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Is College Worth It?: What the Trades Offer Above Higher Education

With rising tuition costs and an increasingly competitive workforce, it’s no secret that many people are starting to question the value of a college education. For decades, it was widely accepted that a college degree was the most secure path towards a rewarding career. Now, many high schoolers are turning their attention towards alternatives like … Continue reading

Should Craftsmen Get A College Degree?

College has long been known for the place to broaden your mind and give you higher earning potential. However, with the rising costs of college and variety of online choices to get real-world preparation for a job, more students are looking at alternative options. Luckily, one of those options has been to consider working in … Continue reading

2020 Trends In The Trades And How They Will Affect Your Recruiting

We all know about the Labor Gap in the trades over the past few years, and that’s still going to affect your recruiting efforts this year. However, there are many new things happening that you may not have anticipated. Here are some trends to be aware of as you’re searching for good candidates in 2020: … Continue reading

Our Favorite Charitable Partners

We’re proud to say that here at Madden we’ve been working with local experts and organizations to help fellow craftsmen and others in our community in times of need. Here are some of our favorite organizations that we love to partner with to help support everything from working in the trades to full-blown crisis management: … Continue reading

Scholarships Available in the Trades

Most of us craftsmen know how Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe has been raising concerns about how much money is spent in a traditional 4-year college degree. The US Student Loan Debt has been climbing to new heights, now over 1.5 trillion dollars, which will likely take decades to pay off. This is especially concerning … Continue reading

Resources For Women Interested In The Trades

There’s such an urgent need for skilled workers in the trades, this is a great time for women to enter the field. In fact, a career in the trades will often pay more than most office jobs that women traditionally have been hired for, and the pay gap is much more narrow than most industries!. … Continue reading

How Education is Changing and Affecting The Trades

More and more students are starting to consider work in the trades again, rather than going to college for traditional blue collar work after graduation. That’s because the labor gap has helped make the trades a more competitive career path. And if you’re a fan of Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs, you know that he’s … Continue reading

How Get A Career In The Trades

While more and more of the workforce is becoming prepared to work in a white collar office job, there is an ever-increasing need for the blue collar worker in the trades. White collar work has been pushed hard in schools over the last 20 years! Because of that, along with a building boom and retiring … Continue reading

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Is College Worth It?: What the Trades Offer Above Higher Education

Should Craftsmen Get A College Degree?

2020 Trends In The Trades And How They Will Affect Your Recruiting

Our Favorite Charitable Partners

Scholarships Available in the Trades

Resources For Women Interested In The Trades

How Education is Changing and Affecting The Trades

How Get A Career In The Trades

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