""You're talking about turning around a tanker. It took a whole generation or more for the skills gap to get as bad as it is right now. And it's going to take some time to fix it.""
""In a world where administrative and analytical occupations are increasingly at risk, the trades may be one of the country's most worthy investments.""
Mike Rowe, known for hosting Dirty Jobs, founded the mikeroweWORKS Foundation to promote skilled trades as viable career paths. This year, he increased scholarship funding to $10 million due to rising interest, with applications surging since 2008. Rowe highlights the challenge of changing perceptions about trade roles, especially as AI threatens white-collar jobs. The decline of manufacturing jobs and the cultural shift towards college degrees have exacerbated the skills gap, but there is a growing recognition of the value of trades in the current labor market.
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