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May 22, 2025 |1 min read — Media Mention

High school students are skipping college and learning trades instead, earning as much as $70,000 after graduation.
May 21, 2025 — Media Mention

Over her 13-year career in the industry, Liz Fong has become an expert in software management, process development and coding.
May 21, 2025 |1 min read — Media Mention

HMSE Co-founder Angie Simon discussed college versus the trades as options for today's students on CNN with Audie Cornish.
May 13, 2025 |1 min read — Media Mention

Building off the momentum of the recent feature in The Wall Street Journal, the co-founder of the Heavy Metal Summer Experience talks to Michael Smerconish about the need for high schools to revitalize vocational education.
May 9, 2025 |1 min read — Media Mention

Tariffs, idled steel plants, and vanishing exemptions put sheet metal industry on edge
The High-School Juniors With $70,000-a-Year Job Offers

May 7, 2025 — Media Mention

Companies with shortages of skilled workers look to shop class to recruit future hires; ‘like I’m an athlete getting all this attention from all these pro teams’
Apr 11, 2025 |1 min read — Media Mention

“Lone workers in the maintenance and repair industry face unique challenges that require proactive safety measures,” says Timothy J. Brink, CEO of MCAA
Apr 11, 2025 |1 min read — Media Mention

With college debt becoming a major issue, many Gen-Z’ers are attracted to the trades as an alternative and as an immediate entrance to a rewarding and well-paying job.
Apr 10, 2025 |1 min read — Media Mention

Listen Now: Aaron Hilger, CEO of the non-profit Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association, discusses the benefits of working in trades.
Apr 8, 2025 |1 min read — Media Mention

�鶹�� CEO Aaron Hilger highlights the benefits of joining the trades during National Careers in Trades Week on KVLY-TV, North Dakota Today.
Apr 7, 2025 |1 min read — Media Mention

New editions introduce expanded bracing options, updated sizing tables and enhanced duct design capabilities.
Apr 7, 2025 |1 min read — Media Mention

In a letter, �鶹��'s Stan E. Kolbe, Jr. warned that "tariff penalties aimed at Canada for non-trade objectives have already caused harsh and unnecessary economic pain for U.S. workers..."
Apr 7, 2025 |1 min read — Media Mention

The two new editions introduce expanded bracing options, updated sizing tables, and enhanced duct design capabilities.
Apr 7, 2025 |1 min read — Media Mention

The organizations are boosting their marketing to Generation Z as a way to close the labor gap.
Mar 31, 2025 |1 min read — Media Mention

Aaron Hilger, CEO of the non-profit Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association talks connecting students to skilled trades. National Careers in Trades Week will kick off April 7th-11th.
Mar 24, 2025 |1 min read — Media Mention

With college debt soaring and becoming a major issue today, many Gen-Z’ers are attracted to the trades as an alternative and as an immediate entrance to a rewarding and well-paying job.
Mar 13, 2025 |1 min read — Media Mention

Skilled trade careers are gaining traction nationwide, with bipartisan support driving a surge in career and technical education programs.
Mar 13, 2025 |1 min read — Media Mention

Perspectives on continued education have shifted in recent years, particularly among young people who are more likely to choose a trades career than in the past.
Mar 13, 2025 |1 min read — Media Mention

"...Rep. Chavez-DeRemer consistently met with, worked with, and listened to both employers and employees to advocate for reasonable job creation and management policies," said �鶹�� CEO Aaron Hilger.
Mar 12, 2025 |1 min read — Media Mention

Liz Fong of MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions, a full-service, design-build mechanical contractor, was recently named the �鶹��’s 2025 Innovator of the Year.

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