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‘A very leaky pipeline’: 1.7 million trade jobs will open each year through 2035—and experts are scrambling to figure out how to fill them
A new report finds a graying workforce and Gen Z retention problems are making it harder to fill ever-expanding skilled trade roles.
Mike Rowe, the host of TV show Dirty Jobs, recently offered a sobering diagnosis of the state of skilled trades jobs today: “For every five tradespeople who retire this year, two replace them.” “Five out, two in,” Rowe said during a Ford Pro Accelerate panel on workforce development. “I don’t care how you vote. I don’t care what your politics are. Math doesn’t care either.” “How long do you want to wait for your toilet to get fixed?” he added. “How long do you want to wait for the lights to come…
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