It is simple to find a trade; look for any skill, and type of work that requires a degree of human concentration and from what can be gathered always primarily need the hand of a human being. I have known for decades that trades are highly underrated and even sometimes look down upon. We live in a highly marketed educational system that is a complete fraud. A college education puts you in debt and quite often you’re forced to not even utilize the degree you obtain.
Then there is the individual that lack the ability to see the value in both trade and higher learning. My position is this, go to college and get the cheapest degree possible and specialize in something that compliments your trade and talents you pursue. Higher learning is great no doubt, but it is great when you learn how to leverage it within entrepreneurship and having trade(s). I also believe a degree should not be pursued until after years of servicing and working in various fields. This would limit debt of most individuals and allow them to truly seek a field that aligns with their purpose, plus most employers will now pay for your education and college degrees.
One time me and a friend went to apply for the same job with a major insurance company. She begged me to apply so I did it for laughs. It was a seasonal job and we both knew we were qualified and looked at it as a way to work together and have fun. At this point I’d been living as a gig worker and entrepreneur for about a year full-time. My friend has a Biochemical degree or something like that. She’s a very smart girl and actually had experience in the job we were both applying for. I on the other hand had zero experience in the medical data field, had only some college, and lack any background info on the company outside of what I studied/researched to prep for the interview.
Long story short… I got the job, my friend did not. Initially they hired us both. In addition I was hired making $2 more than what she was being hired at, making well over $20 an hour. Why? For one I had a great professional background that I knew how to leverage as well as my trades that awarded me the ability to sell myself on interpersonal relationship skills and quick learning. I also knew how to negotiate my wages.
Having served as an interviewer on maybe thousands of interview boards, I personally knew that a degree only will take you so far. Employers are looking for experience and trainability. They want individuals that are well rounded, educated yes, but education is now at the fingertips of everyone and anyone with a smartphone or computer! We can literally watch a Youtube video and do projects and learn skills that may have cost someone a great deal of dollars and time, in a matter of a day!
I encourage online learning and free education by all means. Take up trades that you can put into action within months and build upon the skills you learn within those trades. Look for trade schools and schools offering learning in robotics and coding, this is our future and a very profitable one if you pair education and trade together creating a synchronicity in it.
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