09/16/2026
THIS is how you get HS students talking about the skilled trades!👷♀️🔧⚡
Kiersten and I had an absolute blast representing LEAD Industrial Staffing today at the Workforce Solutions Coastal Bend YOU Choose Career Expo, where approximately 3,000 students from across the Coastal Bend came together to explore their future career opportunities!
And of course… we couldn’t just stand behind a table & hand out brochures.😂
We created the LEAD 10 Skilled Trades Challenge:
10 items. 30 seconds. 5 tools + 5 PPE. How many can YOU name?
The competition got serious! We had students challenging their friends, watching the leaderboard, coming back to check scores and proudly holding up their LEAD 10 Skilled Trades Champion signs!!🏆
But underneath all the fun was a message we care deeply about:
The skilled trades are a career, not a fallback plan.
Electricians. Welders. Pipefitters. Millwrights. Instrumentation. Industrial maintenance. Construction. Marine. Manufacturing. These careers build the industries that keep the Coastal Bend moving, and they can provide incredible opportunities for young people who choose that path. Today was about planting that seed.
People. Skills. Possibilities.
That’s what LEAD is all about. 💙💛