Everyone has a unique career path in life. Malik Johnson gets to do what he’s always wanted to do – work with his hands. As a laborer for Clayco, Malik is doing what he loves and gaining valuable skills for the future.
Malik Johnson of St. Louis started working for Clayco Construction right out of high school as a laborer, helping the foreman with everything from firewatching, to welding to learning what it takes to build a commercial building. He knew he wanted to work with his hands, and after learning about the opportunities through Clayco, Malik started his apprenticeship the Saturday after high school graduation and he has been there for the last two years learning the trade. There are many of these high-demand, skilled career opportunities available in our region. Visit jobs.ninenet.org to learn more and to get connected to jobs in our region.
American Graduate: Getting to Work is an intiative by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting that helps us raise awareness of these available careers in our region and help connect people to those jobs. Working St. Louis is our digital series, support by American Graduate, which allows us to tell the stories of the people who live here that are doing these high-demand, skilled jobs.
To find out about high demand skilled jobs in the St. Louis Region, visit jobs.ninenet.org.
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