Patrick Praises NewBridge Program to Train Disabled Adults
Patrick said more employers need to get on board with training for specific jobs.
Gov. Deval Patrick praised a NewBridge on the Charles program Thursday for training six disabled adults in job-specific skills that will hopefully land them jobs. "Everyone deserves an opportunity to participate in the workforce. Everybody counts," Patrick said to applause. Overall, Patrick said Massachusetts has 240,000 people searching for employment and the commonwealth has 120,000 jobs open. "How do we have so much opportunity available and so many peole still looking for thier chance," Patrick said. Business owners say there are just too many people that don't have the right skills for the right job, Patrick said. "We have what we call a 'skills gap,'" the governor said. "There is too much to do and too many contributions to be …
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