The goal is to help qualified Michigan residents connect with skilled and professional trades career opportunities across state departments and agencies.
he is here to talk about his efforts to address critical shortage of skilled trade workers. coach, great to see you. great to see you, too. bret: so this is a big deal for you. you are teaming up with skills u.s.a. this partnership to try to get skilled workforce. explain. this. yeah, today is skills u.s.a. signing day across the country. i was in bay city, michigan with wolverine boots supporting students committing to a career in the skilled trades. it s exciting. reminds me of national football signing day but right now there is 6.5 million deficit in the skilled trades in the united states. and the opportunity that young people have to be happy, to be productive can be found in the skilled trades. bret: so there is 9%, roughly, only of high school students that go in to the trades. but you look at this u.s. chamber of commerce stats, worker shortages, 3.3 million
gillian: as trillions of federal money starts flowing into infrastructures across the country there might not be enough workers to fill the jobs. older workers are retiring quickly. not enough young people are being trained to take their place as construction workers, plumbers and electricians to name a few trades. mike emanuel joins us with what is being done to try to help fill this glaring gap. hi, mike. bill: it s become a very competitive environment trying to attract skilled trade workers. associated general contractors of america reports 93% of construction firms report open positions. 91% are having trouble filling some of the positions. 77% think they don t have the skills or can t pass a drug test. 66% of firms have delayed projects because of labor
St. Lawrence College (SLC) will be hosting several events for the Eastern Ontario Skills Competition on Tuesday, February 28 in Cornwall, and the Limestone District School Board (LDSB) Skills Competition and the Young Women’s Skilled Trade and Technology event on the Kingston campus on March 1.
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