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Construction Labor Shortage: Why Gen Z Is Turning to Skilled Trades

For years, the message to young people was consistent: go to school, get a degree (maybe two), and land a desk job. 

That was the version of stability they were sold (and borrowed against). Construction watched from the sidelines as an entire generation followed it. 

The debt arrived on schedule, but the stability didn't. 

So now they're looking at the trades.

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