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Robbery by the time he was 25. >> there was no work. it was nonexistent. i mean, to me, for people like myself. >> follow the basics and always do the basics right, everything else falls into place. >> reporter: but then he ran into silvester, who recruits students for the construction gateway program, scouring homeless shelters, unemployment lines. >> i look for two things, a student that i feel will benefit from this, and the second, just as important, is an individual that is going to be a good employee. >> reporter: once in, they are taught the boot camp basics of construction work -- show...

Who ought to be entering the workforce but have little hope of doing so because they dropped out of school or wound up in jail or had some other problem. shawn gamez, for example, had been in and out of prison for robbery by the time he was 25. >> there was no work. it was nonexistent to me, for people like myself. >> if you follow the basics and do the basics right, everything else falls in place. >> reporter: but then he ran into sylvester who recruits students for the construction gateway program, scouring homeless shelters, unemployment lines. >> i look for two things, a student that i fee...

Meet the latest class of the skilled alliance construction gateway. funded by city and county tax dollars this is an innovative five-week training program to turn the unemployable into the employed. >> this is a big deal to you? >> yes, very big deal. this is the beginning of the rest of my life. >> i'm excited even though it is -- really intense. >> reporter: the target is individuals over the age of 18 who ought to be entering the work force but who have little hope of doing so because they dropped out of school or wound up in jail or had some other problem. sean gomez, for example, had been...