The question of how to set career goals sounds simple. Pick a job title. Name a salary. Give it a deadline. But by March, the goal is gone – not because you’re lazy, and ...Read the Article

The average college graduate walks out carrying $37,500 in student loan debt. Not a horror-story outlier — the average. The path to becoming a welder runs $5,000 to $15,000 in certificate program tuition and ...Read the Article

The day you start an electrical apprenticeship, you start getting paid. Day one. Becoming an electrician means earning a real wage from the first week – $18 to $22 an hour to start, scaling ...Read the Article

Here’s a number worth sitting with: $37,000. That’s what the average four-year college graduate owes in federal loan debt before they’ve landed a single job in their field. Before they know if the degree ...Read the Article

You’ve heard the phrase your whole life. Blue collar. Maybe it was said with respect, maybe with a hint of pity, and maybe you’re trying to figure out which one it deserves. I’ve spent ...Read the Article

Should you go to trade school or college? If you’re asking that question, you’re already ahead of most people, because you’re treating it as a real decision instead of a default. For decades, the ...Read the Article

Something happens at the end of a hard day of physical work that has nothing to do with a paycheck. You don’t feel it after closing an email chain or wrapping up a meeting. ...Read the Article

Most people carry a version of the life they want somewhere in the back of their minds. A certain kind of home. A certain kind of financial freedom. A certain kind of morning. The ...Read the Article

Most people assume the big money is in corporate America. They picture corner offices, MBA degrees, and a long climb up someone else’s ladder. They don’t picture the guy in a hard hat pulling ...Read the Article

Nobody is going to tell you this at graduation. Your counselors won’t say it. Your parents may not believe it. And the culture around you has been quietly reinforcing the opposite idea for ...Read the Article