America’s future depends on how America builds it.
Powered by Blue is a national workforce development movement rebuilding the skilled trades pipeline — opening pathways from education to employment for students, workers, veterans, and employers across the country.
We don’t connect homeowners to contractors. We build America’s workforce — not home repairs
What Powered by Blue is
A National Workforce Movement — Not a Marketplace
Powered by Blue strengthens the skilled trades by rebuilding the full pipeline that creates tomorrow’s workforce.
We champion the people who power America — electricians, mechanics, carpenters, welders, first responders, operators, technicians, linemen, and the students and veterans rising to take their place.
We exist to restore dignity, visibility, and opportunity to hands-on work — and to provide the clear pathways that help people enter, train, and grow into high-opportunity careers.
Powered by Blue is NOT Angi, Thumbtack, or a contractor-hiring site.
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- We do not match homeowners with service providers.
- We develop talent.
- We strengthen communities.
- We help rebuild America.
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THE PROBLEM / THE OPPORTUNITY
America doesn’t have a worker shortage — it has a pathway shortage.
Millions of skilled professionals are retiring. New workers aren’t being guided into the trades. Apprenticeships are underbuilt. Employers can’t find the talent they need — not because students aren’t willing, but because the system doesn’t show them the way.
8–10 Million
skilled job openings over the next decade
Across construction, manufacturing, energy, and infrastructure, the U.S. will need an estimated 8–10 million skilled workers over the next 10 years — driven by new projects and replacing an aging workforce.
5 : 2
retiring vs. new tradesworkers
For every 5 tradesworkers leaving or retiring, only about 2 new workers are stepping in. Experience is walking out the door faster than new talent is coming in.
45%
of firms report delays due to labor shortages
Nearly half of U.S. construction firms say they’re delaying or extending projects because they can’t find enough qualified workers — slowing everything from housing to highways.
Nationwide
shortages across core trades
States across the country report persistent shortages in core trades — electricians, welders, mechanics, and other hands-on roles that keep communities and industries running.
How it Works
The Workforce Pipeline
Learn
Students, workers, and veterans discover skilled trades, explore career paths, and understand earning potential.
Train
Access to training programs, apprenticeships, employer-aligned curriculum, and industry certifications.
Work
Connections to employers who hire for long-term, high-opportunity careers — not gig jobs or home repair requests.
Grow
Mentorship, career mobility, and future entrepreneurship pathways for those who want to start their own trade-based business.
We build the workforce pipeline — from education to employment to opportunity.
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Why This Matters
America faces a generational shortage in the skilled trades — a gap that threatens infrastructure, energy, manufacturing, and everyday life.
The solution isn’t quick fixes or job listings.
It’s rebuilding the system that creates skilled workers in the first place.
Powered by Blue partners with educators, employers, states, industries, and communities to strengthen training, open clear pathways, and restore pride in essential work.
Rebuilding America begins with rebuilding its workforce.
Who This Is For
Students & New Workers
What this represents for you:
A real path into a respected, high-opportunity career — without overwhelming debt.
You’ll find:
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- Career exploration tools
- Training connections
- Apprenticeships and certifications
- Employer pathways
- A community that values hands-on skill
Veterans Transitioning To Civlian Life
What this represents for you:
A direct way to apply your discipline, technical skill, and leadership to industries that need you.
You’ll find:
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- Advanced placement pathways
- Employer partners prioritizing vets
- Skill translation resources
Current Trade Workers
What this represents for you:
A way to grow, upskill, and move into higher-paying roles or leadership positions.
You’ll find:
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- Journeyman-to-master pathways
- Employer advancement
- Training support
- Long-term career development
Employeers & Industry Leaders
What this represents for you:
Access to a trained, motivated workforce — aligned with your needs and built for long-term hiring stability.
You’ll find:
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- Pre-trained candidates
- Apprenticeship support
- Workforce development partnerships
- Visibility as a trade-supporting company
States & Educators
What this represents for you:
A scalable system for preparing the next generation of trades talent.
You’ll find:
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- Training frameworks
- Curriculum partnerships
- Pipeline-building models
Our Purpose
The future won’t be discovered — it will be built.
Powered by Blue is a call to restore dignity, pride, and opportunity to America’s skilled workforce and to open clear, modern pathways into careers that matter.
Rebuilding America. Powered by Blue.
The Hands That Build the Future — A Powered by Blue PSA
A quiet moment. A sunrise. A pair of work boots.
America is built by the people who show up — early, every day — and make progress possible.
This is their story.
This is the movement to rebuild the workforce that powers our country.
Join the Movement
This is bigger than a job board. This is a national workforce renewal movement.
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