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Trading a white collar for blue

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Tom Ziegler
Tom Ziegler
By
Tom Ziegler
Tom Ziegler
June 19, 2009, 11:58 AM ET

Many cubicle dwellers are finding new life in skilled trades, writes Coins2Day’s Anne Fisher in her June 19 Ask Annie column. If you’re thinking of changing careers, would you consider learning a skilled trade? Why or why not? If you’re currently working in a field that required technical training instead of college, what do you like (and dislike) about it? Hiring managers, what job skills are most difficult to find now?

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