welders
Coverage of welders in the Nexus archive.
- BlackRock’s $100M Bet on the American Worker: Inside the Future Builders Plan
BlackRock’s Future Builders initiative is a $100 million commitment aimed at strengthening the skilled trades workforce. Financial correspondent Lydia Moynihan discussed the plan with BlackRock’s Global Head of Corporate Affairs, John Kelly, highlighting the growing demand for electricians and welders.
- Meta offering free training program to fast-track trade jobs
Meta has launched a free five-week training course named America's Workforce Academy to address shortages in skilled trades like fiber technicians, welders, plumbers, and electricians. The program aims to train workers for data center construction and guarantee them jobs in skilled trades, with the National Urban League partnering on the initiative.
- Meta and Mike Rowe launch $115 trade-training program that guarantees jobs to future welders, plumbers, electricians
Meta and Mike Rowe have launched a free trade-training program called America's Workforce Academy that covers training costs, transportation, certification fees, and pays participants to focus on learning, guaranteeing jobs for future welders, plumbers, and electricians.
- Gen Z is ditching college for ‘more secure’ trade jobs—but boilermakers and welders actually rank among the worst entry-level jobs
Gen Z is increasingly pursuing trade jobs like welding and carpentry over college, citing higher salaries and avoiding student loans. However, a WalletHub study ranks these roles among the worst entry-level jobs due to limited growth, economic sensitivity, and automation risks. Boilermakers, welders, and automotive mechanics face low job availability, seasonal instability, and hazardous conditions.