Before Jennifer Cobb became an electrician, she worked as a receptionist in a doctor’s office in the Austin area. She was making about $16 an hour and raising two boys, which meant money was tight. She had to rely on government assistance to help make ends meet.
“Sometimes I didn’t know how my kids were going to eat,” Cobb said. “I was having eviction notices put on my door. My car almost got repoed a couple of times. I actually had other cars repoed.”
But suddenly she was let go, and that presented an opportunity. Her brother, who is an electrician, had been in her ear about becoming one, talking up the increase in pay and the opportunities to grow.
