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A construction education and recruitment campaign Aug. 16 kicked off in Alabama featuring the Discovery Channel’s “Dirty Jobs” executive producer and host Mike Rowe advocating for careers in construction.
 
Construction tradesmen to "Go Build"   
Fox10tv - 30 August 2010
MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) - Approximately one third of all skilled tradesmen in the construction industry are over the age of 50. With their retirement on the horizon, training programs are not producing enough young workers to replace those exiting the industry.
 
Mike Rowe helps launch Go Build campaign for Ala.   
The Gadsden Times - 30 August 2010
It's not exactly a "dirty job," but Mike Rowe is helping spearhead a state education and recruiting campaign for the construction industry. There may appear to be a contradiction for recruiting to an industry that is perhaps the hardest hit by the economic downturn.
 
DECA Picks Giant Campus for First Ever Online High School Chapter (Out of State News Article)  
Videobased Tutorials - 17 August 2010
SEATTLE, BUSINESS WIRE -- Giant Campus (www.giantcampus.com), a nationally recognized leader in innovative technology, marketing and business education programs for youth and adults, today announced that it has formed the first online DECA chapter in coordination with Washington DECA.
 
"Dirty Jobs" executive producer and host Mike Rowe to appear in campaign PR Newswire MONTGOMERY, Ala., Aug. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Approximately one third of all skilled tradesmen in the construction industry are over the age of 50.
 
Conference helps educators prepare students   
The Daily Sentinel - 05 August 2010
- Updated 40 minutes ago Opportunity abounds for students interested in technical education. That message rang out loud and clear at Northeast Alabama Community College on Tuesday when educators from the school and systems in Fort Payne, Scottsboro, DeKalb and Jackson counties met for a Tech Prep workshop in...