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For the second year in a row, Ford Motor Co. is sounding the alarm on a growing shortage of skilled trades workers in the ...

A former Navy submarine officer says the skills that win wars are the same ones filling America's most in-demand jobs ...

A Millerstown agriculture teacher has won a national award recognizing excellence in skilled trades education, securing $75,000 in prize money split between himself and his school program. Nathan ...

In Paul Denham's view, working in skilled trades is more than a job. It's a career. An HVAC technician can do good work, rise through ranks and eventually become a project manager, he said. For many ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on the human/political issues surrounding college admissions. The U.S. faces a severe shortage of skilled tradespeople, ...