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Some are leaving white collar fields to work with their hands

by Simón Rios

Mar 22, 2022

With demand high in sectors like construction, some people are using the "Great Resignation" to go in a new direction.

Danielle Chagnon fits a piece of molding beneath a window sill during class at the North Bennet Street School in Boston's North End. Chagnon wants to make a career change from being a math teacher to a contractor.

Jesse Costa/WBUR

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