Trades Talk – February 2025
February 2025 Join Explore The Trades for a Skills Lab Webinar Whether you’re a teacher ready to give your students hands-on experience in the plumbing, HVAC, or electrical trades or a service business wanting to bring the trades to your community, you’re invited to attend an upcoming webinar about
What a Career in the Trades is Like: From an Experienced Electrician
What a Career in the Trades is Like: From an Experienced Electrician EXPLORE THE TRADES | February 10, 2025 | Blog The trades offer a unique career path filled with opportunity, growth, and hands-on experiences that “traditional” office jobs often can’t provide. Whether you’re considering
Explore The Trades Attends the Auer Steel Expo
Explore The Trades attended the Auer Steel Expo in St. Paul, MN on Wednesday, January 29th, 2025. As the largest HVAC expo in the state, the event brought together over 100 vendor exhibitors and more than 1,000 local HVAC professionals from the Midwest. Executive Director
Trades Talk – January 2025
January 2025 Celebrating 2024 and Success in the Skilled Trades Explore The Trades is proud to share the incredible impact we’ve had in 2024. From launching the fourth year of the “Explore The Trades Skills Lab, Built by Ferguson” program, to increasing our reach and impact in school districts
Tell Me About Yourself
During my career as a trade magazine editor, I had numerous occasions to hire new staff. The process is pretty much the same with employers in all fields. I would look over the applications, read resumes and cover letters, and then select a handful of
Trades Talk – December 2024
December 2024 Thank You for Your Support on Giving Tuesday! Explore The Trades is incredibly grateful for the generosity and support we received on Giving Tuesday. Thanks to YOU, we raised $715.70 providing educators across the country with over 70 poster kits to help bridge
Make A Good Impression On Your First Day
Congratulations! You’ve convinced someone to hire you as a trade apprentice. You don’t know anybody there except for the person(s) who interviewed you and your stomach is churning. You know next to nothing about the job you’re about to start but fear that if you
A Tale of Two Technicians – What it Takes to be a Hero
This is a tale of two technicians and one customer. The customer called for help with a unit that stopped working. Morgan, the technician, was dispatched and the customer was initially happy. Morgan arrived in 30 minutes having just finished a previous service call a
Tools For Christmas
Christmas is almost here and it’s likely some of your loved ones are in a last-minute gift shopping mode. Don’t know what to get for you? Well, skilled trade workers usually are expected to provide their own set of hand tools. You may want to