Name: 大學不香了？原來 Z 世代都跑去職業學校！ (Gen Z choosing trade schools over college)
Uploaded: 2025-09-20T15:06:07.000Z
Duration: 4 min 13 s

I'm Antonio. I'm 19 years old. I do asphalt.

我是 Antonio，今年 19 歲，我做的是柏油路鋪設。

現在是 4:41，我五點就要下班，

So I gotta hurry up and get this wheel liner in.

A career in skilled trade jobs is becoming a hit amongst the unlikeliest demo -- Gen Z.

近來，有技術專長的工作，正受到最不被看好的族群──Z 世代──的青睞。

Day in the life of a 20-year-old HVAC technician.

I feel like trades are such a, you know, even playing field.

As long as you know what you're doing, you have the experience and you have the ambition, you could really go anywhere in the street.

只要你懂怎麼做、有經驗又有衝勁，就可以在這個領域走得很遠。

18 to 28-year-old electricians, plumbers, HVAC techs and more are increasingly choosing careers where they have to learn a hard skill and use their hands,

越來越多年輕人，18 到 28 歲之間的電工、水管工、暖通技師等等，都選擇需要學習硬技能、靠雙手工作的職業

because they say it provides stability without going into major debt.

因為他們說這樣既有穩定性，又不用背上巨額學貸。

You can never lose a trade education, something you can always fall back onto.

技職教育是你永遠不會失去的東西，可以一直依靠。

Let's do a quick welding job for some cash.

來做一份焊接的兼職，賺點現金吧！

And many of them are turning to social media to share the ins and outs of their day jobs, garnering millions of views.

許多人更透過社群媒體分享他們的日常工作細節，影片獲得了上百萬次觀看。

To be able to inspire people, make them do better for themselves.

能夠激勵別人，讓他們過得更好，

I found passion helping others through TikTok find their way in the trade.

這是我在 TikTok 上幫助別人找到技職方向的熱情所在。

Amid skyrocketing tuition costs for more traditional colleges and fears of job security and white collar roles alongside the threat of AI,

在大學學費不斷飆漲、白領職缺面臨 AI 威脅以及工作穩定性令人擔憂的情況下

trade school enrollment is on the rise with Gen Z leading the charge.

Z 世代正帶頭讓技職學校的入學人數上升。

You don't have to go to college to be successful.

The number of people ages 17 to 21 with two year vocational degrees last year hit its highest level in more than three decades, doubling the rate in the year 2000.

去年，17 到 21 歲擁有兩年制技職學位的人數達到三十多年來的新高，是 2000 年時的兩倍。

I wanted an essential job like most Gen Zs, I'm assuming, transitioned into trade school.

我想要的是一份「必要性」的工作，我想大多數 Z 世代都是這樣想，所以我轉到技職學校。

There's a high demand for skilled workers, but not enough people to fill the roles.

對技術工的需求很高，但缺口很大。

There are millions of unfilled trade jobs.

現在有數百萬個技職缺口無人填補。

And according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are roughly 500,000 open manufacturing jobs alone.

根據美國勞工統計局的數據，光是製造業就有約 50 萬個空缺，

And some estimates expect that number to balloon to more than two million by 2033.

預估到 2033 年這個數字可能膨脹到 200 萬以上。

So Gen Z in many ways is filling the gap.

某種程度上，Z 世代正好補上這個缺口。

The average age of the class is becoming younger.

技職課堂的平均年齡正在變得更年輕。

Chad Phillip teaches a three-week course at Fred's Appliance Academy in Ohio, where students travel from all over the country to learn to fix kitchen appliances.

在俄亥俄州 Fred's Appliance 學院，Chad Phillip 教授三週的家電維修課程，學生來自全美各地。

One of the biggest things I would get from the students is that they desire to be hands on.

學生們最大的心聲就是希望能動手實作，

They don't want to sit in an office or a cubicle and do that type of work.

他們不想坐在辦公室或小隔間裡。

While many people think AI is going to hurt the future of work across industries, some experts believe it could be a good thing for the trades.

雖然很多人認為 AI 會衝擊未來的各行各業，但有專家認為它對技職反而是好事。

AI is going to help not hurt these categories.

AI 會幫助，而不是傷害這些領域。

It's going to do a lot of the work that, again, people don't love doing.

它能處理掉許多人不喜歡做的工作。

Marco Zappacosta in 2018 founded Thumbtack, a platform that connects hundreds of thousands of pros to homeowners in need of home maintenance.

Marco Zappacosta 在 2018 年創辦了 Thumbtack，一個連結專業人士與家庭維修需求的平台。

And he's been writing about Gen Z and trade jobs for the last year and says the role of social media cannot be understated.

他近一年來一直在撰寫關於 Z 世代與技職的文章，並指出社群媒體的影響力不容小覷。

Two out of three Gen Zers are saying that social media has increased their interest in the trades.

三分之二的 Z 世代說社群媒體增加了他們對技職的興趣，

And that's kind of like influencing them more than like teachers, siblings, extended family.

影響力甚至超過老師、兄弟姊妹和親戚。

What made you want to share a bit of your journey on social media and TikTok?

是什麼讓你想要在社群媒體和 TikTok 分享你的職涯旅程？

Um, just want to get my face out there and just show the younger generation that, you know, it don't always have to be college.

只是想讓更多人看到，也想告訴年輕一代，不一定非要念大學。

You can go to trade and you can make a good living.

你去學一門技職也能過上好日子。

Just to show like the next generation, like I'm 18, 19, 20 years old in these videos and I could do it.

我只是想讓下一代看到，我在 18、19、20 歲就能做到，

現在是 7 月 4 日的緊急維修通報，

How does it feel knowing you have a job that is always going to be in demand in some capacity and AI can't replace it?

你怎麼看待自己擁有一份永遠有需求，而且 AI 無法取代的工作？

我覺得自己在這個世界很重要。

So I just feel important and I feel good to have a trade under your belt, just a skill.

我覺得很重要，也覺得能掌握一門技職在身上很好。

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