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Dustin Van Orman

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Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

Yeah, good question. We need to open our doors. We need to show people the, I mean, the trades are fun. Do people realize this is fun or do they think they need to go to college? That's the reality is society has trained people to believe that college is where you need to go and you need to get that education.

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

Yeah, good question. We need to open our doors. We need to show people the, I mean, the trades are fun. Do people realize this is fun or do they think they need to go to college? That's the reality is society has trained people to believe that college is where you need to go and you need to get that education.

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

Yeah, good question. We need to open our doors. We need to show people the, I mean, the trades are fun. Do people realize this is fun or do they think they need to go to college? That's the reality is society has trained people to believe that college is where you need to go and you need to get that education.

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

But the reality is not all of us want to go to school and sit in a classroom and learn what they want us to learn. We want to get out and experience life. We want to go experience a career of our choice. And in the trades, you can have a choice of what you do with your life direction. But I think people aren't, they don't understand even what's available yet.

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

But the reality is not all of us want to go to school and sit in a classroom and learn what they want us to learn. We want to get out and experience life. We want to go experience a career of our choice. And in the trades, you can have a choice of what you do with your life direction. But I think people aren't, they don't understand even what's available yet.

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

But the reality is not all of us want to go to school and sit in a classroom and learn what they want us to learn. We want to get out and experience life. We want to go experience a career of our choice. And in the trades, you can have a choice of what you do with your life direction. But I think people aren't, they don't understand even what's available yet.

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

And so helping them see that, what's the old perception of a plumber? I mean, the people have this, yeah, they have this perception.

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

And so helping them see that, what's the old perception of a plumber? I mean, the people have this, yeah, they have this perception.

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

And so helping them see that, what's the old perception of a plumber? I mean, the people have this, yeah, they have this perception.

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

I can tell you in our business, I'm going to take our drains program where I think most companies, and ours used to be this way, where you come into a drains team, you know, they're putting a snake down a sewer line and cleaning it out so water can flow again. It used to be really dirty, really, I mean, just, it was frowned upon. People used to come in and out of those departments.

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

I can tell you in our business, I'm going to take our drains program where I think most companies, and ours used to be this way, where you come into a drains team, you know, they're putting a snake down a sewer line and cleaning it out so water can flow again. It used to be really dirty, really, I mean, just, it was frowned upon. People used to come in and out of those departments.

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

I can tell you in our business, I'm going to take our drains program where I think most companies, and ours used to be this way, where you come into a drains team, you know, they're putting a snake down a sewer line and cleaning it out so water can flow again. It used to be really dirty, really, I mean, just, it was frowned upon. People used to come in and out of those departments.

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

We've created an environment where If you have the right culture, if you have the right training, if you have the right opportunity, if you show people how to turn those leads into a really successful career, even though there might be a dirty aspect to it, it's respectable. It's honorable. It's got direction.

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

We've created an environment where If you have the right culture, if you have the right training, if you have the right opportunity, if you show people how to turn those leads into a really successful career, even though there might be a dirty aspect to it, it's respectable. It's honorable. It's got direction.

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

We've created an environment where If you have the right culture, if you have the right training, if you have the right opportunity, if you show people how to turn those leads into a really successful career, even though there might be a dirty aspect to it, it's respectable. It's honorable. It's got direction.

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#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

And we can educate people to understand that there's a real career, a real direction in any of the trades.

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

And we can educate people to understand that there's a real career, a real direction in any of the trades.

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

And we can educate people to understand that there's a real career, a real direction in any of the trades.

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

I mean, the reality is we're up against a big thing, right? I mean, the college system is a very lucrative industry or whatnot. But yeah, we can definitely speak up the way we do our recruiting, our training, those type of things. What are you guys doing right now or at any hour for recruiting and training people to get them up to speed?

Next Level Pros
#148: Can the Trades Take You Farther Than a Degree // Dustin Van Orman, Ismael Valdez // Next Level Pros

I mean, the reality is we're up against a big thing, right? I mean, the college system is a very lucrative industry or whatnot. But yeah, we can definitely speak up the way we do our recruiting, our training, those type of things. What are you guys doing right now or at any hour for recruiting and training people to get them up to speed?