Sample first email

KC Tech Trades Coach <coach@kctechtrades.com>


        Hi Casey R.,
        
          Welcome to KC Tech Trades coaching. You’re targeting
          advanced manufacturing / assembly (entry / will-train / 0–2 years preferred),
          commuting from north Overland Park, KS across Johnson County and nearby KC metro
          (Lenexa, Olathe, south KC MO). This is what your first weekday intro digest looks like.
        

        

        How KC Tech Trades coaching works
        
          Email-native. The coach lives in your inbox. No app to babysit.
          Reply to steer. Tell us what you applied to, what felt off, or if you want more electronics vs. mechanical this week — tomorrow’s digest follows your reply.
          Weekday digests. A few solid leads, one Get-known or stretch move, and one concrete hunt action — not spray-and-pray Easy Apply.
          Mentor optional. A parent/teacher/mentor can stay looped in if you want; you still own the hunt.
        
        
          Work ethic and coachability first. We optimize for reachable employers and honest fit — not inflated titles.
        

        

        What we hunt vs. what YOU hunt
        We hunt for you: company careers pages, state workforce boards (e.g. KansasWorks), public ATS listings we can verify, and local manufacturers worth a walk-in when there’s no posting.
        You hunt yourself: LinkedIn Jobs, Indeed, Glassdoor, Handshake / school JobLinks. Those platforms change fast, gate content, and reward your own account activity — we give you copy-paste search strings below instead of pretending we scraped them.

        

        How to read today’s cards
        
          Direct — Verified public posting that matches your track/commute. Apply on the company ATS when you can.
          Stretch — Close but not classic assembly (or needs a keyword pivot). Worth one thoughtful application if capacity allows.
          Get known — Strong local employer with no confirmed open posting today. Résumé drop / front-desk intro + follow careers weekly.
        

        

        Direct leads for you today

        
        
          Direct 1
          Labconco — Assembler - Laboratory Equipment
          Location
Kansas City, MO
          
            Why fit

            Mon–Fri 6:00am–2:30pm, temp-to-hire. Electrical/mechanical assembly per blueprints — classic entry assembly language that maps to your track and KC metro commute.
          
          Apply
          Open Labconco posting →
          https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Details/4279580
        

        
        
          Direct 2
          Wabtec — Assembly 2 - EOCC Technician
          Location
Kansas City, MO (4800 Deramus Ave)
          
            Why fit

            Posted at $22.50/hr, Mon–Thu 5:00am–3:30pm. Assembly tech title with early shift — strong match if you can do the Deramus / south-KC commute from north OP.
          
          Apply
          Open Wabtec posting →
          https://careers.wabtec.com/job/assembly-2-eocc-technician-in-kansas-city-mo-united-states-jid-4063
        

        
        
          Direct 3
          Honeywell Aerospace — Assembler - Level 2
          Location
Olathe, KS
          
            Why fit

            Assemble/test per work instructions; HS diploma; manufacturing experience preferred. Note: U.S. Person / export-control language often applies on aerospace roles — read the posting carefully. Olathe is a clean Johnson County commute from north Overland Park.
          
          Apply

            Go to careers.honeywell.com and search
            “Assembler Level 2” + Olathe. (No stable direct job-ID URL at digest time — use the careers search so you land on the live req.)
          
          Honeywell careers →
          https://careers.honeywell.com/ — search: Assembler Level 2 · Olathe
        

        

        Get known (no confirmed open posting)
        
          Walk-in / get known
          Indra Air Traffic Inc. — Overland Park, KS
          
            Builds air-traffic / electronic systems. Strong local fit for electronic / mechanical assembly near north Overland Park.
          
          
            Truth check: There is no confirmed public opening on their careers page today.
            Still worth a résumé drop / short front-desk intro, then follow the LinkedIn company page and re-check careers weekly.
          
          Walk-in script (30 seconds)
          
            “Hi — I’m Casey. I live nearby in north Overland Park and I’m looking for entry or will-train assembly / electronics tech work. I know you may not have a posting up right now; could I leave a résumé for your hiring manager, and is there a best email or careers page to check each week?”
          
        

        

        Coach tip of the day
        
          
            Apply on the company ATS when you can (Paylocity, Workday, Honeywell careers) — not only LinkedIn Easy Apply.
            ATS applications usually create a real candidate record. Easy Apply often dies in a black hole.
            For each apply today, save the company + title + date in a simple note so your reply to this email is easy.
          
        

        

        
          Today’s Job Hunt Challenge
          
            One concrete action: Submit one application to either the Labconco Assembler or the Wabtec Assembly 2 posting above (company careers / ATS — not Easy Apply).
          
          
            Then reply to this email with: company + title + “applied” (and anything that felt confusing on the form). That’s enough for tomorrow’s steer.
          
        

        

        Your hunt this week (we don’t search these for you)
        Copy-paste these into LinkedIn / Indeed / Glassdoor / Handshake. Filter location to Overland Park or Kansas City metro, radius 25–35 miles.

        LinkedIn Jobsassembler OR "assembly technician" OR "electronics assembler" OR "production technician" OR "manufacturing associate"
Location: Overland Park, KS · Within 25–35 miles · Experience: Entry / Internship / Associate · Keywords add: "will train" OR "entry level" OR electromechanical

        Indeedassembler OR "assembly technician" OR "electronics assembler" OR "production technician" OR "manufacturing associate" OR electromechanical
where: Overland Park, KS (or Kansas City, MO) · radius 35 miles · add: "will train" · "entry level"

        Glassdoor (optional)Assembler · Olathe / Lenexa / Overland Park / Kansas City
Also try: "Assembly Technician" + manufacturing

        Handshake / JobLinks (if student-ish)assembler · "production technician" · manufacturing · "will train"
Location: Kansas City metro / Johnson County · On-campus JobLinks if your school uses it

        How to hunt (quick rules)
        
          Company careers pages first for any employer you care about — then LinkedIn as a discovery layer.
          Easy Apply trap: fine as a supplement, never your only channel.
          Reply to this email with what you applied to (company + title). That is how the coach stops repeating dead ends.
        

        

        Reply instructions
        
          Just hit Reply. Useful replies look like:
        
        
          “Applied Labconco Assembler — form asked for forklift, I said no.”
          “Wabtec commute is too early — more Olathe / Lenexa only.”
          “Dropped résumé at Indra — front desk took it.”
          “Want more electronics / PCB language next digest.”
        
        
          Your reply steers the next weekday digest. Welcome aboard — let’s get you on a floor.