“Consider a career in skilled trades,” say Economists

As the economy continues to recover, economists are seeing stark differences between people with high school and college degrees. Four-year college graduates are nearly twice as likely to have a job compared to Americans who just graduated high school and stopped there.

But economists say that doesn’t mean everybody needs a four-year degree. In fact, millions of good-paying jobs are opening up in the trades. And some pay better than what the average college graduate makes.

http://www.npr.org/2015/02/02/383335110/economists-say-millennials-should-consider-careers-in-trades