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Vermonters Completing the Curtis
Fund’s Career-Focused Training
Programs See Increased
Employment and Wage Growth
hortterm careerfocused training programs can lead to
big gains in employment and wages for ermonters. his is
among the findings of a study conducted by the ermont
tudent ssistance orporation on the urtis unds
scholarship program for students earning a certificate or
redential of alue o. he urtis unds o scholarship
program proides funding for shortterm careerfocused training
programs that can lead to a highdemand highwage career.
e are ecited to report ery positie outcomes for our
scholarship recipients said hana rombley eecutie director
of the urtis und. e conducted a study of students who
completed programs during the last two years and found that
of the students who were unemployed prior to receiing the
o scholarship percent were employed at the time of the
study and another percent were still in school noted
rombley. nother encouraging finding was that among the
recipients who reported a pay increase percent eperienced
an increase of at least or more an hour which is
more a week for fulltime employees. he full report is aailable
at ermontcf.orgurtisundcholarshipeport.
he urtis unds o scholarship program proides funding
for students interested in enrolling in a shortterm career
focused educational or training program.
e hope more ermonters will consider these programs.
e hae in scholarship funds still aailable for students
between now and une th rombley eplains.
Programs currently accepting students include:
licensure
ental ssisting rogram
upport pecialist
licensed nursing assistant
harmacy echnician
oftware eelopment ootcamp
esign ootcamp
dditional funds for een more programs will be aailable
again in uly .
o learn more about scholarships call at
or contact hana rombley at shanathecurtisfund.org.
The Curtis Fund oined the ermont ommunity
oundation family in after eisting for more than
years as a priate foundation. ach year the urtis und pro-
ides scholarships for lowincome students andor students
who will be first in their family to pursue a posthigh school
degree or certificate. he scholarships are for the duration of
the students postsecondary education.
mma lia urtis belieed that education could change
the course of a persons life. hen she died in urlington in
she left in trust to proide financial assistance
to young ermont men and women to pursue a postsecondary
education. ince then the urtis und has grown that beuest
to more than million with annual grants of approimately
. million.
The Vermont Community Foundation’s work is closing
the opportunity gapthe diide that leaes too many
ermonters struggling to get ahead no matter how hard they
work. e are aligning our time energy and discretionary
resources on efforts that proide access to early care and
learning pathways to college and career training support for
youth and families and community and economic itality. e
enision ermont at its bestwhere eeryone has the opportunity
to build a bright secure future. isit ermontcf.org or
call .
Consider a Second Career
The number of people who’ve decided to change careers continues to grow.
In fact, the MetLife Foundation has estimated that some 9 million Americans
between 44 and 70 have moved on to a new vocation.
Millions more are interested.
ome feel theyd checked off eery goal in their first ob.
thers want to supplement their regular income or retirement
benefits. hen there are those hearty souls who are
simply interested in trying their hand at something new. ere
are seeral things to consider before you decide to oin them
WHAT IS IT?
econd careers might start as parttime paid work meant
to create additional income. his is particularly true for those
who are on a fied retirement income or edicare. ut a lot
of people including many older workers hae moed on to
fulltime positions either in a new field as part of a start
up business enture or with a local nonprofit. hateer your
age these ob shifts can proide interesting new challenges
and rewards beyond simple monetary considerations. he
most common second careers according to etife were
in education followed by healthcare and goernment
each and then nonprofits .
A NEW CHALLENGE
hether you are looking for parttime or fulltime hours
for your career encore consider the background and epertise
that you already possess as a ob candidate. usinesses
across the spectrum are in need of knowledgable workers
and the uality that will help you stand out is eperience.
f youre looking to get further outside your comfort one
consider enrolling in community college programs designed
to retrain workers. Youll be in a better position to meet different
challenges while also potentially making new connections
that could open the net career door.
SECURING YOUR FUTURE
heres a reason as many as of older mericans
now intend to start a business or a nonprofit according
to etife. he final third of our careers and subseuent
retirement years hae changed a lot since the days of gold
company watches and guaranteed pensions. his period is
often much less financially secure now as our retirements
are typically tied to the olatile stock market or goernment
funded plans. t the same time were enoying a period
eerincreasing longeity. hose with a second career can
sock away money for later while giing themseles a new
lease on a much longer life.
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