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Originally Posted by Makid
I have a friend to changed careers to become a certified electrician. I also tried to talk my nephew into learning a trade. Sadly, he was all interested until he realized that it would mean manual labor.
There is a stigma against manual labor for some people and that causes many of the younger people to shift away from the various trades. This leads to both a lack of workers and increasing labor costs.
The State and SL County have been sponsoring work groups to help get more people to look at the trades as a career. I hope they are successful in getting an increase in workers to start to replace those that will be retiring soon.
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Trades are the way to go. I found out recently that the owner of a hotel downtown started out as a plumber. He eventually started his own company then he got into construction and eventually hotels.
If I had to do it over again I would choose something like that. I think trades can open doors that other jobs don't.