Level Up – Episode 6: Talking Trades with Got Electric LLC’s Founder Grant Gotlinger
In this episode of Level Up, Desmond Stinnie and Addison Wiggin sit down with Desmond’s longtime friend and trades entrepreneur Grant Gotlinger, founder of Got…
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The Hidden Risk in the Trades: Why We Need Stable Skilled Trades Businesses
We often talk about the skilled labor shortage—but there’s a quieter, equally urgent issue hiding in plain sight: the instability of trades businesses themselves. Electricians,…
Make Trade Skills Cool Again
In a recent episode of the Level Up Podcast, co-host Addison Wiggin put it simply—and powerfully: “We need to make skills and trades cool again.”…
Can Trade Schools Feel More Like College?
Reimagining the Career School Experience When we talk about college, we don’t just talk about classes and credits—we talk about the experience. The late-night study…
Level Up – Episode 5: Roxie Overaker Visits to Discuss Financial Stress and More
Roxie Overaker of American Consumer Credit Counseling (ACCC) stops by for an honest, stigma-free conversation about how financial stress impacts health, why judgment-free support matters,…
The Fallout of Losing the Narrative
What happens when a generation is told there’s only one path to success—and then that path doesn’t pan out? We’re living the answer. Across the…
How the Trades Lost the Marketing Battle to Traditional Colleges
Think back to your high school experience. Odds are, the loudest voices—teachers, counselors, media, even family—urged one path above all others: college. Meanwhile, the trades…
Changing Perceptions of Career Schools
From Back-Up Plan to First Choice Ask a high school student what they want to do after graduation, and you’ll likely hear the word “college.”…
Rethinking the College ROI
Why Career Education Deserves a Fresh Look Remember when graduating high school and learning a trade was a perfectly respectable, often celebrated, life path? Wanting…
Level Up – Episode 4: Samantha Cornmesser Joins Level Up to Discuss Making Trade Skills Cool Again
A powerful conversation with Samantha Cornmesser, Director of Member Partnerships at Career Education Colleges and Universities (CECU), discussing the vital role of skilled trades in…