Description: Welded to the Job: A Strategic Guide to Attracting and Retaining Skilled Welders
Struggling to find welders who actually stick around? You're not alone - and you're not out of options.
The American welding workforce is shrinking, aging, and evolving. Welded to the Job is your hands-on guide to navigating this labor crisis and building a team of loyal, high-performing welders who show up, level up, and stick around.
Written by veteran welder and workforce strategist Martin Yanick, this book breaks down exactly how to:
✔️ Write job postings that attract serious talent
✔️ Build a real pipeline through trade schools, reentry programs, and referrals
✔️ Create an onboarding process that sets welders up for long-term success
✔️ Establish pay structures, promotion paths, and culture that keep crews motivated
✔️ Fix shop-floor problems that drive good welders away
✔️ Adapt to Gen Z, automation, and the future of skilled labor
Packed with real-world case studies, checklists, and downloadable tools, Welded to the Job is not a theory book - it's a blue-collar workforce strategy manual for owners, managers, and HR leaders in fabrication and manufacturing.
If you hire welders - or want to - this book will change the way you build your team.