Tag: construction jobs
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Find a Life That You Love with a Career in the Trades
What is it like to be a trades worker? First things first, in the construction trades, we work hard to make things that are real. When someone asks us what we do, we say, “I’m a sheet metal worker,” or “I’m an electrical worker.” We never have to say, “I’m an associate marketing coordinator reporting…
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New Beginnings: Why You Should Consider A Career in the Construction Trades
2020 was quite a year. While it has been trying for all of us, it’s also forced good and needed reflection on what we really value, and what we want from life moving forward, both personally and professionally. Coupled with a new year and the new resolutions that come with it, 2021 is sure to…
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Are Construction Workers Essential Workers?
Construction trades have always been essential, long before the words pandemic, COVID, quarantine, and coronavirus were part of everyday life. Construction is the lifeblood of our nation’s progress and welfare, providing infrastructure and services that are critical to all aspects of our everyday lives. So when asked “Are Construction Workers Essential Workers?” the answer is…
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Department of Labor recognizes job openings in construction industry
A recently published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated a massive need for construction workers in the months of May and June. According to the BLS report, in June, there were over 225,000 jobs available in the construction industry throughout the United States. This data confirms a number of recent media reports…
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The Trades could be your best fit
Are you interested in learning how things are made, buildings are constructed, or about the hidden processes and systems that make the world run? Are you interested in studying devices and systems and figuring out how they work, or solving problems that other people don’t care about or just can’t solve?
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Leave your soul-crushing job and start a career in construction
Are you tired of doing work that leaves you feeling empty? Do you want to be excited about going to work, knowing a new challenge is waiting for you? Are you tired of spending all day staring at a screen or getting yelled at by customers?
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Being an athlete could set you up for success
Athletes know that success comes through hard work and discipline, by getting up early day after day and training when no one else is and by doing the things no one else will. As an athlete, you also know that you are only as strong as the team that surrounds you— the people who encourage…
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Seven reasons not to attend college
Michael Price, author of What Next? The Millennial’s Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the Real World, believes anyone who makes the terrible mistake of pursuing a college education in this day and age will live to regret it. He believes that in the 1970s, college and universities used propaganda to convince people to attend…
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Construction Industry Hammered by Shortage of Skilled Labor
After the 2008 recession, construction and skilled labor numbers declined. Now, as the construction industry busier than ever, the demand for well-trained, highly-educated tradespeople has never been higher. Now is a great time to begin a career in the construction trades.