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Diverse students in a modern vocational training center learning skilled trades like welding, carpentry, and electrical work, symbolizing the solution to the labor shortage.

The Skilled Trades Crisis Has One Obvious Fix We Keep Ignoring

The persistent skilled trades labor shortage demands a renewed focus on vocational training and apprenticeships, the most direct and effective solution we have systematically devalued for decades.

Rick Donovan·April 1, 2026