CONCORD, N.C. — Governor Cooper talked to a class full of 11th and 12th graders at Concord High School Thursday about preparing for the future. After telling students about his own work path, he asked everyone about their field of interest before offering advice and possibilities.
Cooper said, "This program says: We're not giving up on anybody. We know that everybody can be a valuable member of society."
Jobs for North Carolina's Graduates brings students together who may face personal adversity. Many students are from broken homes, poverty, and domestic violence.
Cooper said, "We're going to work with them to help them where they might be struggling in school, to giving them practical advice, to working with employers helping them get on-the-job training and finding ways to not only graduate from Concord High School, to get their diploma, but to get meaningful employment afterward. And it's working."
JNCG said North Carolina is facing a workforce gap, because of new businesses locating to the Tar Heel state, combined with existing businesses unable to hire qualified candidates.
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