E.110 Kate Cinnamo

Time Stamps :

📍[5:17]How Kate is bringing the trades back in as a mainstream career.

📍[5:45]And how she's overcoming this missing generation of a skilled workforce.

📍[7:45]Educating educators about what plumbers and electricians do....

📍[8:57]How do we break the stigma of going to trade school vs the more normalized routes of getting a bachelors degree?

📍[14:13]Their mission is bridging the technical talent gap by engaging middle school students, high school students, parents, teachers and administrators...

📍[15:33]Networking with local schools and local workforce development office

📍[16:37]Call the guidance office and ask to talk to a career counselor - get involved with the tech-ed instructor...

📍[21:41]explorethetrades.org

📍[21:49]Find an apprenticeship program near you

📍[23:45]apprenticeship.gov looking for a trades near you

📍[24:13]look at your state for a registered apprenticeship program or look for a local contractor in your community....

📍[27:57]https://explorethetrades.org/who-we-are/donate/

📍[31:41]How the Jobs Page on "Explore the Trades" works...

📍[34:13]Internships vs Apprenticeships?

📍[35:21]Having interns be a parts runner or work in the warehouse or do ride alongs..

📍[37:05]For every 4 skilled laborers leaving the workforce only 1 is coming in...

📍[39:25]How to break the stigma of parents encouraging youth to work in the trades....

📍[47:17]Why would someone want to be a Plumber? Electrician? Window Cleaner? Further, why would someone want to work for you?

📍[50:13]Marketing Homework: Donate school supplies to your local school and open up a conversation with your school about a career day and bringing Trades back into the conversation

📍[50:49]Finance Homework: Introduce yourself to your local workforce center or high school career counselor

📍[51:25]People Homework: Build out your career ladder..

📍[52:37]Donate to "Explore the Trades" https://explorethetrades.org/who-we-are/donate/

📍[53:25]Check out these videos: https://explorethetrades.org/stem/

📍[53:45]Email Kate: katec@explorethetrades.org

Quote of the week

"The youth is the hope of our future" - Jose Rizal

Resources:

Kate Cinnamo: https://explorethetrades.org/

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