On-the-Job Training through PPL

Socially Entrepreneurial: Self-sustaining businesses with skill-building programs.

PPL operates two self-sustaining skill-building businesses as part of PPL’s Employment Training initiatives: PPL Industries and Furnish (formerly PPL SHOP).

An entrepreneurial spirit drives these businesses, with a primary goal of providing soft-skill training , such as better work habits, job-seeking and job-keeping skills, etc., and job experience for those most in need.

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  • PPL Industries, contracts with metro businesses to do light assembly and disassembly work while teaching basic employment skills to adults with social and economic barriers to help them achieve long-term employment.

  • Furnish Office & Home (formerly PPL SHOP) sells used, functional home and office furniture donated by businesses and individuals, as well as new and unique surplus items. PPL SHOP was renamed Furnish Office & Home to simplify its identity and better describe its merchandise.