Tag: Construct Your Future

  • If You Are an Artist, You Should Consider Becoming an Artisan As Well

    Are you an artist? Do you make art? Do other people tell you you are artistic?  Do you get excited when you get new materials to work with, or better yet, when you find new materials and use them to create a piece of art?  An artist is someone who looks at the world differently,…

  • Re-engaging the disenchanted, disembodied Millennial generation with real work

    Much of the work that is currently available to millennials takes place in the digital world, it is unreal, it is disembodied, and it does not engage the senses, which means the results of this kind of work are rarely seen. This separation between the work one does and the results of that work, the…

  • The Trades could be your best fit

    Are you interested in learning how things are made, buildings are constructed, or about the hidden processes and systems that make the world run?   Are you interested in studying devices and systems and figuring out how they work, or solving problems that other people don’t care about or just can’t solve? 

  • U.S. News and World Report ranks the most in-demand construction jobs

    Does the thought of sitting in a college classroom for four years seem unappealing? Do you hate writing long term papers?  Are you worried about finding a good job so you can move out of your parent’s house? 

  • By 2020, two thirds of available jobs will not require a bachelor’s degree or higher

    Perhaps you heard the college recruiter tell you that a degree from their prestigious university can get you a job anywhere. You can’t. Just because you have a piece of paper that probably put you tens of thousands of dollars in debt, if not more, does not guarantee you a job. 

  • Can you afford to go to college?

    Chances are you have heard the argument about why everyone should go to college.  A good education leads to a good job and yada, yada, yada, in 40 years you should be able to retire.  The problem though, is no one talks about the large elephant in the room – can you actually afford to…

  • Now that you have a college degree, what is your life like?

    Do you have a college degree?  Anymore, it doesn’t really seem to matter, does it?  Maybe you’re thinking that it would have been better if you hadn’t gone to college; at least you wouldn’t have all that debt hanging over your head, making you anxious, forcing you to save money and live with your parents. 

  • Top 10 Worthless Degrees

    Are you thinking about going to college and are unsure about what you want to study?

  • Seven reasons not to attend college

    Michael Price, author of What Next? The Millennial’s Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the Real World, believes anyone who makes the terrible mistake of pursuing a college education in this day and age will live to regret it.  He believes that in the 1970s, college and universities used propaganda to convince people to attend…

  • Talking shop: How builders are addressing the skilled-labor shortage

    Talking shop: How builders are addressing the skilled-labor shortage

    The skilled-labor shortage persists in the construction industry, pushing wages up, extending project timelines and putting pressure on builder–trade relations. There’s never been a better time to start a career in the construction trades! Construct Your Future today!