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Miners reinvent careers amid West Virginia job shift
Callias Jarrell, 49, a former underground electrician now running his own contracting firm after mining years, trains at Stanley Technical Institute to obtain general and electrical contractor licenses. Other laid-off miners, like Dennis Halstead, stress needing targeted training, while women pursue nursing and computer courses to enter health care and tech fields. The UMW Career Center, backed by a $3.8 million grant, aids displaced miners across multiple counties as jobs paying high mining wages vanish.
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Callias Jarrell
Marsh Fork High School
Jarrell
West Virginia
Stanley Technical Institute
Johnstown Road
Human Resource Development & Employment Inc
Morgantown
Stanley
Dennis Halstead
Halstead
West Virginia Tech
Tammy Mann
Beckley
Bluefield State College
Bluefield
Randy
Southern Regional
Beaver
Brett M. Dillon
Maple Meadow
Fairdale
United Mine Workers of America Southern
U.S. Department of Labor
UMW
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
McDowell
Mercer
Mingo
Kanawha
Logan
Greenbrier
Boone
West Virginia University Tech
Montgomery
Casa Loma
Dillon