Why More Gen Z Workers Are Pursuing Skilled Trade Jobs

WSJ Your Money Briefing

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🗓️ 5 April 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Young people, turned off by the job prospects for college graduates, are enrolling in vocational training programs and forgoing the higher-education path. Wall Street Journal reporter Te-Ping Chen joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss. Listening on Google Podcasts? Here's our guide for switching to a different podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.0	Here's your money briefing for Friday April 5th.
0:42.0	I'm J.R. Whelan for the Wall Street Journal.
0:44.0	There's a labor shortage in the skills trade sector.
0:50.0	Think plumbers, welders, and Construction Workers, and filling that gap are Americans ages 18 to 27, also known as Gen Z.
1:00.0	We have seen rising wages in a number of the skilled trades. We're also seeing rising
1:06.2	disenchantment with the four-year college path, both with the expense
1:11.1	associated with getting a degree like that and also with some doubts about
1:15.8	prospects for graduates. We'll talk to Wall Street Journal reporter to Ping Chan, after the
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