Rowe told Fox Business, citing a recent visit to a Texas-based data center (3).
There, he met three electricians, each under the age of 30 (1). While they had no student loan debt, “the most consequential component of that meeting was the fact that all three of them had been poached three times in the prior 18 months,” Rowe said. “It’s like the draft in the major leagues”.
while a lot of young graduates with degrees can’t find jobs, a lot of in-demand trades can’t find enough workers. McKinsey & Company says that annual hiring for skilled roles such as electricians, welders and diesel technicians “could be more than 20 times the projected annual increase in net new jobs from 2022 to 2032”