Trades in the News
America Needs Skilled Trades. Durham Is Answering.
Ford’s CEO says the skilled-labor shortage is a “huge crisis.” The School of Skilled Trades turns that gap into your opportunity with their trade school located in Durham, NC. Continue Reading America Needs Skilled Trades. Durham Is Answering.
Skip the Debt, Keep the Paycheck: Plumbing as a Smarter Career Path
Feeling the pressure to go to a four-year college? You’re not alone. What if there was a faster, smarter way to a high-paying, secure career, without the mountain of student debt? For decades, the message has been clear: go to college, earn a degree, and success will follow. The reality…
What’s it really like to train for and practice a trade?
Get a behind-the-scenes look from Cole Kelley, a man who chose trade school over engineering school and is now a qualified HVAC technician. He enjoys his work and is planning to become a homeowner before age 25.
A career in plumbing could offer you the same opportunities. Continue Reading What’s it really like to train for and practice a trade?
How Gen Z Is Becoming the Toolbelt Generation
More young workers are going into trades as disenchantment with the college track continues, and rising pay and new technologies shine up plumbing and electrical jobs
America needs more plumbers, and Gen Z is answering the call. Long beset by a labor crunch, the skilled trades are newly appealing to the youngest cohort of American workers, many of whom are choosing to leave the college path... Continue Reading How Gen Z Is Becoming the Toolbelt Generation
The Public Is Giving Up on Higher Ed
Our current system isn’t working for society. Digital alternatives can change that.
Last month The Chronicle released the results of a national survey in which fewer than a third of respondents reported believing that “colleges are doing an excellent or very good job of leveling the playing field for success in society.” An astounding 86 percent of respondents reported believing that trade school is “about the same” as or “better” than college. Continue Reading The Public Is Giving Up on Higher Ed
Private Equity Pours Millions Into HVAC, Plumbing Trades
PE firms across the country have been scooping up home services like HVAC—that is, heating, ventilation and air conditioning—as well as plumbing and electrical companies.
The wave of investment is minting a new class of millionaires across the country, one that small-business owners said is helping add more shine to working with a tool belt. Continue Reading Private Equity Pours Millions Into HVAC, Plumbing Trades