♪ SOLEDAD: I바카라 게임 웹사이트�M SOLEDAD O바카라 게임 웹사이트�BRIEN. WELCOME TO "MATTER OF FACT." AMERICA NEEDS ELECTRICIANS, PLUMBERS, AND CARPENTERS. BUT RIGHT NOW, THE TRADES ARE EXPERIENCING A HUGE LABOR SHORTAGE. ACCORDING TO A RECENT REPORT, THE U.S. HAS 650,000 OPENINGS FOR SKILLED LABOR. WITH MORE BABY BOOMERS RETIRING, THE DEMAND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE. NOW THE EFFORT IS TURNING TO RECRUITMENT AND THE FOCUS IS ON GEN-Z OR ZOOMERS. THIS IS THE GENERATION BORN BETWEEN 1997 AND 2012. THEY ARE ON TRACK TO BECOME THE MOST COLLEGE-EDUCATED GENERATION. AMONG 18 TO 21-YEAR-OLDS, 57% WERE ENROLLED IN A TWO OR FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE. WHICH MEANS THE TRADE INDUSTRY IS STRUGGLING TO ATTRACT THEM. PAUL IVERSEN IS AN EDUCATOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA바카라 게임 웹사이트�S LABOR CENTER, WHICH OFFERS APPRENTICESHIP READINESS COURSES. MR. IVERSON, NICE TO SEE YOU, THANKS FOR TALKING WITH ME. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE, THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE TO GETTING PEOPLE TO GO INTO TRADES AS OPPOSED TO GOING OFF TO A TWO YEAR OR A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE? PAUL: FOR THE PAST PROBABLY 40 YEARS, SCHOOL COUNSELORS HAVE BEEN TRAINED THAT IN ORDER TO GET AHEAD, IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL, YOU NEED TO GO TO COLLEGE. AND THAT바카라 게임 웹사이트�S KIND OF THE STORY THAT바카라 게임 웹사이트�S BEEN TOLD. BUT YOU DON바카라 게임 웹사이트�T HAVE TO GO TO COLLEGE IF COLLEGE ISN바카라 게임 웹사이트�T THE THING FOR YOU. AND THAT바카라 게임 웹사이트�S SORT OF A MESSAGE THAT WE NEED TO GET OUT, IS YOU CAN WORK WITH YOUR HANDS AND HAVE A GOOD LIFE AND BE A GOOD MEMBER OF SOCIETY. SOLEDAD: FOR FOLKS IN GEN Z, I바카라 게임 웹사이트�M CURIOUS IF YOU HAVE FOUND THAT THERE ARE STEREOTYPES ABOUT THESE JOBS THAT ARE, ARE KEEPING THEM OUT OF CONSIDERING THEM AS A CAREER. AND, AND MAYBE SOME OF THOSE STEREOTYPES ARE AROUND MONEY. PAUL: THERE ARE LOW WAGE CONTRACTORS THAT DON바카라 게임 웹사이트�T PAY WELL. BUT WHAT WE WORK WITH IS REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS THAT ARE JOINTLY TRUSTEED BETWEEN BUILDING TRADES UNION AND THE CONTRACTORS. AND ALL APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS ARE ON THE JOB TRAINING PLUS CLASSROOM AND TRAINING. AND YOU바카라 게임 웹사이트�RE PAID FOR THE ON-THE-JOB PART OF IT. AND SO, TO GET THROUGH THE FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM, YOU바카라 게임 웹사이트�LL MAKE ABOUT $250,000 AS AN APPRENTICE, PIPEFITTER OR PLUMBER. YOUR FIRST YEAR AS A JOURNEY WORKER, YOU바카라 게임 웹사이트�LL BE MAKING ABOUT $80,000 A YEAR. SO REALISTICALLY, IF YOU GO IN STRAIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, YOU CAN BE 23-YEARS-OLD MAKING $80,000 A YEAR WITH NO DEBT. SOLEDAD: HISTORICALLY, AS YOU WELL KNOW, A LOT OF THOSE TRADE JOBS, WERE NOT OPEN TO WOMEN, WERE NOT OPEN TO PEOPLE OF COLOR, WERE NOT OPEN TO IMMIGRANTS. ARE YOU SAYING THERE바카라 게임 웹사이트�S BEEN A 180? PAUL: THERE HAS BEEN A CONCERTED EFFORT TO CHANGE THAT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PROGRAMS HAVE TO DO IS ACTIVELY RECRUIT PEOPLE FROM GROUPS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE TRADES. AND SO THE FOCUS AREAS ARE WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOR, YOUTH AGED 16 TO 24, RELEVANT TO THE GEN Z PART, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND VETERANS. SOLEDAD: WHEN YOU LOOK AT SURVEYS OF GEN Z, WHAT THEY SAY THEY WANT IS STABILITY OF INCOME. THEY WANT TO BE ENTREPRENEURS AND THEY WANT TO HAVE A MISSION INVOLVED IN THEIR JOB. DOES THAT MAKE YOUR, YOUR PITCH TO THEM EASIER? PAUL: THE MISSION IS BUILDING AMERICA. EVERY TRADESPERSON I TALK TO HAS A STORY ABOUT HOW THEY BORE THEIR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS WITH, I BUILT THAT BUILDING. I BUILT THAT BRIDGE. YOU KNOW, AND SO THERE바카라 게임 웹사이트�S A, THERE바카라 게임 웹사이트�S A REAL PRIDE IN THE WORK THAT YOU바카라 게임 웹사이트�VE DONE. AND THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PART OF IT, I TELL PEOPLE, IF YOU GO THROUGH AN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AND YOU BECOME A JOURNEY WORKER, YOU바카라 게임 웹사이트�RE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD LIFE. BUT IF YOU WANT TO GO BEYOND THAT, YOU CAN MOVE UP TO A FOREMAN, TO A GENERAL FOREMAN. YOU CAN BECOME AN ESTIMATOR YOU CAN START YOUR OWN CONTRACTING FIRM. SO, THE POSSIBILITIES ARE LIMITLESS. SOLEDAD: PAUL IVERSON IS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LABOR CENTER. IT바카라 게임 웹사이트�S SO NICE TO TALK TO YOU, SIR, THANK