Elevate Your Business with CentralPAWorks!

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It is estimated that by 2028, there will be a need for over a million professionals in the construction trades. Help us put your company and trade in the spotlight with the future workforce! When your business becomes a Workforce Champion, you are unlocking unparalleled exposure, recruitment success, professional development, and community awareness opportunities for your business. Join us in shaping the future of the building industry.

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Workforce Champion Benefits:

• Business exposure and brand awareness in the community

• Be a showcased industry expert and resource

• Expand customer lead generation opportunities 

• Display your community involvement and enhance your reputation

• Fuel your employment pipeline with career recruitment opportunities

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Requirements:

Must be a member of the Builders Association Central PA Member to be eligible to be a Workforce Champion. 

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Student Career Exploration Opportunities are great ways for students to see, learn, and experience first hand the ins and outs of the homebuilding industry. Plus, it’s great a way to showcase your expertise! Below are some of the ways your business can collaborate with students. 

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• Business Tour: Allows groups of students to visit a worksite and observe/participate in work-related activities first-hand.

• Co-op: Offer temporary positions to gain valuable career experience and insight about a career of interest. 

• Guest Speaker: Be invited into the classroom to speak about personal career journey, types of jobs available in the field, preparation needed to enter and advance in career field.

• Hands-on Classroom Experiences: Be invited into the classroom to do hands-on demonstrations with the students, work with students individually to provide feedback, share tricks of the trade, etc.

• Internships: Provide academic credit for structured job experience.

• Job Shadow: Spend several hours, or sometimes several days, allowing a student to observe an experienced professional on the job.

• Mentoring: Serve as a resource for the student by sharing insights and providing encouragement and guidance about the workplace, work ethics, careers and educational requirements.

• Mock Interviews: Meet one-on-one with a student and conduct a simulated job interview.

• On the job training: Provide on the job training to new employees. *Can potentially receive 50% funding from CareerLink for six months.

• Pre-Apprenticeship: Designed and implemented in consultation with an existing, or developing, registered apprenticeship program.

• Summer Employment: Part or full-time-build employability skills and learn what a transition to work might be like is to experience it first-hand.

• Teacher in the Workplace: School staff become informed of industry trends, training needs, opportunities for collaboration, and the career paths available within local businesses and share information with students.

• Volunteer Opportunity: Develop and demonstrate critical employability skills such as leadership skills and working well with others.