Merit America is a nonprofit whose mission is to provide a path to skilled careers for adults without Bachelor’s Degrees. Their programs are focused on what employers need most in the local community.
Before Merit America, Yves was driving a van transporting individuals with developmental disabilities to an adult day program. He spent some time in college but didn’t receive anything except student debt.
Yves already had traits that employers covet: he had drive, people skills, and was a fast learner. But these skills weren’t translating to a career.
Yves used Merit America to build a skillset employers wanted. He learned essentials like Office 365 and dove deep into networking, security, and system administration to earn the industry-recognized Google IT Certificate. He used his time with his coach and peers to polish his professional skills. And he kept his job through the whole program.
In less than a month after completing the IT Learning Associate program, Yves found a full-time job in tech with benefits, doubling his salary and putting him on a new career path.
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