You had vast swaths of experienced tradesman that were out of work, essentially, overnight. If you're ~23-28 years old, then you graduated at a time where there were literally no open positions in the construction industry, so you never had the opportunity to get into it. And if you're 29-35, you probably found a different career during the turmoil and never came back.
I saw this a lot first-hand. Any friends that graduated to become tradesman all switched careers, joined the military, or went to college during the 09-10. Being in their early 20s meant they were first in line for the cuts.
Not directed at you but I'm really surprised when I hear people say, "young aren't interested in trades." As if they seriously never connected the dots between "trade jobs disappeared" and "lack of people in trades".
You had vast swaths of experienced tradesman that were out of work, essentially, overnight. If you're ~23-28 years old, then you graduated at a time where there were literally no open positions in the construction industry, so you never had the opportunity to get into it. And if you're 29-35, you probably found a different career during the turmoil and never came back.
I saw this a lot first-hand. Any friends that graduated to become tradesman all switched careers, joined the military, or went to college during the 09-10. Being in their early 20s meant they were first in line for the cuts.
Not directed at you but I'm really surprised when I hear people say, "young aren't interested in trades." As if they seriously never connected the dots between "trade jobs disappeared" and "lack of people in trades".