Rants and Gems #144 Rebuilding America’s Workforce With Paul Robinson
Rants & Gems Real Estate Podcast
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4.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Rants & Gems, host MG The Mortgage Guy (Matt Garland) sits down with Paul Robinson, Founder & CEO of ConstructReach, to talk about the future of construction, workforce development, diversity, and generational opportunity in America.
Paul shares how his company is partnering with major corporations like Target, Procore, ICC, and Skanska to introduce Gen Z and underrepresented communities to careers in construction — helping solve the national labor shortage while changing the image of the trades.
They dive into what it really takes to build the next generation of skilled workers, how AI, robotics, and modular construction are transforming job sites, and why young people should be thinking beyond college degrees and looking at trade careers, project management, and entrepreneurship.
If you’re passionate about economic empowerment, community development, real estate, and the future of work, this episode is for you.
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| 0:00.0 | All right, guys. What's going on? Matt Garland and MLS number five, eight seven, zero, better known as MG, the Mortgage, guys. So we talk a lot about wealth building and building wealth with real estate on this channel. But today we're going to talk about the people who literally build the world around us, from homes to highways, America's construction industry, |
| 0:23.1 | is short a half a million workers. And today I'm bringing on a special guest who is on a mission |
| 0:29.4 | to change that. So today I'm bringing Paul Robertson, who is the founder and CEO of Construct |
| 0:36.4 | Reach, a national workforce development initiative, |
| 0:40.3 | working with corporations like Target, ProCore, and many others to bring young people into the construction industry |
| 0:47.3 | through education, exposure, and inclusion. |
| 0:51.3 | He's also the visionary behind the I built this experience that's changing the way |
| 0:56.8 | young people see careers in construction. So this is a much needed conversation. If you know any |
| 1:02.8 | parents or anybody who's interested in getting their kids into construction, this is the show |
| 1:09.5 | for you guys today. So without further ado, I'm bringing on my |
| 1:13.1 | guy, Mr. Paul Robinson. Paul. What's going on, brother? How are you today? Matthew, how you doing, |
| 1:17.7 | man? Man, I'm alive and blessed. No complaints. How's everything with you? Do it, man. Yeah, |
| 1:23.8 | likewise. A lot and blessed. Every day above ground is a great day. This show is. So let's jump right into this, Paul. A lot of you blessed. Every day above ground is a great day. |
| 1:28.3 | This show is. |
| 1:29.2 | So let's jump right into this, Paul. |
| 1:31.1 | How did you get into construction and what problem were you trying to solve when you |
| 1:36.6 | when you launch Construct Reach? |
| 1:39.3 | Yeah, man. |
| 1:40.0 | Well, you know, everybody's got a story, man. |
| 1:43.1 | You know, and so it is, it's definitely been a journey as to how I got here. |
| 1:48.5 | I would say I did not envision this for myself. |
| 1:52.0 | When I was younger, of course, in school, I did like math, I liked drawing, you know, |
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