Trade Talent Search

Trade Talent Search The skilled trade industry faces massive skilled labor shortages by 2030! The ANSWER is TradeTalentSearch.com. Think Khan Academy meets TikTok for trade careers!

This revolutionary digital platform will spark curiosity in the trades. Coming SOON!

🚨 BIG NEWS FROM TRADE TALENT SEARCH (TTS) 🚨After months of research, planning, and conversations with educators, workfor...
06/17/2026

🚨 BIG NEWS FROM TRADE TALENT SEARCH (TTS) 🚨

After months of research, planning, and conversations with educators, workforce leaders, employers, and industry partners, we're excited to announce that development of the Trade Talent Search (TTS) platform will officially begin soon!

Even more exciting, we have already secured both a middle school and a high school for beta testing and look forward to expanding testing opportunities to teenagers across the country.

Trade Talent Search (TTS) is a mobile-first workforce intelligence platform designed to connect students to careers in the skilled, mechanical, electrical, energy, industrial, manufacturing, and construction trades—before they make long-term career decisions.

🔨 MVP Features Students Can Expect:

âś… Student Profiles & Career Interest Trickingk

âś… Interactive Career Pathways
Explore careers in electrical, HVAC, welding, plumbing, construction, manufacturing, energy, transportation, and more.

âś… AI Career Coach
Ask questions about careers, salaries, apprenticeships, certifications, education requirements, and career pathways.

âś… Short-Formd Career Content
Learn directly from industry professionals and discover what a day in the life really looks like.

âś… Gamified Learning
Earn points, badges, and achievements while exploring careers and completing activities.

âś… Career Exploration Activities & Assessments

âś… Student Feedback & Engagement Tools

âś… Workforce Insights & Analytics
Helping schools and workforce organizations better understand student interests and engagement.

Our mission is simple:

➡️ Increase awareness.
➡️ Create access.
➡️ Build path try on ways.
➡️ Inspire the builders of tomorrow—TODAY.

We're just getting started, and we can't wait to share this journey with you.

Interested in becoming a beta tester, school partner, employer partner, or sponsor?

Send us a message.

🚨 The Future of Skilled Trades Career Discovery is Coming — Fall 2026 🚨What if students could discover careers in the sk...
06/01/2026

🚨 The Future of Skilled Trades Career Discovery is Coming — Fall 2026 🚨

What if students could discover careers in the skilled trades the same way athletes get recruited for sports?

What if parents had a trusted platform to explore real opportunities, real salaries, and real career pathways for their children?

What if educators had a better way to connect students to meaningful futures beyond the traditional “one-size-fits-all” path?

What if employers could finally connect with motivated, talented students before they enter the workforce?

That future is coming.

Introducing Trade Talent Search (TTS) — a game-changing platform built to connect students, parents, educators, and employers to the world of skilled trades like never before.

🔧 For Students:Discover exciting careers, showcase your talents, explore opportunities, and connect with pathways that lead to high-paying, high-demand careers.

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents:Gain access to trusted information about trade careers, salaries, certifications, workforce demand, and opportunities that can lead to debt-free success.

🏫 For Educators & Schools:Better expose students to career pathways, workforce opportunities, and industry connections while helping students find careers aligned with their interests and strengths.

🏗️ For Employers:Build your future workforce pipeline, increase visibility with students, and connect with the next generation of skilled talent.

The skilled trades shortage is real. The opportunities are massive. And the next generation deserves a platform built specifically for them.

Trade Talent Search is launching Fall 2026 — and we’re just getting started.

Follow our journey as we reshape how students discover careers in the skilled trades.

Who’s ready? 👇

🚨 The future of career exploration is HERE. 🚨What if students could discover careers based on their interests, strengths...
05/20/2026

🚨 The future of career exploration is HERE. 🚨

What if students could discover careers based on their interests, strengths, and real-world opportunities… all from their phone? 📲

Welcome to Trade Talent Search (TTS) — a movement designed to bridge the gap between education, industry, and opportunity.

🔧 Explore high-demand skilled trades & careers
🤝 Connect with real industry professionals
🎥 Access engaging, mobile-first career content
🧠 Get guidance from an AI-powered career coach built to help students discover pathways aligned with their talents & passions
đźš› Learn directly from leading training partners and employers

This isn’t just career exploration… this is career exposure with purpose.

We’re building something BIG for middle school, high school, and beyond — helping students see opportunities they never knew existed and giving industries access to the next generation of talent.

The question is: Are you ready to see education and workforce development reimagined?

Follow our journey. Share this movement. Tag an educator, parent, student, or industry leader who needs to see what’s coming. 👇🏾

The future of workforce development starts NOW.

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05/15/2026

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05/13/2026

Trade Talent Search (TTS) is designed to change how middle and high school students explore careers—especially in the skilled trades.

TTS is more than a platform. It’s a modern career discovery experience built for today’s students.

Here are some of the features that make it innovative for schools:

🔹 Interactive Career Exploration – Students can discover skilled trade pathways through engaging, digital content that feels familiar and relevant.

🔹 Real Industry Exposure – Highlighting real men and women in the trades so students see authentic career role models.

🔹 Financial Literacy Integration – Teaching not just how to earn income, but how to manage, keep, and grow it. Life skills matter.

🔹 Employer & Industry Connections – Creating bridges between schools and workforce partners to strengthen career pipelines.

🔹 Mobile-First Design – Built for how students actually engage today—on their phones and devices.

🔹 Future-Ready Focus – Supporting CTE programs, workforce readiness, and post-secondary planning in one streamlined platform.

TTS is built to support counselors, teachers, administrators, and students by making career exploration more engaging, practical, and aligned with real opportunities.

We believe innovation in education means preparing students for BOTH college and careers—with equal respect for every pathway.

Learn more at TradeTalentSearch.com.

For years, we’ve told students:👉 “Go to college.”👉 “Get a degree.”👉 “That’s the path to success.”But what if that’s only...
05/04/2026

For years, we’ve told students:

👉 “Go to college.”
👉 “Get a degree.”
👉 “That’s the path to success.”

But what if that’s only one path… not the best path?

A recent article highlighted 11 skilled trades that can out-earn careers requiring a master’s degree — including roles like commercial pilots, elevator installers, and power grid operators, many earning well into six figures.

Let that sink in.

At the same time:

* Trade careers often require less time in school
* Less student debt
* And offer high demand, real-world skills that can’t be outsourced

Yet… we still don’t expose students to these opportunities early enough.

That’s the gap we’re solving at Trade Talent Search (TTS).

We’re not here to replace college.
We’re here to expand awareness.

Because the real issue isn’t education…
It’s exposure.

Students can’t pursue what they don’t see.

Imagine a generation where:
✔️ Students explore careers before choosing a path
✔️ Skilled trades are viewed with the same respect as traditional degrees
✔️ Talent meets opportunity earlier — and more intentionally

That’s the future we’re building.

04/23/2026

Founder & CEO, Reggie Gray is building something special with Trade Talent Search, Inc. With intentionality & focus, it’s quickly becoming a Movement in Kansas City! Lives will be changed and young people will be introduced to the skilled trades like never before!

04/07/2026

The construction industry is at a turning point.

Over the next decade, a significant portion of the current workforce will retire—taking decades of knowledge and experience with them. At the same time, not enough young adults are entering the skilled trades to replace them. The result? Project delays, rising costs, and a growing gap that threatens the future of our infrastructure and economy.

This isn’t just a workforce issue—it’s an awareness and access issue.

That’s where Trade Talent Search comes in.

Trade Talent Search is a 21st-century solution built to meet this moment—connecting students to the skilled trades through immersive experiences, real-world exposure, and modern technology like AR/VR and “day in the life” career exploration. We’re not just informing students—we’re engaging them, equipping them, and guiding them toward high-demand, high-paying careers.

The future of construction depends on the talent pipeline we build today. And we’re building it differently.

The construction industry is at a turning point.Over the next decade, a significant portion of the current workforce wil...
04/07/2026

The construction industry is at a turning point.

Over the next decade, a significant portion of the current workforce will retire—taking decades of knowledge and experience with them. At the same time, not enough young adults are entering the skilled trades to replace them. The result? Project delays, rising costs, and a growing gap that threatens the future of our infrastructure and economy.

This isn’t just a workforce issue—it’s an awareness and access issue.

That’s where Trade Talent Search comes in.

Trade Talent Search is a 21st-century solution built to meet this moment—connecting students to the skilled trades through immersive experiences, real-world exposure, and modern technology like AR/VR and “day in the life” career exploration. We’re not just informing students—we’re engaging them, equipping them, and guiding them toward high-demand, high-paying careers.

The future of construction depends on the talent pipeline we build today. And we’re building it differently.

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