1 Million Worker Shortage: How Bad Job Marketing Is Killing the Trades

The workforce shortage is not only a labor problem. According to Nicole Feenstra, it is also a storytelling and marketing problem created by companies that fail to make their opportunities meaningful.

The DNA Agency founder joins Ryan Alford on Right About Now to discuss employer branding, workforce development, skilled trades, artificial intelligence, employee retention, and the changing expectations of younger workers. They explain why employers should communicate purpose, career growth, impact, and culture instead of relying on generic job descriptions.

Nicole also shares how digital advertising, audience targeting, geofencing, customer journeys, and rapid campaign testing can help organizations reach the right candidates. This conversation gives business owners a practical framework for making their companies more attractive to the people they want to hire.

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TOPICS COVERED

• Employer branding and recruitment marketing
• Why job descriptions have become “word salad”
• Communicating the value of work
• Marketing jobs as opportunities
• The construction and skilled-trades shortage
• How AI could reshape the workforce
• Careers that still require human skills
• Attracting candidates through storytelling
• Employee retention, training, and advancement
• Purpose-driven work and younger generations
• Improving the online application funnel
• Geofencing workforce-development events
• Measuring recruitment campaigns
• Niche marketing and audience identification
• Testing messages before perfecting campaigns

CONNECT WITH NICOLE FEENSTRA

The DNA Agency: https://thednagency.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolefeenstra

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenicolefeenstra/

The DNA Agency on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dna-agency

CONNECT WITH RYAN ALFORD AND RIGHT ABOUT NOW

Right About Now: https://www.ryanisright.com/

Ryan Alford: https://www.ryanalford.com/

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-alford/