This National Signing Day, Angi Aims to Boost Hiring in the Trades

Angi expands partnership with trades job platform BlueRecruit and launches new scholarship program to raise awareness of the benefits of the trades and help close the labor gap

DENVER, May 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Angi, a leading and comprehensive solution for improving and maintaining homes, today launched several new initiatives in advance of May 7th’s National Signing Day–a day to acknowledge and celebrate students who pursue an undergraduate or graduate trade school training program. Launched today, the Angi Trade Up Scholarship Program will provide scholarships for students in construction-related programs at trade schools nationwide. Angi also announced an expanded partnership with trades jobs platform BlueRecruit, kicking off on May 7th with a first-of-its-kind digital career fair. The first annual Angi Trade Up Digital Career Fair will connect job seekers on the BlueRecruit platform with the nearly 200,000 home service pros in the Angi network.

Nearly a quarter of tradespeople are approaching retirement age according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics–a growing concern as fewer young people enter the skilled trade industries. Angi’s new efforts are designed to recognize and promote skilled trades careers and help foster connections between job candidates and home service professionals looking to grow their business.

“Every home in America needs a team of skilled tradespeople to care for it. Unfortunately, there are not enough people entering the trades despite the fact that the careers have extremely high job satisfaction and are well paid. Angi is committed to changing the conversation around careers in the trades,” said Angie Hicks, Co-Founder of Angi.

The new Angi Trade Up Scholarship Program will award $2,500 scholarships to four students who have been accepted to, or are enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate construction-related trade program at any trade school, college or university. Scholarship winners will be chosen by Angi’s Pro Council–a council of home service professionals made up of pros in the Angi network who represent businesses with hundreds of collective years of experience servicing Americans’ homes.

Also announced today, Angi is expanding its partnership with BlueRecruit, a direct-hire marketplace for skilled trade workers and the companies seeking their talent. Beginning on May 7th, BlueRecruit will open its platform to Angi's network of pros at no cost to create a first-of-its-kind digital career fair: BlueRecruit’s network of roughly 55,000 job seekers will have the opportunity to connect 1:1 with Angi's network of pros who are prepared to match and hire during the Angi Trade Up Digital Career Fair.