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Introducing students to trade work and outlining the benefits of a career in the trades
To Give Students a Head Start in the Trades
Path to Pro is an initiative created by Home Depot and its Home Depot Pro contractors as a way to connect students interested in trade work to employers in the construction industry, an industry with a projected 640,000 openings each year. The program offers free, online training in a number of skills and then puts trained talent in front of professionals in its network.
Introducing students to trade work and outlining the benefits of a career in the trades
Training students in valuable hard and soft skills
Connecting to professionals looking to hire, via an online profile and extensive job board
Providing opportunities for apprenticeships and one-on-one mentorships
Providing pathways to both earn-while-you-learn programs and technical school
Path to Pro is an initiative created by Home Depot and its Home Depot Pro contractors as a way to connect students interested in trade work to employers in the construction industry—an industry with a projected 640,000 openings each year. The program offers free, online training in a number of skills and then puts trained talent in front of professionals in its network. It does this through several important steps:
Path to Pro is an initiative created by Home Depot and its Home Depot Pro contractors as a way to connect students interested in trade work to employers in the construction industry—an industry with a projected 640,000 openings each year.
Path to Pro is an initiative created by Home Depot and its Home Depot Pro contractors as a way to connect students interested in trade work to employers in the construction industry—an industry with a projected 640,000 openings each year.
Path to Pro is an initiative created by Home Depot and its Home Depot Pro contractors as a way to connect students interested in trade work to employers in the construction industry—an industry with a projected 640,000 openings each year.
Path to Pro is an initiative created by Home Depot and its Home Depot Pro contractors as a way to connect students interested in trade work to employers in the construction industry—an industry with a projected 640,000 openings each year.
Path to Pro is just one of many options geared towards giving early talent a leg up. By minimizing debt and uncertainty, and maximizing experience, skills, and a strategic pathway to success, PTP and Futures are working together to increase opportunities for the next generation. Click here to find out more about Path to Pro, and here to see more ways that we’re connecting early talent to their future.
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