October 28, 2024 • 4 mins
They're renovating the building across the street, so we discuss Gen-Z's obsession with blue collar jobs.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Today's Daily Highlight from Elvis Duran in the Morning Show.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
So, yeah, but Danielle has this thing about guys that
wear tool belts. I like it, like rugged, and when
your husband like does stuff around the house, like Frog,
where's Froggy? So when Froggy does stuff around the house,
he actually he's hot. There for a minute. Really you
really are?
Speaker 1 (00:24):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Oh, it's going to break more crap. But look at them.
Look at them over here, they're working in the looks
like the conference room. Look at that guy right there,
he's wearing I'll have their work boots on their timberlains.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
I love when, like, uh, when something breaks in the
house and I can't figure it out and Sheldon figures
it out, like and it's some kind of and I go,
very nice.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
They see you open it? Hello, I read I read
this morning that half of gen Z want to move
into blue collar work. Have you heard about this? Really
makes sense? Yeah, Nate, I'm trying to get Nate to
work on the pipeline.
Speaker 4 (00:58):
Seriously, now, I think about it all. It's you. You go,
you actually do something, you do something with your hands,
you make something tangible, right right, then you when you
leave that day, you're done satisfaction exactly exactly here I.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Built something here. You know, we do a very very
interesting show. Yeah, we get high ratings. They go out
and they sell.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
It and there's the end of it.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
I mean, they let us keep our jobs. But no,
if you're doing blue collar work, you're look at that
guy right there, Oh my god. Yeah they hey, see
what he's doing. He's he's putting up that that cubicle wall.
Oh yeah, look at that.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
They get in there really early, don't they.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Yeah, they do. Anyway, So half of gen Z want
to move into blue collar work.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
I just have it.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
I found it the story. Twenty three percent of Americans
who don't currently work in the grade field plan to
move into blue collar work. All right, so there are
people want to go from white collar to blue collar.
Same like crime. Yeah, half said they planning on it
right now. They're planning on leaving the desk behind, leaving
(02:04):
the work closes behind, and being blue collar worker. Oh yeah, okay,
I like that.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
I always think about it in terms of if there
was a blackout, if you had to start all over again,
would your job exist? Would you be worthwhile? The answer
is no for most?
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Yeah, for most things of those people.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
But if you can build something, you're still valuable. Please
do it.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Listen to this. Seventy seven percent of all people in
the survey, seventy seven that's high, assume a college degree
is just not necessary. It's outdated. Wow, They'd rather go
into trade school and learn how to be an electrician
or work on cars or something that's so important to
all of us. Seventy eight percent of these people have
(02:47):
noticed a recent surge in young adults who want to
move into trade careers, meaning if not them, they're friends
they're talking with every day or saying, yeah, I'm done
with sitting at a desk. I want to go do something,
build things, move around like straight Nate from the Elvistra
and Morning show.
Speaker 4 (03:03):
Awesome.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
I would love to do that. So it says here
in this article. As the promise of a four year
degree falls short and the cost to receive a college
degree continues to climb, including student loans, crazy young Americans
are making blue collar jobs cool again. It's refreshing to
see young adults taking notice and interest in these lines
of work, especially considering how challenging it's been for new
(03:26):
grads to find white collar jobs. So there you go.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
It's good.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Good.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Blue collar has always been cool, always always. I mean, listen,
if you're watching porn Hub, it's always a mechanic guy
with a tool.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Bell, right it is. The pizza delivery guy. Is that
blue collar? It's kind of hot.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
It's always that.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
So there you go. Never tech guy. So if it's
in the back of your mind, I guess what I'm
getting to here. If it's in the back of your mind,
you know, I really want to look more into that,
or I know exactly what I would do. I have
friends who work in this industry. Maybe building whatever in
the can get me into the union or whatever whatever.
You know what, it's not that far fetched. I think
it's cool.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
We are the commercials for Lincoln Tech, and Lincoln Tech
has all those jobs, and so many people sign up
all the time and and get their degree and go
work in the you know out there.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
It's good. I don't know what I would do. I'm
not really handy. I would I wouldn't even let my
dog them a doghouse that I built. You could lay
some pipe, Elvis.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Oh Lord, should I call HR?
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Who would you call HR? For me?
Speaker 1 (04:29):
I'm right now, Hello HR?
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Okay, I need to report straight Nate. He accused me
of laying pipe. The guy that we accuse of being straight,
just telling me that I'm laying pipe. Yes, okay, I'll
hold
Today's Daily Highlight from Elvis Duran in the Morning Show.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
So, yeah, but Danielle has this thing about guys that
wear tool belts. I like it, like rugged, and when
your husband like does stuff around the house, like Frog,
where's Froggy? So when Froggy does stuff around the house,
he actually he's hot. There for a minute. Really you
really are?
Speaker 1 (00:24):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Oh, it's going to break more crap. But look at them.
Look at them over here, they're working in the looks
like the conference room. Look at that guy right there,
he's wearing I'll have their work boots on their timberlains.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
I love when, like, uh, when something breaks in the
house and I can't figure it out and Sheldon figures
it out, like and it's some kind of and I go,
very nice.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
They see you open it? Hello, I read I read
this morning that half of gen Z want to move
into blue collar work. Have you heard about this? Really
makes sense? Yeah, Nate, I'm trying to get Nate to
work on the pipeline.
Speaker 4 (00:58):
Seriously, now, I think about it all. It's you. You go,
you actually do something, you do something with your hands,
you make something tangible, right right, then you when you
leave that day, you're done satisfaction exactly exactly here I.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Built something here. You know, we do a very very
interesting show. Yeah, we get high ratings. They go out
and they sell.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
It and there's the end of it.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
I mean, they let us keep our jobs. But no,
if you're doing blue collar work, you're look at that
guy right there, Oh my god. Yeah they hey, see
what he's doing. He's he's putting up that that cubicle wall.
Oh yeah, look at that.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
They get in there really early, don't they.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Yeah, they do. Anyway, So half of gen Z want
to move into blue collar work.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
I just have it.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
I found it the story. Twenty three percent of Americans
who don't currently work in the grade field plan to
move into blue collar work. All right, so there are
people want to go from white collar to blue collar.
Same like crime. Yeah, half said they planning on it
right now. They're planning on leaving the desk behind, leaving
(02:04):
the work closes behind, and being blue collar worker. Oh yeah, okay,
I like that.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
I always think about it in terms of if there
was a blackout, if you had to start all over again,
would your job exist? Would you be worthwhile? The answer
is no for most?
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Yeah, for most things of those people.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
But if you can build something, you're still valuable. Please
do it.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Listen to this. Seventy seven percent of all people in
the survey, seventy seven that's high, assume a college degree
is just not necessary. It's outdated. Wow, They'd rather go
into trade school and learn how to be an electrician
or work on cars or something that's so important to
all of us. Seventy eight percent of these people have
(02:47):
noticed a recent surge in young adults who want to
move into trade careers, meaning if not them, they're friends
they're talking with every day or saying, yeah, I'm done
with sitting at a desk. I want to go do something,
build things, move around like straight Nate from the Elvistra
and Morning show.
Speaker 4 (03:03):
Awesome.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
I would love to do that. So it says here
in this article. As the promise of a four year
degree falls short and the cost to receive a college
degree continues to climb, including student loans, crazy young Americans
are making blue collar jobs cool again. It's refreshing to
see young adults taking notice and interest in these lines
of work, especially considering how challenging it's been for new
(03:26):
grads to find white collar jobs. So there you go.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
It's good.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Good.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Blue collar has always been cool, always always. I mean, listen,
if you're watching porn Hub, it's always a mechanic guy
with a tool.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Bell, right it is. The pizza delivery guy. Is that
blue collar? It's kind of hot.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
It's always that.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
So there you go. Never tech guy. So if it's
in the back of your mind, I guess what I'm
getting to here. If it's in the back of your mind,
you know, I really want to look more into that,
or I know exactly what I would do. I have
friends who work in this industry. Maybe building whatever in
the can get me into the union or whatever whatever.
You know what, it's not that far fetched. I think
it's cool.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
We are the commercials for Lincoln Tech, and Lincoln Tech
has all those jobs, and so many people sign up
all the time and and get their degree and go
work in the you know out there.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
It's good. I don't know what I would do. I'm
not really handy. I would I wouldn't even let my
dog them a doghouse that I built. You could lay
some pipe, Elvis.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Oh Lord, should I call HR?
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Who would you call HR? For me?
Speaker 1 (04:29):
I'm right now, Hello HR?
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Okay, I need to report straight Nate. He accused me
of laying pipe. The guy that we accuse of being straight,
just telling me that I'm laying pipe. Yes, okay, I'll
hold
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