For the first time in her life, Mary Lamar is driving a new car, which she loves. But it was a difficult journey at this point.
“I was in jail. I did some three and a half years I had never seen,” Lamor said.
Cleveland natives slipped into a young age of crime at a young age, after all, when she was 50 years old, she was serving time for robbery.
“I chose a different lifestyle and, uh, drugs and alcohol in my story,” he said.
Now 56, Lamar is the first time the owner of the house and an observer in his job, where she leads a team of machineists.
Lamar told CBS News, “What does your recovery matter, and you have to support that.”
Lamor received support in Magnets, a non-profit organization at Ohio, which helped to withdraw his life. The goal of Magnet is to educate and attach people on the career available in construction to help fill more than 400,000 open jobs in that field. Magnet has filled 3,000 of those jobs in Ohio.
Magnets offer year -round career classes for adults that are unemployed or unemployed. The three -week course provides soft skills and helps the participants to connect with jobs in the area. For students, it offers summer camps, field trips and training, thanks to all free, grants and donations.
Magnet’s CEO Ethan Carp wants to fill the factory jobs by helping America’s rust belt workers.
“We can’t just say,” Hey, pick up yourself by your bootstrap, “he told CBS News. “You need patience and determination to do this, full break. But you also need some help.”
But the magnet only does more than giving people a pair of bootstrap.
“If someone does not take care of the child, if health care is an issue, if there is transport, if there is crime – then all those things affect their ability to get jobs. That is what we are trying to remove with access and support people to overcome all those obstacles,” Carp said.
One of the workforce partners of Magnet is Talan Products, where Lammer works on a feature that puts tickets in special metal parts. The company said that it has added 40 jobs in the previous year.
Palan Products CO Adam Snider said, “There is a lot of manufacturing that we would like to do here. It is going to take some time to create a workforce.”
For Lamor, people advise people: “Be open, be fearless, take a chance, be honest. You can succeed in any stage of your life. I am evidence.”
The regret is that CBS met the Lamor of News, burnt in his house, killing his 18 -year -old partner. She was able to jump for safety, but was seriously hurt. Palan products and magnets helped install a gofundme to help her recovery.
