#skilled trades

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Gen Z trades for hands-on work
Gen Z skips college for skilled trades as AI threatens office jobs.
The San Francisco Standard · 2m
Ford CEO exposes why Gen Z won't finish trade apprenticeships
Seventy-one percent of teens want skilled trades, but only 48 percent finish apprenticeships. The problem isn't persuasion, it's what happens after they enroll.
Fortune · 2m
Dallas students learn bus repair from DART's own mechanics
Fourteen Dallas ISD seniors are spending a semester beside DART technicians, training for diesel jobs that start at $33 an hour.
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth · 1m