A total of 38 students accepted employment offers from NNS: 15 who will begin full-time trade positions within the shipyard and 23 who will attend
Wednesday’s event, in partnership with the
The Thursday event recognized additional students in The Good Life Solution Program, which is a collection of partnerships between NHREC and local employers looking to improve the way they recruit, hire, train and retain entry-level new hires out of high school. The program has a one-year retention rate of 80%.
Photos accompanying this release are available at: https://hii.com/news/hii-signing-day-newport-news-shipbuilding-2024/.
“It is an exciting time to embark on a career in shipbuilding,” said
NNS plans to hire approximately 3,000 skilled trade positions this year to meet the shipbuilding needs of the
To learn more about the Good Life Solution Program, visit nhrec.org/gls.
For more information about careers at Newport News Shipbuilding visit, hii.com/careers.
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HII Newport News Signing Day 2024
HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division is welcoming more than three dozen graduating high school seniors to careers in shipbuilding. The shipyard held a signing day at The Newport News Shipbuilding Apprentice School Wednesday and participated in the New Horizons Regional Education Centers (NHREC) Good Life Solution Program’s Career Selection Day Thursday (Photo by Ashley Cowan /HII).
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