Its the No. 1 concern I hear from contractors.
With about 5 million building trades jobs unfilled nationwide, one of the stars of the This Old House home improvement TV show on Thursday offered a simple solution.
“Find the brightest kids and get to them before the guidance counselors do,” said Richard Trethewey in Chattanooga.
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Richard Trethewey of the television show This Old House speaks at the 2018 HomeServe Contractor Conference at The Chattanoogan Hotel on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Trethewey spoke about the need to attract millennials and the next generation to contractor work.Trethewey, a veteran of the longtime show that airs on PBS, said at a meeting with a group of contractors for HomeServe USA that the counselors’ success rates are based on college placement.
“If someone said ‘What’s the best thing for the kids?’ there might be another decision,” he said.