College Alternative Podcast

Isaac Morehouse makes a great point here that colleges only trade on their name and the credentials given to a student, not that the student has the knowledge and training to do the job.  That seems pretty risky to me as an employer.  I would rather know that the individual can actually do the work, rather than he/she went to Harvard.

Here is a short, but good interview with the Praxis founder and CEO Isaac Morehouse.  These alternative training programs are going to start popping up more and more with college tuition being so high.

Here's an article about how the lack of younger skill tradesmen is going to affect our national economy.  Crazy! https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/shrinking-skilled-labor-force/?utm_source=newsletter

Happy Father’s Day to all who are deployed and cannot be with their families. Thank you for your sacrifice.

What about working for a cooperage to make barrels for Jack Daniels?  That's a worthy life goal!

Thinking about going through Airborne School? Here's a great talk on the things to do and not to do so you can make it through.

Here’s a great scholarship program to apply for is you are interested in going to school for a trade.

Working to build America.

“The question should be, why isn't all learning done this way?”

A day on a Maple Farm in Westby Wisconsin from Lani Renee on Vimeo.

Why the apprenticeship model works.

We have been finding it very interesting that none of the culinary schools that we reached out to wanted to come onto the show.  We were wondering why that was.  Do you guys think culinary school is worth the money and time?  And do you think we should press harder to get school representatives on the show?

Annual salaries for Firefighters based by state. #firefighters #wages #salaries

Skilled jobs aren’t done, you just need to know where to look.