2026 Retention - Part 2: More Than Pay
The Skilled Trade Rescue Newsletter: Mentoring People in the Skilled Trades for Success in Business and Life.
How Do You Keep Loyalty High?
How many workers can you afford to loose and re-hire in 2026?
What are the chances that your favorites are loyal to your crew and business?
Have you started...
Mar 21, 2026
2026 Retention - Part 1: Keep Your Best People
The Skilled Trade Rescue Newsletter: Mentoring People in the Skilled Trades for Success in Business and Life.
When Recruiting Is Hard, Retention is Even More Important
Six months ago, a plumbing company landed a rockstar apprentice and two seasoned pros.
Today? They’re gone.
If this was your com...
Mar 07, 2026
Have a Say About Your Future Wage
The Skilled Trade Rescue Newsletter: Mentoring People in the Skilled Trades for Success in Business and Life.
Is Your Future Wage Looking Up?
Listen up. If you’re waiting for the economy to level out, or for things to get easier, you’re playing a losing game.
In the trades, your "future wage" is...
Feb 21, 2026
A Journeyman isn't a Secretary: Fix the Back-Office Leak
The Skilled Trade Rescue Newsletter: Mentoring People in the Skilled Trades for Success in Business and Life.
It's Costing You Unnecessary Time and Money
You and your crew spent years mastering your trade.
You're great at nearly every part of the business. Â
Except: Are you fighting a constant p...
Feb 07, 2026
What's your "off the clock" strategy?
The Skilled Trade Rescue Newsletter: Mentoring People in the Skilled Trades for Success in Business and Life.
Work-life Balance is HUGE!
We’ve all heard it:
"Sleep when you’re dead," or
"The more overtime you pull, faster you'll get ahead."
In the trades, we wear burnout like a badge of honor. ...
Jan 24, 2026
Who's Coming? Gen Z ... Are You Ready for this Shift!
Skilled Trade Rescue Newsletter: Mentoring Skilled Trades Professionals for Success in Work and Life.
They got the Memo
At a recent leadership conference, we heard several business owners asking
“We’ve got more young applicants now than we’ve had in 10 years. And they’re hungry for work that ma...
Jan 10, 2026
An Outdated vs. REAL Look Into Today's Trades!
Skilled Trade Rescue Weekly Newsletter: Mentoring Skilled Trades Professionals for Success in Business and in Life
Let’s Get Real: Most Parents and Students Don’t Know What the Skilled Trades Actually Look Like!
The images stuck in their heads? Dirty jobs, back-breaking labor, zero upward mobili...
Dec 20, 2025
Look for These 5 Skills - Set a Kid up for Success in the Trades
Skilled Trade Rescue Weekly Newsletter: Mentoring Skilled Trades Professionals for Success in Business and in Life
Kids Who Could Thrive and Adults who need to recognize them!
This kid was taking apart the Xbox controller, fixing a jammed door hinge, and teaching himself to patch drywall after a...
Dec 06, 2025
Before You Spend $100K on College, Read This First
Skilled Trade Rescue Weekly Newsletter: Mentoring Skilled Trades Professionals for Success in Business and in Life
Why More People are & Should Consider the Trades
Erica sat in the crowded High School gym on senior night, scanning the applause for each student’s future plan. “Mechanical Engineer...
Nov 22, 2025
Stop the Scope Creep from eating into your time and money!
Skilled Trade Rescue Weekly Newsletter: Mentoring Skilled Trades Professionals for Success in Business and in Life
3 Non-Negotiables to End Scope Creep
It’s 4:45 PM on a Friday. The job is 99% done. The client is walking the space, smiling, nodding, and writing you a check in their head. The tru...
Nov 08, 2025
Don't Miss This! Live Meetup with Martin
Live Meetup: Can't Find Good Techs? Let's Fix It Together.
This STR Newsletter has just one tip and invitation - Â to gather on the Skilled Trade Rescue (STR) Community Meetup to talk about one of the biggest challenges in the trades today.
We hear it constantly: finding good, reliable techs is ge...
Oct 25, 2025
The Debt Dragon
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The Strength To Carry a Heavy Load
As a tradesperson, you know the strength it takes to carry a heavy load.
Maybe it's muscling a steel be...
Oct 12, 2025
TradeCraft Transformed WEEKLY News Letter