The Straits Times

New model proposed by NTUC to boost salaries and careers of tradesmen like plumbers, electricians

SINGAPORE – To attract more young people to work in skilled tradesmen jobs like plumber and electrician services, a new framework has been proposed to create clear career ladders for these essential ...
The Mercury

Plumbers, electricians Australia’s richest tradies, charging more than the average lawyer

TRADIES in some sectors are charging double that of lawyers, new figures show. Find out how your hourly pay rate compares to the average sparky, chippie or plumber. National figures from job quote ...
San Francisco Examiner

Why Learning a Trade Is the Smart Career Move in a Changing AI Economy

With the introduction of LLMs disrupting the conventional job market, employees are on edge about their career choice, and ...
Daily Mail

NFL linebacker Myles Jack admits he considered trade school to become a plumber or electrician before joining NFC-champion Philadelphia Eagles: 'I like to work. I couldn't sit ...

Go trade school? Become a plumber? An electrician? These were the thoughts going through linebacker Myles Jack's mind after he was waived by the Pittsburgh Steelers in March. The former UCLA standout ...
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Gen Z is ditching college for ‘more secure’ trade jobs—but building inspectors, electricians and plumbers actually have the worst unemployment

Trade jobs are having a moment. Touted as the smarter, safer alternative to “irrelevant” overpriced degrees and entry-level white-collar jobs (which tech CEOs warn could soon be swallowed by AI), ...
World Bank

Women Electricians, Plumbers, Entrepreneurs: The new faces of the Caribbean workforce

Jennyfer Blandino just turned 21. She lives in the Dominican Republic. Like all woman of her age, she faces a challenge. The career choices she makes will affect not only her professional growth and ...