Where the Jobs Are: The New Blue Collar 

that`s d truth !!!

That’s why you have to be smart with your money

Oil and gas is feast or famine.

2yrs of community collage or more for a job that pays less then 28k a year. This is good? Nice using the non- applicable 21yo 100k yr example.

that is the low level stuff like working machine at factors. Like me I didn't go to college and at 18 was making 16 Per hour and now I'm 28 now making 80k a year 3 week vacation full coverage and 401k and pension still no schooling but I'm in the trade schooling now and when i finish i would be making 100k. Wish i would have done it sooner i would be making 100k at 21 year old. if i would have gone in to elevator tech or wielder I be making 80k starting and by the time I finish the trade school which is 4 year normal i be making 100-150k depending the company. the jobs are out there just how hard are you going to work for them.

Derick Rodriguez well done buddy

Derick Rodriguez can you tell me more or what other jobs that are out there which is similar? Please

yes I can totally relate to companies picking favorites in the hiring process, such as hiring based on who you know and your network, family that has worked there, or the company's HR department is lousy. Oversaturated job fields can be the culprit too, and your locaiton

It's because the so called "American Educational System" discourages trades as part of this "New Society" and stupid people fall for it.

They have to have some skills to be hired.

Exactly. Not only will employers be forced to train the next generation of workers, they'll have to pay them too or else they'll take off and get better pay elsewhere. I was looking at flight school to become a pilot and American Airlines has finally started their own school but instead of funding the school themselves, they still expect students to take out massive student loans. It's a hard no for me. Paid plumbing apprenticeship is the better option, and frankly better pay and hours overall.

Here in Utah, the manufacturing industry was finally forced to start apprenticeship programs. They last four years and you get paid to be trained on the job, at tech school, and at college. By the end of the 4 years, you can do most things a machinist can do and have an AAS in Manufacturing Engineering Technology. You then are able to get into the highly skilled jobs plus are only 2 years of college away from receiving your Bachelor's degree. I feel this is great for young people who have a high aptitude for technology, but didn't have the grades in high school to pursue an engineering degree.

@@courtneydurham8429 > ROBOTS ARE COMING !!! no worker is just the excuse to allow full on automation !!

I agree!

Agree! Believe way too much emphasis was put on 4-year colleges and leaving the student with debt up to their eye-balls starting out. A 2-year degree is just as good, if not better, if you have time in the industry along with the paper. As a hiring manager, I opted to hire people that had experience in their field well beyond those that just had a piece of paper. There seems to be (especially in my field) a huge separation between learned knowledge and on-the-job knowledge. IT isn't an exact science all the time - you still need the basics and the same goes for the "New Blue Collar". As an country, we lost a lot of skilled workers due to a lot of high school/2-year college kids not wanting to be welders, plumbers, and/or fabricators sending a lot of that work overseas. You can see the difference in made goods because of the pride one can put into a job that nets a good paying/supportive job. Not just to that individual but to us a country, we need more young men and women to enter the work force and bring back the standard of "Made in the USA" to its rightful place. Once established in the trade or job function, the individual can then go back to school and earn their Bachelor and Master's without having the revolving debt from the start. This is where that person knows their trade well enough to teach new and upcoming individuals to become better and introduce new ways of doing things. They then become better managers and/or bosses who are open to the "new blood" and more open to new techniques within these areas. Work the system, don't let the system work you! =0)

+DirtHog365 what we need more now is to strengthen the labor force, bring back strong unionization, unions before Reagan declared war on them had strong apprenticeship programs that produced the qualified labor pool, some still do but now young people have to pay to learn the skills that should be taught on the job by the people actually doing the work, and at the same time get hands on experience.

The government wants to oversarurate the Trades so that they can drop the wages... Why do employers have to pay premium wages for welders/steamfitters/Ironworkers..etc.... If everybody becomes one, then their is no incentive pay for demand cause the demand is always met in excess..

Ride AMAP somebody should tell the liberal fruitcakes there's no jobs in lesbian dance theory

Haha truth! I mean, hey, $13 an hour wouldn't be all bad if a box of cat litter (granulated clay for your pet to take a shit in) didn't cost an hour's worth of work, a small plastic bag of basic grocery items didn't cost $60, and your employer didn't take $80 per week out of your check for your health insurance that will only start covering shit once you've met your $8,000 deductible, but.....

Ryan M .so true. They take us for fools

mr zed thats entry level without a degree. With 6- 8 years experince that 13.00 per hour will double/almost double.

Hermano Mayor i hope so. For the younger generation

this is a 4 year old video my man. you also gotta realize that minimum wages are different everywhere. the last year i worked in texas (2017) mm was 7.25 here in california 2018 mm is 13.25. right NOW 13 dollars may not be a lot in some states, but it may be well above minimum in other states. in texas 13 dollars is a comfortable wage to live on by yourself.

Get into a trade asap

The problem is companies have the right to search our bodies for drug tests that only really test for pot. Meth, crack, opiates, alcohol out of your system in a couple days. But oh boy smoke the devils lettuce that stays in your system for up to a month and you can't be employed anywhere. Much rather take a small hit after work to really relax than drink poison that is alcohol or harder drugs.

So MOST of the population is on drugs? No wonder people in control of industry and banking is so f'd up!

pay premium to all drug free tester , even if they are not hired - just pay!!

Yup that's certainly the problem, all the 4.0 college grad's can't find an entry level job because of drug use... Ofc

Kaloop Spring blue collars don’t go to college 😭

You're a woman though....

I recently looked up a welding job on Indeed and it said that 70 people had already applied to it.

I'm 20 years old I have roofing mill work and construction labor and fabrication under my belt no school construction 2 years etc it's not hard they have temp agency that will help you get work.

what job were you doing?

yes but not everyone wants to become or is cut out for doctor or engineering careers.

and another note, regarding engineering and medical field, a lot of students living in third world countries are encouraged to take these majors thinking it would make them a lot of money and be able to land jobs right after school, the problem is, all these students end up taking the same thing which creates less demand for those fields in that country and thus students are unable to land jobs in engineering or even nursing. An example of this today would be countries like India (engineering), or the Philippines (nursing)

I'm considering becoming an electrician as well purely for the money. I also have a white collar job but would like a different kind of work and better pay. Why do amounts for this work vary so much. On Indeed I see average hourly rate for electricians is $20. That's a nice rate but far from this insane 100 grand a year that I sometimes hear people talking about with electricians.

depends on your location

I went to one semester of college planning on getting an EE degree, then dropped out and dicked around for a couple years. Now, I'm 19 and I'm an electrician apprentice and I love it. The job fell right into my lap, I didn't have an interview or drug test, and I'm getting paid $11.60/hr at the moment, which will go up to $18/hr once I'm a journeyman. the company I work for is literally me, the other apprentice, and the boss/owner. he's doing pretty damn well financially.

I've been in blue collar for a long time now and I'm bailing out. No healthcare or retirement and you go home beat up everyday

Lots of overtime 👍🏻 Not complicated

13 an hour is entry level , once u learn u get paid much more

what about health care or retirement ? no one ever talks about that

locals who are unskilled? nah

CORPORTION WILL HIRE AND TRAIN LOCALS OR WILL BE DESTROYED. NO MORE IMMAGRANTS TAKING OUR JOBS AND FILLING OUR COLLEGES!

Frost you mad broski

wait i could careless lol, i live in spain either way

low balling companies !!!!

i saw your comment - here i don't have a job for you but need to get information from you about nursing.

I'm gonna say this once....don't do it...if you're considering school....do OT, PT, Speech Therapy...anything but RN work. The work is half as difficult....make more money...have more energy after work too.

+Frank From Upstate NY I worked for a CNC machine shop in oklahoma through a temp agency and they fired me and my brother after we found out they were misreporting people's hours to save themselves money. I actually liked the work and most of the coworkers were the nicest people I've ever met.

+Jordan Shackelford Companies care about one thing...money....not how well is someone doing...just "Cattle like jobs"...with minimal pay and no real enthusiasm anymore for what the jobs are. America is now at "end of days" my friend....see u in the future. God Bless us all.

Look into reporting them to the EEOC.

Runnin' hard and getting paid here. I'm home every night and make over 100k

b k what do you haul?

I run doubles for Saia LTL Freight

Yup, I gross $70k a yr. pulling containers out the Ports, I plan to haul Hazmat tankers in the next few years where I'll be pulling in well over $100k a yr.

EXACTLY!!! Thank you!! I have an associates degree in Culinary Management, I have a bachelor's in Hospitality Management, I am a licensed journeyman electrician in my state, and I am also a licensed real estate salesperson but what do I do every day? I'm a maintenance person for a company that owns several assisted living facilities. I'm not the stereotypical maintenance guy and actually work hard for lousy pay. I'm a very hardworking 31 year old who is willing to bust my rear end for more pay and a better life, but when I apply for other jobs to try and better myself financially and more, they want someone with experience and brush me off. Hey, why not bring me on, train me, and pay me a wage I can actually live on and I promise you, I'll be one of your most loyal and hardworking employees.

Ryan M get in a IBEW union for electrical

@@rmath8605 i thought electricians get paid good money? whats your hourly wag. do you not work union. I was thinking of becoming an electricina but union only

@@Batman96925624 you can make decent money as an electrician, but if you're planning on working for a non union contractor, don't count on it. The contractor I worked for started their journeymen out at about $17 an hour and by the time payment for health insurance and taxes was taken out of your check, you were only bringing home about $500 on a good week. It's pathetic. The highest paid journeyman in the company which employed about 150 guys out in the field paid their long time employee of almost 30 years only $24 an hour - a joke. I am now a route driver for a local vending company and make significantly more than when I worked in electrical. It's shitty, dirty work, you have to wear long pants and work boots in grueling summer heat, job sites are loud, messy, a lot of the guys I worked with were angry, miserable bastards who hated their job and their lives so coming to work was always a lot of fun, etc. Learning the trade was cool because I know how to bend conduit which is a valuable skill and I know and understand a lot of the code, but I''d never go back to that shit because I hated it so much. If you do decide to go after a career in electrical and do not intend to go into business for yourself or get a job as a high paid maintenance electrician where you are strictly that company's electrician, then definitely go union. I'm normally not a big proponent of modern day labor unions, but in this case, I'm all for them. The contractor I worked for took appalling advantage of me and treated me like shit. The lows they sunk to to save money and how they treated me would never fly in a unionized workplace.

@@geebee6010 I would if I had stayed in the trade, but I got out of it and I highly doubt I'll ever go back. I did learn some valuable skills like how to bend and run conduit, etc., but I hated working on job sites so much. It's dirty, loud, etc. I had to work with a bunch of nasty miserable guys who hated their lives and their jobs so it was not pleasant to be around them and if you had a question on something you didn't know how to do, you were screamed at and belittled for simply trying to learn. The company I worked for was awful and the owners were only out for themselves and only worried about money. Hey, I understand that making money is a main priority in running a business - many of my family members own their own businesses, but when you take such appalling advantage of your employees and do sneaky and underhanded crap to save a dime while taking advantage of your employees, that's low. I don't miss it at all, but if I were to ever go back, I'd definitely get into the union.

Robert Ostman I work for Nucor steel in Brigham city Utah we can’t find enough workers!! And we start out high school kids and young workers at 45,000 a year plus overtime so they take anywhere from 50-60 grand a year their first year!!! And they are trained to weld they dnt start out welding they start in our wood bay placing wood on top of Joyce

yeah my employer wants us to take a pay cut to stay competitive because building materials are thru the roof. Thats blue collar for you!

michael anderson Depends on the state since America has to rebuild its infrastructure welding will be in demand

I just had a stroke reading what you wrote.

WHAT ABOUT WAGE SLAVE MASTERS - LEADERS OF LOW BALLING PAY RATES. ** TRAFFICKING LOW WAG LIES AND WORKERS ***

LEARN MATH FOOL !!!!

so are you a millionaire yet ?

Nursing is slave labor.....just above sustainability

@Boxfox which school is 15 weeks?

Had you send in your application for these positions?

suck it up, and do what you have to do. work hard at whatever it is

Salem Thorup You see konami over there and how they treat their workers? Big corporations are greedy that is all to it.

Salem Thorup So should I go to a college gain debt and then find a shitty low paying job? Trade school is for people who don't want to sit in a boring office the rest of their life.

Cool RU-vid Name I'm not saying to not get into it. I just think that the promotion of the trades is sometimes exaggerated. I'm definitely not saying everyone (or even necessarily most people) should do the college route. Just pointing out some systemic issues in the trades with protectionism. I just don't want them to become like degree careers- so full of protectionism that only the privileged can get into them.

Salem Thorup Oh sorry misunderstood you.

you are so right .

His name is David Bookout.

Blue collar work is full of em

Blue collar is like the school of hardknocks. Def tons of um

Porn industry

Yeah you're pretty much right about that.

Na he’s a bigger fraud

part time worker book rider - bench warmer !!!

part time work brah ! on the BALL or to the hall !!!!

just like that !!!!

Where is the money for a business? Rent and inspection fee + land, who's going to pay for those?

P.A.P Asmr it’s 2020 you run a business using your phone why do you think most retail stores are closing your vehicle and your laptop is all you need

If we all started a business, there wouldn't be anyone working underneath someone so in theory it wouldn't make sense.

Michelina Burchett There's a case of a well qualified job seeker who sent out hundreds of résumés under his real (Spanish) name. He was never invited to a single interview. One day he changed his first (José) to Joe & the employer-fish started biting.

If We go to South, central America and try and get a job will they hire us?

That is only because they pay them less for twice the work and speed. It is not sustainable in the long run. Try to get a white collar job with those Spanish names. I dare you.