Free job training for unemployed O‘ahu residents filling fast
VIDEO NEWS RELEASE
University of Hawaiʻi
Brandon Askew at work.
Brandon Askew at work.
Brandon Askew (second from left) and family.
Link to video and sound (details below): https://bit.ly/3Es93Cr
WHO: Almost 400 qualified O‘ahu residents have already registered for O‘ahu Back to Work and 400 class openings are still available, on a first-come first-served basis.
WHAT: The free rapid response employment training program offers more than 50 different University of Hawai‘i Community College classes to Oʻahu participants. Classes are primarily offered online in business and technology, healthcare, human services and trades.
WHEN: The program launched on August 16, and will end on December 17. There are a variety of classes (of varying durations, which start on different days).
WHY: The UH Community Colleges partnered with the City and County of Honolulu to help unemployed residents learn skills and get training for jobs that local companies are looking to fill today.
HOW: To learn more, view available courses, or to apply, visit the Oʻahu Back to Work website: OahuBacktoWork.com.
SOME CLASSES THAT ARE STILL AVAILABLE:
Honolulu Police Exam Prep starting on September 27 and November 8
HVAC, Refrigerants and Basic Controls: EPA Exam Prep starting on October 4
Certified Bookkeeping starting on October 4
AWS Cloud Foundation starting on October 4
Data Analytics Basics starting on October 18
Security+ Training starting on October 11 and November 3
Commercial Driver’s License Permit Test Prep starting on November 8
OTHER FACTS:
Formerly unemployed Mililani resident Brandon Askew started his new job at HMSA in December 2020. The corporate data analytics and reporting analyst credits his employment to the free training he received from the UH Community Colleges through O‘ahu Back to Work.
A few weeks after the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, Askew was laid off from his job as a business systems analyst for the Hawai‘i Convention Center. He heard on the radio about free training offered through O‘ahu Back to Work, went online to investigate and signed up that day for a class in Python programming.
VIDEO:
BROLL: (1 minute, 35 seconds)
0:00-0:29 - Brandon Askew at work at HMSA
0:29-0:35 - Certificate of the training
0:35-0:41 - Still of Brandon Askew and family
0:41-1:35 - O‘ahu Back to Work training
SOUND:
Brandon Askew, former O‘ahu Back to Work student (11 seconds)
“O‘ahu Back to Work provides hope. Knowing that there are people, organizations, the government that are really out there doing what they can do to help get through these tough times.”
Askew (27 seconds)
“I believe it was a difference maker in getting the job at HMSA because in the job description they specifically called out Python programming language skills. And so I felt that I had grabbed the bull by the horns at the right time to start taking a class for Python and then later finding this opportunity, that it would help me get that job.”
For more information, visit: http://oahubacktowork.com/