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I Love My Trade - David Obie, Welder
In honor of #NationalSkilledTradesDay May 6, 2020, we're launching a series called I Love My Trade. We connected on social media with...

Terry Bierwirth
May 3, 20202 min read
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Confessions of an Architect: Tradespeople Taught Me How to Build by Megan Peters
As a recent architecture school grad on the path to licensure, I made the decision to work for many years at a design + build...

Terry Bierwirth
Apr 14, 20203 min read
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Exploring The Skilled Trades 6 Recession-Proof Trades Careers
This post is a Gen T blog post from 11/5/2019 Written by Richard Stockton
Sr. Writer

Terry Bierwirth
Mar 9, 20203 min read
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Change Your Career: Part II Why Years Later, Rachel Chose to Become an Electrician
In Part I entitled "A Career in Skilled Trades Creates Purpose, Promise, and Pay for Rachel," I wrote about how I met Rachel, a...

Terry Bierwirth
Feb 24, 20204 min read
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Shop Class Sparks a Student's Imagination
February is CTE month. For those who are unaware, CTE in the world of education is defined as career and technical education, a term...

Terry Bierwirth
Feb 15, 20202 min read
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Relationships between CTE Teachers and Students are Stronger
February is CTE month. For those who are unaware, CTE in the world of education is defined as career and technical education, a term...

Terry Bierwirth
Feb 12, 20202 min read
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Move Skilled Trades to Top of the List
Written by guest blogger Ruth Vettrus I recently read an article that Teen Vogue published about options after high school graduation,...

Terry Bierwirth
Feb 12, 20202 min read
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Change Your Career: Part I A Career in Skilled Trades Creates Purpose, Pay and Promise for Rachel
This is a two-part series about an electrical apprentice named Rachel. Part I describes how I met Rachel while she was on a job site...

Terry Bierwirth
Jan 15, 20204 min read
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Metal: His Passion, Now His Work
My Work My Future is an organization dedicated to promoting career pathways in the skilled trades. As a connector and resource provider,...

Terry Bierwirth
Oct 3, 20191 min read
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Hayward Field Renovation in Eugene, OR uses New Technologies in Construction
This is an amazing project right here in our own backyard. The redesigned Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus. We drive or...

Terry Bierwirth
Sep 3, 20191 min read
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College Debt Just Isn't Cool Anymore
College isn’t for everyone, yet changing the institutional mentality is like trying to turn a supertanker around in the middle of the...

Terry Bierwirth
Sep 2, 20194 min read
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Choose a Job You Love; Never Work a Day in Your Life
Written by John Qualman Confucius say this long ago but its wisdom endures today. Imagine… how much more productive we, our friends, our...

Terry Bierwirth
Aug 14, 20191 min read
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My Work My Future is in Good Company
We had the pleasure of introducing My Work My Future on our very first podcast. At Your Best has launched a series of podcasts under the...

Terry Bierwirth
Jul 5, 20191 min read
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Skills of a Tradeswoman: Strong Personality, Hard Working, Confident
Lassere, right, works with plumber Kristi Williams on a renovation managed by Lassere’s new company, Artio Contracting LLC. Photo: Eze Amos.

Terry Bierwirth
Jul 5, 20193 min read
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At Your Best -- Launches Series of How To Books written for Future Tradesmen and Women
As we begin to spread our message about our mission to be a connector and resource provider for workforce opportunities in the skilled...

Terry Bierwirth
Jun 21, 20192 min read
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