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 Entering today’s high-tech job market is difficult. As a high
school or college graduate, you’re at a disadvantage, competing with more
experienced career professionals. But with the Michigan
Advanced Technician Training (MAT2) program, you’re hired on the
first day!
MAT2 matches your career goals with the needs
of industry partners to produce a pipeline of educated and highly qualified
technical employees. During the three-year program, you’ll alternate between classrooms,
labs and your work site, gaining hands-on, marketable skills
MAT2 provides you with:
- College tuition paid for by the
employer
- On-the-job training with pay
- An associate degree in a
high-tech, in-demand field
- Job placement upon successful
completion of the program
To learn more about how MAT2 can help spring
you towards success for your future career in advanced manufacturing or
technology, please visit www.mitalent.org/mat2.
Applications are now being accepted. The next application deadline is April 30,
2015. Individuals may still apply after the application deadline. However,
applicants increase their chances of being matched with an employer the earlier
they submit their application materials.
Interested in having a Career Liaison speak
to your students and parents about MAT2? Please contact CareerLiaison@michigan.org
today.
Questions? Please
contact MAT2@michigan.org.
 According to the Census Bureau's 2009 American Community Survey, despite comprising 48 percent of the U.S. workforce, women only make up 24 percent of workers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields. While a sustainable STEM workforce is essential to driving innovation and creativity to positively impact global competitiveness, women remain overwhelmingly underrepresented in these occupations.
Click on the video above to learn more about one initiative to promote STEM careers to females around the country.
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