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Career tech students land jobs with help of Simulated Workplace program

Darion Doering (right) and Hunter Parsons are full-time mechanics at Dutch Miller in South Charleston after finishing the state's Simulated Workplace program.

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Education’s Simulated Workplace program has helped land two more students full-time jobs right out of school.

http://wvmetronews.com/2019/06/03/career-tech-students-land-full-time-jobs-thanks-to-simulated-workplace-program/?fbclid=IwAR0O39sSISTVJRMXBgMbEcWMbxob6rd-yZZQ7rq4Q8SrPEe8pxsZ28CRgOg

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