by Career Tech | Sep 22, 2021 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Featured News, Schools
Read this article as it originally appeared Sept. 22, 2021 in ROI-NJ. Savvy employers are doing more than accepting and recruiting women into roles that some would consider nontraditional, such as automotive technology and construction trades. Many are also actively...
by Career Tech | Aug 3, 2021 | Career and Technical Education
Read this article by Meg Fry as it originally appeared Aug. 2, 2021 in New Jersey Business. As employees quit, move or remain unengaged enough to excel at work, employers struggle to find qualified candidates to fill job vacancies – and that was before the COVID-19...
by Career Tech | Jul 19, 2021 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Schools
Read this story as it originally appeared July 11 in TAPintoBordentown. Trades have always been an important part of the career and technical education provided at Burlington County Institute of Technology (BCIT). Historically, the seats have been filled with male...
by Career Tech | Nov 18, 2020 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools
Read this article as it originally appeared November 16, 2020 in ROI-NJ. Erika Deleon graduated in 2019 from Essex County Newark Tech High School, where she was exposed to all of the construction trades, but it was welding that really sparked her interest. Deleon...
by Career Tech | Sep 7, 2020 | Career and Technical Education
By Judy Savage and Aaron R. Fichtner Read this op-ed as it originally appeared Sept. 6, 20202 on njspotlight.org. Earlier this month, the leaders of New Jersey’s 18 county community colleges and 21 county vocational-technical school districts came together (where...
