Rattled job seekers turning to the trades
Future looks bright as government begins to pour money into infrastructure
By Eve Tahmincioglu / msnbc.com contributor
Sun., April 4, 2010
Lisa Szymanski, 45, recently enrolled in an apprenticeship program in Portland, Ore., with her sights on becoming a carpenter.
Until recently, she was making her living in graphic arts, but the work has dried up and she decided to try something new.
“As long as you know how to use a hammer, someone will pay you a few bucks to do something,” she said. “You can’t outsource this kind of work. You can’t call India to get a carpenter.”
For the last few decades, the prevailing wisdom among many has been that you have to go to college and get an office job in order to make it in the technological workplace of the future. But today, many workers, rattled by the recession and wondering if their desk jobs will ever come back, are turning to trades that require more hands-on, dirty work — everything from carpentry to plumbing.
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The Department of Labor projects jobs such as plumbers will jump 15 percent through 2018; electricians by 12 percent; and carpenters by nearly 13 percent.
READ: LOOK FOR JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN THE TRADES...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36122189/ns/business-careers/
Saturday, April 10, 2010
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