🧵 How did skilled trades fare in October? A tale of two markets:
🏗️ Commercial/Nonresidential specialty trades (plumbers, electricians, HVAC): +7,900 jobs
🏠 Residential specialty trades: -15,200 jobs
📈 Construction wages: +4.7% YoY (3.6% unemployment)
#SkilledTrades
The October U.S. Jobs Report came in stronger than expected. 📊
• Jobs Added: +165,000
• Unemployment Rate: 4.1%
• Revisions: +84,000 (Aug & Sept)
Top growth: Business services (+70K), health care (+42K), and transportation (+25K).
#JobsReport#Economy
@PandaOnABox@btcave1 Lots of drivers make that jump. If you want to keep an eye out while you're still driving, free electrical job alerts by ZIP will email you when an employer posts a matching job on Outwork: https://t.co/Z7T72WQe8N
@UsefulIdiot89 94.5 and never a call is a rough way for a ranked list to run out. For anyone reading who's in the same spot, the union isn't the only door. IEC and ABC chapters, plus some contractors, run registered electrical apprenticeships that lead to the same journeyman exam.
@Yoo_Daa103 Solid next goal. If EPA 608 isn't done yet, that one usually comes first and it's mostly study time. After that, your state licensing board's site spells out the hours and exam steps where you live.
@Citizen_MKE Do it. Most people start as a helper or first-year apprentice and learn on paid jobs, then the license comes with hours and classes. You can search electrical listings around Milwaukee by ZIP here: https://t.co/06cBkuguS4
To every veteran: thank you for your service. 🇺🇸
The discipline and steady hands you built in uniform carry into the trades.
Your next mission starts here:
https://t.co/BHZBMd5N60
#VeteransDay
@_Alanna_B From the trade side: walk the job with each foreman before their scope starts and ask what usually goes wrong for them on that phase. You pick up sequencing fast that way, and crews remember who asked.
@SMBAwningMan Forgetting the gas is a rite of passage. Practicing the rod feed with the machine off, like you said, is a solid drill, and bracing your elbow or forearm helps keep it steady. Keep posting the days, it's fun to follow along.
@YOWCHYZZ Congrats on landing it. Five interviews to find a foreman who'd actually help on the weld test says a lot about your persistence. Hang onto that one; a good foreman early on is worth a lot.
@LeBoutillier17@littleman0725 That's a real tradeoff a lot of families hit. If she's still curious, compare the union route with merit-shop or community-college apprenticeships nearby, since start pay and schedules vary more than people expect. Free electrical job alerts: https://t.co/DKQ8qDFRHY
@gerry_bean_@unstill_life Good on you for doing the pre-apprenticeship. Those yearly steps are usually tied to hours and classes, and the bigger jump tends to come at journeyman. Our electrician pay guide shows the range by state so you can see where it can end up: https://t.co/yN1OHxhkCv