It was a big night for the seven women celebrating their graduation from the Invest In You Too training program. Their families, friends and children gathered to applaud them as they walked across the stage and received certificates of completion in Medical Device Manufacturing. The graduates of the 8th cohort of Invest In You Too. The Department of Workforce Services (DWS) created the Invest in You Too program to fill a need for professional training specific to the women of Salt Lake County. In partnership with us at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) to provide short-term training in the medical device manufacturing field, which has a large need for employees. These seven graduates, mostly single moms, dedicated themselves to attending three days of classroom instruction on an SLCC campus and two “empowerment days” at DWS each week for 11 weeks. In addition to manufacturing skills, their workshops provided training on interview skills, resume writing and more. Yvette Woodland (lef
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