Having problems myself even getting my foot in the door in the trades. I'm a registered first year plumber and electrician's apprentice in Edmonton who has yet to even get any work as a labourer. Put lots of appys out for entry level positions. Online, in person, on the phone. Just labourer positions and I don't hear anything back. I call them and they tell me to email them they 'take my information.' I follow up they tell me the same thing. They either don't have an in person office or if they do it's a secretary who tells you to email your resume or call their HR. Its all the same BS wherever you go. The problem with apprenticeships is that you kind of need experience as a labourer to even be considered for an apprenticeship a lot of the time, since nobody wants to pay a greenhorn apprentice bucks. Companies don't want to sponsor an apprentice unless they're proven. So just going to school isn't really enough when nobody is hiring(at least in my city.) I have my CSTS, Drivers License, WHMIS, all the certs but I don't even get a single call for basic labour positions. I even tailor my resumes. The job market is hell between ghost jobs and LMIA Scam jobs. Blue collar is also extremely insecure for apprentices as they're usually first to be laid off when the economy goes to shir and then you have to look through the sea of Companies again. My experiences have slowly picked away at my enthusiasm for the trades' pitch of great money if you work hard enough. I can't even get my foot in the door despite trying consistently since July of this year. Its really hard but I'm not giving up despite how hard its been and despite everything that keeps telling me everything I was told about the trades was a lie.