Empowering the Future of Blue Collar: Andrew Brown's Journey to Redefine Skilled Trades Careers

How to make a difference and take actionWe had an incredible conversation with Andrew Brown, CEO and founder of Toolfetch, who shared his moving story of how witnessing the heroism of tradespeople during 9/11 led him to give back to the blue collar community. Andrew's passion for empowering the younger generation to explore careers in the skilled trades industry shines through as we discuss the importance of changing the messaging around college and the trades. We explore the challenges of engaging younger generations in the trades, addressing the stigma that has been associated with these careers over time. Andrew emphasizes the value of taking the time to build up skill sets and encourages parents, guidance counselors, and teachers to be more open to trades as a career option for their children. Highlights:2:29 - Andrew's story of how he started Toolfetch how he was inspired and wanted to take action after 9/11. 9:20 - How to make the trades an option for the younger generation and what Andrews is doing on social media to get parents and kids interested. And how more leaders in the trades need to continue to amplify their voices about the subject. 19:12-Discussing how to get kids to know that college is not the only option and how being in the trades provides amazing value as well the pay being high.21:36-Being clear about why you are going to college so you don't end up with debt or a degree that ends up being useless. <br/>Contact your hosts:Steve Doyle:WebsiteLinkedInEmailBrad Herda:WebsiteLinkedInEmailAndrew Brown:WebsiteLinkedInEmail<br/><br/>This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: <br/><br/>Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy