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 (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.

PPL BUSINESSES OFFERS A LONG-TERM TRAINING PROGRAM, WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUAL CAREER DEVELOPMENT.

By collaborating with a variety of business and community partners, PPL is able to provide programs for a wide range of participants, all of whom are paid an hourly wage or a stipend, while honing their skills. PPL’s programs report high job placement retention rates and graduates go on to become valued employees.

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  • PPL Industries, specializes in light assembly work and contracts with metro businesses to do labor intensive handwork and teach basic employment skills to adults with social and economic barriers to steady mainstream employment.

  • PPL SHOP sells used, functional home and office furniture and building materials donated by businesses and individuals, as well as new and unique surplus items. It boasts a repeat customer base of 8,000. PPL SHOP recently changed its name to ‘Furnish’ to better describe what is sold.