Solo Sessions with Jacob: Training and Mentorship in Millwork

About this episode

Jacob Edmond discusses the importance of training and mentorship in the millwork and construction industry.

Text us your feedback on the podcast! In this solo episode of Verify In Field, host Jacob Edmond steps out from behind the interview desk to tackle one of the most urgent problems in the millwork and construction industry, not the shortage of talent, but the shortage of training and mentorship. Drawing from his own unconventional path, from architecture school to engineering without prior cabinet-building experience, Jacob shares what it takes to create a true talent pipeline. This epis...

People in this episode

Host: Jacob Edmond

Topics covered

• training
• mentorship
• millwork
• construction industry
• talent pipeline

Keywords

• millwork
• training
• mentorship
• construction
• talent pipeline

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