[TBAbiz] A message from Mike Rowe, Dirty Jobs about our industry
- From: Jodi Sasse <jodi.sasse@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "TBAbiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <TBAbiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 16:30:06 +0000
Why does Mike Rowe, Dirty Jobs, care about skilled trades jobs?
He's addicted to paved roads, working electricity, and flushing toilets.
As an apprentice on the TV series Dirty Jobs, Mike Rowe traveled to every state
and worked with plumbers, electricians, steamfitters, pipefitters, brick
layers, farmers, fishers, and a bunch of other skilled workers who help keep
our polite society humming along. They were individuals who found opportunity
where no one else thought to look. They were entrepreneurs running successful
businesses. They were happy people who managed to figure out a positive
work-life balance. To his surprise, they didn't resemble the unflattering,
blue-collar workers often portrayed in the media. This misperception resulted
in an undeniable disparity between available skilled jobs and the unemployed
local population. Week after week, Mike saw "Help Wanted" signs everywhere,
even when unemployment took over news headlines. Our society didn't, and still
doesn't, have a trained workforce standing by or willing to fill the positions
that actually exist.
"Our crumbling infrastructure, our widening skills gap, the disappearance of
vocational education, and the stratospheric rise in college tuition-these are
not problems," Mike said. "These are symptoms of what we value. And right now,
we have to reconnect the average American with the value of a skilled
workforce. Only then, will the next generation aspire to do the work at hand."
Thank you!
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Jodi Sasse
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