Former mechanic looking to find a "green-collar job"
NEOSHO, MO. - With layoffs and stores closing, working adults are looking for alternative job options. One Neosho mechanic found his alternative in energy resources. Jeff Glenn is a husband, father, and had a career as a mechanic all his life until he was layed off earlier this year. "In the back of your mind it's 'I need to go back to school because that's where the jobs are,'" he says. Jeff enrolled in Crowder College, he's learning skills that will ready him for a job in alternative energy, a growing field.
NEOSHO, MO. - With layoffs and stores closing, working adults are looking for alternative job options. One Neosho mechanic found his alternative in energy resources.
Jeff Glenn is a husband, father, and had a career as a mechanic all his life until he was layed off earlier this year.
"In the back of your mind it's 'I need to go back to school because that's where the jobs are,'" he says.
Jeff enrolled in Crowder College, he's learning skills that will ready him for a job in alternative energy, a growing field.
He remembers what it's like to be in working in a job without room for advancement.
"I wanted to have a position where you could always move up. To me it seems like if you can't better yourself and do something better, you are just stagnating - you are just there working."
