Joel Leonard is a leader in building pipelines of skilled technicians in the maintenance, manufacturing, and engineering careers. Leonard is taking modern manufacturing equipment into rural and underserved areas of the Carolinas to expose youth and adults to tools and equipment that can lead them to prosperous career pathways. Jobs typically start at $18-$25/hour. With overtime, they can earn more than $100,000.

For over 20 years Joel has adopted the skills and maintenance crises as his life's mission. From speaking at international conferences, speaking before US Congress, on CNBC, NPR, creating an online TV Show, writing hundreds of columns about solutions to skills gap and working in the trenches of building pipelines of skilled technicians in aviation, machining and maintenance sectors. In 2014 Joel helped set up a makerspace in Greensboro where 16 companies were formed, 9 patents filed and over 50 job seekers got employment.

Joel has counseled college presidents, executives, governmental leaders on how to build a stronger workforce and prepare for future talent needs.

Joel won numerous American Business Publication Editors awards for my columns, awarded the VFW Americanism Award for helping place veterans into employment, was given Greensboro Community Foundation Game-Changer Award and January 4th 2016 received the Conover Citizenship Award.

Joel Leonard Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelleonardmakersmaker/

http://skilltvtechnutia.blogspot.com/

https://twitter.com/SkillTV

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHydcvoPO6FVDhcrSa1dxIw/videos?view=0&sort=p

ABOUT PODCAST

Skill Stadium podcast is the voice of the skilled trades. Every Tuesday morning, we feature guests from all over the world with the following backgrounds:

Business Owners

Hiring Managers

Skilled Trades Professionals

Trade School Administrators

Career Coaches

Skilled Trades Influencers

The purpose of the podcast is to share stories, career advice, and job opportunities in the skilled trades. You are invited every week to listen in on a conversation with people who are passionate about the skilled trades. You get the information you cannot google, from real people doing the work.

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Joel Leonard is creating music and connecting with high school football coaches to connect students to high paying engineer, maintenance, manufacturing jobs