Random Bluecollar Podcasts

Conversations with the every day person, by the every day person. This show is about giving us all a voice on a wide range of topics!

Categories: Business

Tags: bluecollar, cjollyfreightconsulting, Coaching, Education, improvement, learning, thefreightcoach

Arc Junkies is a Welding Podcast that is on a mission to help, educate and inspire the next generation of welders. Each week I talk to a new guest about their journey as a welder. Throughout the episodes, we cover different techniques, processes, variables, technical information and life lessons.

Categories: Education

Tags: bluecollar, Builder, Factory, ironworker, maker, offshore, oil, pipeline, rigwelder, structural, Welding, weldingpodcast

Becoming successful in today’s America is simple: graduate high school, go to college, and get a white-collar job. That path is undoubtedly going to lead you to the biggest paycheck and the best opportunities. Right? The truth is, some of the most lucrative jobs out there are blue-collar jobs–yet society pushes the perception that being an auto mechanic, plumber, electrician, or construction worker somehow indicates a lack of success. A career in the skilled trades was once well-regarded as a good, honest profession. Now, we discourage young people from pursuing those careers in favor of racking up massive student loan debt and pursuing professional careers that may not always play to their strengths. In Blue Is The New White, Josh Zolin shows that success doesn’t have to mean a college degree. He discovered this firsthand, rising through hard work from a technician at his dad’s small business to the CEO of a multi-million-dollar company. There is more than one path to a stable career and a great financial future; in this book, you’ll learn just how many opportunities await you in places you never thought to look. We reveal the truth behind the trades.

Categories: Business

Tags: bluecollar, blueisthenewwhite, Electrician, facilitiesmanagement, Foodservice, hvac, plumber, refrigeration, skilledtrades, skillsgap, Technician, wce, windycityequipment

Same Show, NEW Name! Join the community of thousands of blue-collar business owners who are making their businesses stronger, the Blue Collar Proud Way. This weekly show hosted by Carter Harkins and Taylor Hill features interviews with leading authors, speakers, coaches, and successful business owners who want to build a better world by strengthening blue-collar businesses. It’s not just a show, it’s the beginning of a movement. Join us!

Categories: Business

Tags: bluecollar, business, businessowners, Carpentry, carpetcleaning, concrete, contractors, Electrician, entrepreneur, fencing, flooring, handyman, homeservices, hvac, janitorial, landscaping, locksmith, masonry, painter, pestcontrol, Plumbing, remodeling, roofing, service, smallbusiness

This podcast is for anyone in the power line industry. Those of you that love to build and maintain power lines at work and after work. This is a collection of stories from line workers around the world. This is a community for us to share where we’ve been, who we’ve worked with, projects we’ve been apart of and hopefully pass on some of those key lessons that we could all learn from. This podcast will be a mix of line workers and their stories as well as other professionals sharing about how to keep a healthy mind, body and spirit.

Categories: Business, Health & Fitness

Tags: #apprentice, apprenticeship, bluecollar, Cable, electrical, electricalsupply, electricity, energy, highvoltage, ibew, Journeyman, lineman, power, Powerline, safety, training, union, unionhall

Are you tired of presentations that are only half relevant to your business? Many speakers are not practitioners of their material, simply teachers—not so with The Fire Time Podcast. This podcast is for the hearth industry and by the hearth industry. Host Tim Reed has over a decade of experience in the hearth industry, making conversations with guests relevant and extremely practical. In Season One, Tim speaks with twelve hearth industry leaders and provides content relevant to any position, whether on the retail or manufacturing side. Hearth companies everywhere are lost because the landscape of business has changed dramatically in the last ten years. They are trying hard, but they just don’t know what to do. The Fire Time Podcast equips hearth companies to win by sharing ideas and innovation from the best minds in our industry. This podcast will give you the tools to move the needle in your company and win in the changing landscape. This podcast is the first of its kind—specific to the business that you work in every day and simple enough to teach you what’s needed to succeed. Do not miss out on The Fire Time Podcast, available for Apple and Droid devices or at www.itsfiretime.com/podcast. The simple and repeatable steps provided will empower you to grow the bottom line of your company and inspire the team that you lead. ABOUT: Tim Reed is the Retail Sales Leader at Fireside Home Solutions in the Pacific Northwest where he helps his team members make it so stupidly easy to buy from them that there is no excuse not to. Starting as individual salesperson in an empty warehouse, he has grown Fireside’s Retail division by millions (after cutting his marketing budget by 90%). Tim has been invited all over the country to teach companies how to market effectively to their customers and sell more than ever before. His YouTube videos, sales blog, and “Fire Time Podcast” have become a resource for the industry and are actively helping thousands of people rethink their paradigms so that they can grow their businesses in the changing landscape. Tim learned “just enough to be dangerous” about sales, marketing, web development, and leadership from years of playing guitar in a failing punk band—which he swears has uniquely qualified him for his job today. Now considered one of the most innovative minds and compelling communicators in the industry, Tim uses his platform to serve others, helping them create clear messages that are wildly compelling to their audiences. Tim lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, Jessica, two children, Olivia and Luke, and his 90 pound Golden Retriever, Walter. He still plays guitar in a failing punk band. CONTACT: tim@itsfiretime.com | www.itsfiretime.com

Categories: Business

Tags: bluecollar, business, Fire, fireplace, fireplaces, firetime, firetimepodcast, hearth, hearthindustry, leadership, Management, marketing, smallbusiness, Storybrand, thefiretimepodcast, time