Where have you seen stories about people migrating to "real" occupations?

In recent months I’ve heard passing references to articles and news stories about a movement away from occupations that don’t involve touching anything real and toward more traditional work roles that involve tangible objects such as metal, wood, and dirt.

Presumably the jobs people are leaving are information jobs—jobs with computers, jobs with media, and so on: exactly the kinds of jobs that can be done anywhere (meaning outsourcing) and also those where layoffs of professionals are heavy—not such a coincidence.

The “real” jobs were, I thought, jobs involving craftsmanship, manual skill, hands-on technique of the sort that masters used to teach apprentices and that people performed with pride all their lives.

Now I would like to see some of those stories. I realize that I filled in these particulars with assumptions and imagination and didn’t actually read the articles. Is there such a trend? Where has it been written about? If you know of references to this movement (if it exists), please post links, pointers, and, of course, personal anecdotes. I am researching a story.