Knoxville Oak Ridge Labor Council and UT Sociology Department
Company Name
Knoxville Oak Ridge Labor Council and UT Sociology Department
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Description of Opportunity
The Knoxville Oak Ridge Central Labor Council (KORCLC) is collaborating with the University of Tennessee to bring information to disadvantaged minorities about opportunities for training and jobs through the wide variety of trades that are represented by the KORCLC. Union jobs are among the best paid, provide the best benefits, and are among the most secure of blue-collar jobs in the US. Apprenticeships provide the entry point for so many of these jobs (in areas across building and manufacturing), but the information about their availability is not often accessible to minority populations. The CORCLC/UTK collaboration is trying to remedy that problem by entering into local high schools and providing other points of access to post-high school people in disadvantaged communities. We seek assistance from students in Communications and Journalism who have interest and experience in social media and other communication and marketing skills and strategies who can help us reach into those communities using media that they tune into.
Work Mode
Flexible / Hybrid
Semesters or Time Period Available
Start in Spring and can extend into summer
Contact
Jon Shefner
Professor of Sociology
jshefner@utk.edu
(865) 974-7022