A new trade school in Toronto is going to try to be as  green as it can get.
http://www.georginaadvocate.com/News/Georgina/article/73960

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CNN Money is reporting that there is a “new report” of a “global talent crunch.” To learn all about this read more. Or perhaps read less CNN. We’re just kidding. We like CNN. Really, we do!

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Here’s another great feature on an appreciated volunteer who has devoted much of her life to supporting others and keeping up “a busy life,” including a stint in the creation of “an all-women’s construction group.”
Read more here.

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Feature article on the closing last year of Harrison Career Institute (a trade school with locations in Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey), and the effect on students left with nothing but a pile of debt:
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_11008.shtml

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SkillsUSA is inviting all its chapters to participate in the celebration of its founding by planning a community service project for the first full week of May. SkillsUSA was founded as The Vocational Industrial Clubs of America, Inc. (VICA) in 1965.
You can view a gallery of last year’s projects at http://www.skillsusa.org/events/service.shtml

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The number of buyouts, retirements and reduction of other costs will result in the Big Three carmakers recommencing hiring as early as this September says a report from the Center for Automotive Research, an Ann Arbor company. “The bleeding will stop,” says the report’s co-author, Kristin Dziczek.
Overall employment will drop but companies have been getting [...]

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According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the fastest growing specialty in skilled trades is……(drum roll…..)
….not electricians…… not plumbers…..
….(drum roll continues…..)
….no, it’s HVAC (aka HVACR, aka Heating, Ventilation and Refrigeration), expected to have an increase in demand of 31.8% through the end of 2012.

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Editorial from Pioneer Plus discusses one critic’s reaction to last week’s Ontario budget.

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At the booth for the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks at the 29th annual Washington Women in Trades Career Fair, you can learn all about green jobs. There are numerous opportunities coming up in the green economy and jumping in to the fray is a great way to secure a firm career [...]

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A presidential candidate has finally weighed in on the need for trade schools in the US. Speaking in Pittsburgh this week, Hillary Clinton discussed the need for a longer range vision when it comes to jobs, the future of skilled trades in America and the need for more interest in trade schools.
A teacher from a [...]

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