and partially sourced from SkillPointe ’ s partnerships with major corporations such as The Home Depot , Cummins , Lincoln Electric and NetJets .
Among other unique features for users on the platform is the opportunity to finance training . The 501 ( c )( 3 ) SkillPointe Foundation monthly awards $ 1,000 community college and trade school scholarships to promising career seekers . It is no wonder
Lesa France Kennedy
Howard Holley that the organization has gained support from business leaders such as International Speedway Corporation CEO and NASCAR Board of Directors Vice-Chairperson Lesa France Kennedy , who says that what caught her attention was that “ SkillPointe is an incredible platform that not only supports individual development of high-paying trade or technical jobs , but goes one step further to provide scholarship resources that make training more affordable .”
Howard Holley , publisher of EVOLVE Magazine and CEO , is a member of the team launching SkillPointe and leading its market development . He says , “ When Todd Wilson first engaged me , I knew I wanted to be involved . As a former Board Member of the Daytona State College Foundation , I had seen first-hand the challenges for those seeking skills-based careers and jobs . The pandemic has created such a disruption that a transformative marketing aggregation tool such as SkillPointe , that enables finding jobs that are skills-based , in high demand , with high wages and achievable in less than 2 years , is a PERFECT solution .”
With no time to waste in moving our economy and society forward , this one-stop platform delivers fast solutions and promising futures for jobseekers not just in Florida but across the United States .
Brigitte Hoarau is an English Professor and freelance writer . She earned a BA in Film & Video and an MFA in Creative Writing : Fiction .
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