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Help Wanted
FromThe Distance
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Length:
4 minutes
Released:
Nov 29, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In 2009, as Chicago manufacturer Wiegel Tool Works was emerging from the recession and wanting to hire again, company president Aaron Wiegel noticed that his job ads for tool and die makers were going unfilled for months. That realization led to his restarting an apprenticeship program, which he pitches as an alternative to college—especially at a time when the cost of higher education looks increasingly to be a bad deal.
Released:
Nov 29, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (84)
Victory Auto Wreckers: Chicagoans of a certain age can recall growing up with the Victory Auto Wreckers television commercial, a low-budget ad that seemed to run endlessly on afternoons and late nights. It turns out that 30-second spot, featuring a shaggy haired guy whose car by The Distance