope Education Center was designed to help improve lives of those living in East Side Buffalo, as well as Buffalo in general. I think we can all agree that money is a necessity, for better or worse, to live a healthy lifestyle. In designing the center, classes were selected with great job outlooks for the next decade: things like, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Personal Care Aide (PCA), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), etc. The US government has researched these jobs and thinks that they have good outlooks for the forseeable future. That's why I was happy to see that the government's promise on job security seems to be true.
I conduct a lot of conversations with students 3 months after they have completed a course. I check-up to see if they've achieved their goals, what has stood in their way, and what we can do to improve what Harvest House offers. One student responded, saying he will be working as an LPN team leader; he is going to ECC in the fall to begin their Registered Nursing program. He continued by praising our LPN instructor, saying he felt very comfortable at his job doing things that the other LPNs had not even seen yet. His response was a tremendous gift and encouragement to keep doing what we're doing here.
What other jobs or programs do you see working well and leading to jobs? Are they all in the medical field? Let me know- we are working on expanding, and we would love to bring in more great, effective programs!
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