A skilled career can be a fulfilling career choice for those who work hard and become masters of their craft. Providing lifelong, stable high-income careers with the potential to be your own boss and even grow your own multi-million-dollar business.
As The Wall Street Journal writer Te-Ping Chen points out in her recent story – America’s New Millionaire Class – private equity firms are taking notice, investing millions in businesses within home-service sectors like HVAC, plumbing, and electrical. As Chen notes in her article, “The trades have long offered solid hourly wages for workers without college degrees. They are also springboards for those with bigger entrepreneurial ambitions.”
We couldn’t agree more! Skilled careers can be lucrative and provide virtually limitless opportunities.
The Skilled Careers Coalition endeavors to bring a diverse set of stakeholders together from businesses and industry, to educators, to parents and youth. We need to inspire and encourage students to expand the talent pipeline while streamlining the recruitment-placement ecosystem to rival those of the college and the military in order to close the skilled labor gap.