Saturday, April 11, 2015
YES, THERE ARE WELL PAYING JOBS OUT THERE THAT DO NOT NEED A COLLEGE DEGREE...AND THEY ARE HIRING!
Dear Readers:
This is a subject I have discussed before on my web page. Those in higher education push that myth that you can't get ahead if you don't have a college degree, Bull Feathers! There are jobs in the "trades" that are going unfilled. By trades I mean, truck drivers, electricians, carpenters, plumbers, mechanics, etc. The trouble is our secondary educators have bought into the myth and no longer have or have cut down on vocational education in our high schools.
Today, I came across an article that supports my premiss. Take some time to read it. I have posted an excerpt with a link to the entire article below:
The great conundrum of the U.S. economy today is that we have record
numbers of working age people out of the labor force at the same time we
have businesses desperately trying to find workers.
As an example, the American Transportation Research Institute estimates
there are 30,000-35,000 trucker jobs that could be filled tomorrow if
workers would take these jobs- a shortage that could rise to 240,000 by
2022.
While the jobs market overall remains weak, demand is high in certain sectors. For skilled and reliable mechanics, welders, engineers, electricians,
plumbers, computer technicians, and nurses, jobs are plentiful; one can
often find a job in 48 hours.
As Bob Funk, the president of Express Services, which matches almost
half a million temporary workers with employers each year, said, “If you
have a useful skill, we can find you a job. But too many are graduating
from high school and college without any skills at all.”
The lesson, to play off of the famous Waylon Jennings song: Momma don’t let your babies grow up to be philosophy majors.
Three years ago the chronic disease of the economy was a shortage of
jobs. This shortage persists in many sectors. But two other shortages
are now being felt—the shortage of trained employees and of low-skilled
employees willing to work.
Patrick Doyle, the president of Domino’s Pizza, says that the
franchises around the country are having a hard time filling delivery
and clerical positions. “It’s a very tight labor market out there now.”
This shortage has an upside for workers because it allows them to bid
up wages. When Wal-Mart announced last month that wages for many
starter workers would rise to $9 an hour, well above the federal legal
minimum, they weren’t being humanitarians. They were responding to a
tightening labor market.
The idea that blue-collar jobs aren’t a pathway to the middle class
and higher is antiquated and wrong. Factory work today is often highly
sophisticated and knowledge-based with workers using intricate
scientific equipment.
After several years honing their skills, welders, mechanics, carpenters, and technicians can, earn upwards of $50,000 a year—which
in most years still places a household with two such income earners in
the top 25 percent for income. It’s true these aren’t glitzy or cushy
jobs, but they do pay a good salary.
So why aren’t workers filling these available jobs—or getting the
skills necessary to fill them. I would posit these impediments to
putting more Americans back to work:
Link to the entire article: CLICK HERE
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