BY: Monica Gomez For years, the trend among high school guidance counselors has been to steer students toward universities instead of vocational schools. Lately, however, the bleak job market has left parents finding it difficult to justify the high cost of four-year colleges. With a shorter time commitment and a smaller price tag, vocational schools … Continue reading Vocational Schools Offer Promising Career Paths →

In 2014, NASA made history with the successful test flight of the new Orion spacecraft being developed to eventually take a four man crew all the way to Mars. Orion will be the first spacecraft capable of carrying humans (the test flight was unmanned) to venture into deep space since the Apollo missions over 40 … Continue reading Welding Our Way To Mars →

Wages matter. It’s something everyone considers when thinking about their career. It’s also one of the major reasons people are drawn to manufacturing work. Every year manufacturing industry employees report huge average salaries that draw new workers into the field. What these workers don’t realize is that not all manufacturing jobs are created equal. Certain … Continue reading Making Sense of Manufacturing Wages →

We would like to thank everyone who signed up for the American Welding Online Newsletter and entered for a chance to win one of two CWI Pre-Seminars. AWO staff used the random number generator at Random.org to select a winner from the list of contestants. And the two winners are Ahmed Idrees and Wenzel Swagel. … Continue reading And the Winners of the CWI Pre-Seminar are… →

It’s the final day of the American Welding Online giveaway here at FABTECH 2013 in Chicago. We’ve already had two lucky winners and it’s time to select the third and final recipient of a brand new Google Nexus 7 tablet. We’ve had many FABTECH participants stop by our booth to learn about the educational resources … Continue reading And the Final Winner Is… →

It’s official. Yesterday was the second most well attended FABTECH in the history of the event. Lots of you came by the American Welding Online booth to find out about welding education resources and to enter our contest to win a Google Nexus 7 tablet. Even more of you came by our booth today. Well … Continue reading And the Second Winner Is… →

Judy Manso and I have had a great time meeting all of you who dropped by the American Welding Online booth at FABTECH to learn about the digital educational resources that the American Welding Society has to offer. Dozens of you also took the opportunity to sign up to win a Google Nexus 7 tablet. The … Continue reading And the Winner Is… →

The American Welding Society teamed up with the Boy Scouts of America to give scouts a welding experience that they would never forget. The American Welding Society’s Professional Development Council needed to come up with a sure fire plan that would get America’s youth hooked on welding. The plan needed to give kids a hands-on … Continue reading New Merit Badge Brings Welding to Scouts →

Shades of red and yellow adorn the trees and the turkeys are getting restless. That can only mean one thing. It’s time for FABTECH and the American Welding Online giveaway! FABTECH, as in fabrication technology, is North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event. This annual trade show and conference sets the stage for … Continue reading Win a Google Nexus 7 Tablet at FABTECH 2013 →