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Ironworker

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Structural Ironworker · Local 17, Chicago

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Real Career Moves

Three Trades.
Three Chapters.

These aren't survey responses. They're what happens when a tradesperson finds a board that actually speaks their language.

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Chapter I

01

I'd been on Indeed for six months. Zero callbacks. Posted on Grit on a Monday — by Wednesday I had a foreman from Baton Rouge on the phone asking about my 6G cert. Moved my family down there three weeks later.

Ray Hutchins

Pipe Welder · UA Local 198, Louisiana

Relocated to Baton Rouge · $38/hr + per diem
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Chapter II

02

Most boards don't even have a field for 'refrigeration license.' They'd have me listed under 'general maintenance.' On Grit I could specify EPA 608 Universal, my state license number, the brands I work — Trane, Carrier, Daikin. Contractors know exactly what they're getting.

Debra Fontaine

Commercial HVAC Tech · SMART Local 268, Ohio

Three contract offers in 11 days · Chose $42/hr local shop
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Chapter III

03

I'm a fifth-year apprentice, one semester from my journeyman card. Every other board treats me like a laborer. On Grit I posted my apprentice level, my local, and my projected ticket date. Got a call from a shop owner who said he wanted to hire me before I got my card so he could shape my last year. That's a career move.

Terrence Okafor

Electrical Apprentice · IBEW Local 3, New York

Hired pre-journeyman · Full benefits · Midtown Manhattan

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