SkillsUSA National Signing Day is a nationwide celebration showcasing our next generation of skilled professionals and the skilled career paths that have been, are and always will be essential to America’s future. Each May, local SkillsUSA chapters are encouraged to host a National Signing Day event and invite industry partners, administrators, teachers, elected officials, SkillsUSA alumni, family and friends to honor students as they sign letters of intent for a job offer, apprenticeship or advanced technical training.
With the ongoing labor shortage continuing to affect so many skilled trade areas, generating student interest in pursuing these in-demand, high-paying careers — and honoring those who do — is more vital than ever.
Thanks to the generous support of the Lowe’s Foundation, State Farm and Constellation, we’re set to make this National Signing Day the biggest and boldest ever, but we can’t do it without our SkillsUSA chapters!
Celebrate Your Students, Your Program and the Skilled Trades on SkillsUSA National Signing Day, May 7, by holding your own Signing Day event
Registration Opens: March 13, 2024
Registration Closes: April 23, 2024
This National Signing Day, celebrate your Trades Stars with their own “Blue Carpet” moment! SkillsUSA and the Lowe’s Foundation are partnering to launch Trades Stars, a national campaign that celebrates our students who are committing to skilled trades career pathways or post-secondary education in the trades. We want all our students to feel like stars! Learn more!
Past Signing Day events have generated national coverage on “Good Morning America,” ESPN and other national outlets. Celebrity spokespeople have included University of Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh, NFL stars Jerome Bettis and Jimmy Garoppolo, and HGTV personalities Mike Holmes and Kayleen McCabe.
