Desk Free Nation Blog

Trade careers require low investment with high earning potentials.

While trade careers require unique mechanical aptitudes and are not for everyone, they are a wonderful alternative to desk bound jobs that require years of college education. Trade…

It’s no surprise to people in the trades that there is a shortage of workers. Workforce shortages have been plaguing the trades for over a decade. While the…

Once upon a time it was almost unheard of for a woman to be a welder, pipefitter or construction laborer. When women were employed in the trades, they…

The youngest members of the baby boom generation are 56 years old in 2020. This means that over the next decade many of them will retire, taking with…

Over the last fifty years K-12 students have been encouraged to think of four-year college as their best hope for a livable income and a professional lifestyle. There…

A Skilled Trades Ambassador is dedicated to ending the stigma associated with hands-on careers in the skilled trades. What is a Skilled Trades Ambassador’s Purpose? To be a…

There is a mismatch between our educational systems and our workforce needs. It isn’t that American schools or colleges are failing, rather it’s the persistent “college for all”…