GoKawiilGoogle backs program to place 25,000 veterans in skilled-trades jobs
Google is teaming up with Hiring Our Heroes, Student Veterans of America and the Home Builders Institute to help 25,000 transitioning veterans and military family members enter skilled trades. The program includes pre-apprenticeship training, career coaching and job placement for roles like electricians, pipefitters and project managers. The amount Google is investing has not been disclosed.
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The push comes as AI data-center construction and related infrastructure projects strain an already thin skilled-trades workforce, with one industry report projecting 1.4 million unfilled trade jobs by 2030. Google executive Tim Chadwick, a Navy veteran, frames the effort as addressing that labor gap while easing veterans' transition to civilian careers, suggesting the company sees veteran hiring as a way to secure workers for its own infrastructure buildout.
- Google is partnering with three veteran-focused organizations to train 25,000 veterans for trades careers.
- The initiative responds to a projected shortage of 1.4 million skilled-trades workers by 2030.
- Demand for electricians, pipefitters and similar roles is rising alongside AI data-center construction.
Source: entrepreneur.com — Sherin Shibu, 2026-09-25
Published there as: “Google’s New Initiative Aims to Match 25,000 Veterans With These In-Demand Jobs”
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