RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhy Factories Are Having Trouble Filling Nearly 400,000 Open Jobswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squareRandAlThor@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 day agoYou can make good money in skilled trades which would require some training. Could be weeks, months of training.
minus-squareSrh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down2·23 hours agoMy friend just became a locksmith. It has opened a lot of doors for him.
minus-squareSidewaysHighways@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·22 hours agomy brother is a plumber. he’s rolling in it now.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·42 minutes agoConsider being an electrician: you’d be shocked
minus-squareMike D.@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·23 hours agoYou can make good money in skilled trades if you are in a union. Also the union trains you.
minus-squareBakerBagel@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 day agoYou pay a lot for that training, and typically the trades guys at a factory only make about 10-20% more than the line workers. The only money to be made in trades is owning your own firm
You can make good money in skilled trades which would require some training. Could be weeks, months of training.
My friend just became a locksmith. It has opened a lot of doors for him.
my brother is a plumber. he’s rolling in it now.
Consider being an electrician: you’d be shocked
You can make good money in skilled trades if you are in a union. Also the union trains you.
You pay a lot for that training, and typically the trades guys at a factory only make about 10-20% more than the line workers. The only money to be made in trades is owning your own firm