College career path ‘over’ as skilled trade get 30% pay bump, recruitment giant says

Female apprentice engineer working with CNC machine in factory Witthaya Prasongsin | Moment | Getty Images The days of going to college to secure a lucrative career are over, as skilled trade workers have seen a 30% wage bump in the past few years, the CEO of the world's largest recruitment firm told CNBC. Sander van't Noordende, CEO of Dutch staffing giant Randstad , recommended the skilled trades career track to young people in an interview on CNBC's "Squawk Box Europe" on Wednesday. …