Author: Shari

NBC Iowa interviews Mike on how a trade could be better than college

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Mike discusses with reporter Justin Andrews of KWWL in Cedar Rapids, Iowa about how students should consider all their options when planning their future and that going into the skilled trades should be a viable option and can lead to a rewarding and profitable career. CEDAR RAPIDS (KWWL) –When thinking of dirty jobs might you think of doing difficult, disgusting and sometimes messy duties, with little pay. Mike Rowe, creator and host of the TV show Dirty Jobs knows all about skilled labor and is an expert and advocate of many skilled labor jobs. He says going to a 2-year trade Read More

General Mills’ Generous Donation to the mikeroweWORKS Foundation

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I am not a spokesman for General Mills. Neither is my mother. But here at Mom’s place, this morning’s breakfast came in the form of a mixing bowl filled with “Oven Toasted Whole Grain Gluten Free Corn Chex,” courtesy of General Mills. (I’m not sure why all of a sudden people are taking the gluten out of everything edible, but my parents are on board with the trend, and so is General Mills. So as long as I’m here, I guess I am too.) Anyway, I was enjoying the most important meal of the day and perusing last weeks unread Read More

Mike Suggests Solution for the Skills Gap

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In this interview with Engineering.com at the 2014 USA Science and Engineering Festival Mike talks about what he learned from Dirty Jobs, and shares his ideas for how we can close the skills gap. You can watch the interview, or read a transcript on their site. Click here to see the interview on Engineering.com. Click here to learn more about what Mike did at the 2014 USA Science and Engineering festival in Washington D.C.          

Mike’s Experience With Travis Mills

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Say hi to Retired Staff Sargent Travis Mills, formerly of the 82nd Airborne, US Army. As you can see, Travis has undergone a few structural modifications, most visibly in the leg department. Likewise, his left arm is more machine than flesh, and though his right arm appears to be around my waist, it really isn’t. Like the rest of his limbs, it’s been missing in action for some time. I met Travis a few weeks ago in DC at The Science and Engineering Festival, and spent a half hour talking, mostly about Dirty Jobs. He wanted to tell me how Read More

A Sign of the Times

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David Hebermehl writes, “Hey Mike – Myself and a bunch of other golf course superintendents in and around Louisville Kentucky are having a really hard time finding employees, especially if we have to use e-verify. I’ve tried all sorts of things. Nobody wants to work or work hard. Any ideas?” Hi David – The short – and somewhat self-absorbed answer is – yes. It’s a program called mikeroweWORKS, which many here are no-doubt tired of hearing me drone on about. Here’s the short version. The primary purpose of mikeroweWORKS is to help close the countries skills gap by calling attention Read More