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Mike Rowe predicts skilled workers will be in ‘demand like never before’ in post-coronavirus era…’If you are a welder with a work ethic, you will be among the dozens of people making six figures’ The above is the title of a blog piece published in July 2020. Most know Mike Rowe as the host of

I wanted my children to “have a father instead of a folded flag.” I heard these words from a veteran discussing PTSD while watching an episode of the goop lab With Gwyenth Paltrow, a Netflix documentary show that pursues different curiosities and topics within wellness, and I’ll never forget them. Those words, as devastatingly brutal

Verbal communication in the workforce faces extinction like never before. If you’re in an office that believes internal emails should be limited and anything worthy of saying to a coworker within a brief walking distance of you can and should be said in person, you’re light years ahead of other offices in regards to the

“I wish I had remembered that as soon as you hire someone, you sign yourself up for the possibility of having to fire them.” This is a quote from a Business Insider article entitled 10 things people don’t talk about in business-- but should. As I thought about this quote and the article as a

New perspectives are meant to challenge current perspectives and, as Harvard Business Review says, in regard to the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on supply chains, sourcing strategies, management, and the way companies do business in general, “It is as if we lowered the level of the ocean and exposed all kinds of risks and obstructions that

Market Watch reports that “38 of the top 50 industries employ veterans at lower rates than they do non-veterans” and that for veterans to do a better job at finding their passion and focus in the career world, they must focus on bridging the “civilian-military divide.” The civilian-military divide is alive and well and fully

Right off interstate I-75, in the unassuming Ohio town of Wapakoneta, a beacon of aviation sits. It draws people from across the globe and impresses the most seasoned of travelers and yet, many who live nearest to it forget the magnitude of its purpose and draw. It celebrates an American hero and aviation icon, and

Malware is defined as “software that is specifically designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to a computer system.” You’ve likely seen, heard, or experienced malware in the form of corrupted ads that pop-up on electronic devices, like your personal laptop or children’s ipads. These ill-intended pop-up ads are often activated when you click

“Don’t take it personally.” “It is what it is.” Why are two phrases that suggest reflecting is a waste of time so popular that they can be found embroidered on pillows and readily rolling off people’s lips across the country? I hadn’t thought about how these two phrases play a role in the business world

As the number of people drowning in college debt increases and employers within the skilled trades repeatedly post job openings for their unfilled positions, the words “skilled trades” find themselves in newspaper headlines across the country. Everyone seems to be talking about skilled trades, but instead of contributing to that conversation with statistics and line