Talking Training With The Trades

While working on a home renovation project, Tarn Goelling discovered an interest in the trades and dove into learning more. She became an inside wire woman, then later an international representative for IBEW. Tarn now serves as the Director of Civic and Community Engagement with IBEW and joins us on the show to share tips and insight straight from her experience and successes in the area of engaging inside and outside the organization.

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Pete Teigland is Training Director and an Instructor in the Ironworkers Local #512 Apprentice Program, where he was first accepted as an apprentice in 1993 after getting a degree in Construction Management. He worked in the field for 20 years and has a rich history and unique perspective on the industry. In this episode, Pete shares his wisdom on how the Apprentice Program is trying to attract a more diverse applicant pool, the challenges they face in doing so, and what they are doing to overcome those challenges.

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Mike Carson is the Training Director of Cedar Rapids Electrical Apprenticeship, which offers individuals the opportunity to "earn while they learn" and gain experience under the supervision of an experienced journeyperson. Mike has held this position for fifteen years, and worked in the commercial/industrial electrical industry for 26 years prior. In this episode, we talk about how Cedar Rapids Electrical JATC dealt with the pandemic and balanced the desire for apprentices to learn with the need to keep everyone safe.

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Chip Harris is a Partner in RubinBrown's Assurance Services Group and Chair of RubinBrown's Benefit Plan Audit Services Group, which provides employee benefit plan audit services across the country to more than 300 plans per year. Glenn Goodnough is the Managing Partner for RubinBrown's Las Vegas office, as well as a Partner in RubinBrown's Assurance Services Group, providing audit, tax, and consulting services to numerous employee benefit plan audits. Both Chip and Glenn bring years of experience with them in the employee benefit plan space, and they join us today to talk about what sets Taft-Hartley plans apart from the rest, what they see as the most common risks and opportunities in benefit plans, and where they recommend starting if your plan needs an overhaul or clean-up.

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Mariellie Mundy is the founder and CEO of the Mariellie Mundy Company, an organization that helps entrepreneurs and founders build professional transferable value within their business. She previously served as the CFO of Miller Electric Company and WPC Industrial, and was the Vice President of Finance and Accounting for The Pineapple Corporation of Northern Florida. In this episode, Mariellie shares why financial wellness is so important—especially when it comes to those within the construction and trades industry—and gives insight into where to start crunching the numbers.

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In today's episode, Jennifer is back to speak with Jason Kotlyarov about military rights with apprentices and how that impacts your apprenticeship program. She and Jason dive into important background information on USERRA, as well as some commonly unknown aspects of it that you should be aware of. You'll learn the various conditions that are important to remember from onboarding new members to giving notice or allowing for military leave.

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Joe Cadwell is a retired commercial diver with 35 years in the trade and over ten thousand hours logged underwater. He is presently employed by the Pacific Northwest Carpenters Institute, based in Portland Oregon, as an apprentice coordinator and instructor. A passionate advocate for education, leadership development, and professionalism in the trades, Joe joins the show today to discuss why the younger generation has an amazing opportunity to be great leaders and why it is no longer enough to simply be skilled at your craft.

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Kilah Engelke began her career in construction intending to fund her college education. Having always been competitive and an athlete, she took an immediate liking to the challenging and fast-paced environment, and has now been in the industry for 22 years. Now Kilah proudly serves as Business Agent and Recording Secretary for OPCMIA Local 599, she joins the show today to discuss her passion for empowering women to get into trades.

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Jay Rowell of HIRE360 joins the show today to discuss all things recruitment, training, job placement, diversity, and more. He has done a lot of work focusing on connecting people with opportunities and ensuring that these opportunities are more widely accessible to a variety of people, and he has some great knowledge to share.

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We're back for the second half of my discussion with Jason Kotlyarov from Germaine Law Firm about cyber security. In this episode, Jason outlines how to best manage the risks that your apprenticeship program may face. He gives some really important insight on how you can better equip yourself to avoid these risks in the first place and keep your program secure.

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