Jobs go unfilled in The U.S. because employers can’t find skilled workers

[guno]

Take a hint rubes : education

face it the coal and steel isn't coming back nor are the underwear factories aren't coming back to jesusuland


many of those positions remain unfilled because employers can't find qualified candidates to do the work. From manufacturing to health care, employers report that they can no longer rely on hiring entry level workers and training them on the job.

“In the '60s and '70s you could go from an entry level job on the loading dock to manufacturing engineer or accountant to maybe a manager in a corner office,” said Anthony Carnevale, director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. “It doesn’t work that way anymore. The qualifications have gone up. The commitment between employer and employee has gone down. And (employers) don’t want to take five years to get you ready. They want you ready to start working — and learning — the day you walk in the door. “


Funding scarce for training new hires

 

[Weatherman2020]

Gee, an entire article on unfilled jobs without naming one company or one job left unfilled. Just a bunch of quotes from academia morons who have no clue about the real world.

 

[Auld Phart]

Take a hint rubes : education

face it the coal and steel isn't coming back nor are the underwear factories aren't coming back to jesusuland


many of those positions remain unfilled because employers can't find qualified candidates to do the work. From manufacturing to health care, employers report that they can no longer rely on hiring entry level workers and training them on the job.

“In the '60s and '70s you could go from an entry level job on the loading dock to manufacturing engineer or accountant to maybe a manager in a corner office,” said Anthony Carnevale, director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. “It doesn’t work that way anymore. The qualifications have gone up. The commitment between employer and employee has gone down. And (employers) don’t want to take five years to get you ready. They want you ready to start working — and learning — the day you walk in the door. “


Funding scarce for training new hires

maybe colleges should focus more on education, and less on Liberal Arts?

 

[hadit]

I blame government schools and the prioritization of emotions over learning.

I also blame evil Republicans who insist on wearing white after Labor Day. </obligatory rant about Republicans>

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Our educational system is a genuine disaster and crisis and needs to be reformed

 

[Weatherman2020]

Tuitions must go up to pay for the Directors of Lesbian Diversity positions making 6 figures.

 

[Nia88]

Our educational system is a genuine disaster and crisis and needs to be reformed

The problem is lack of affordable university education. Many people do not go because they don't want to go into debt.

Other 1st world countries have lots of qualified workers because they make it accessible to all citizens.

 

[OldLady]

Take a hint rubes : education

face it the coal and steel isn't coming back nor are the underwear factories aren't coming back to jesusuland


many of those positions remain unfilled because employers can't find qualified candidates to do the work. From manufacturing to health care, employers report that they can no longer rely on hiring entry level workers and training them on the job.

“In the '60s and '70s you could go from an entry level job on the loading dock to manufacturing engineer or accountant to maybe a manager in a corner office,” said Anthony Carnevale, director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. “It doesn’t work that way anymore. The qualifications have gone up. The commitment between employer and employee has gone down. And (employers) don’t want to take five years to get you ready. They want you ready to start working — and learning — the day you walk in the door. “


Funding scarce for training new hires

maybe colleges should focus more on education, and less on Liberal Arts?

Liberal Arts is education. Slowly but surely, area businesses are partnering with colleges to train prospective employees in the skills they need. But it's not so much college as technical training, and, unfortunately, a lot of remedial education that should have been done in high school.

 

[TNHarley]

Our educational system is a genuine disaster and crisis and needs to be reformed

The problem is lack of affordable university education. Many people do not go because they don't want to go into debt.

Other 1st world countries have lots of qualified workers because they make it accessible to all citizens.

Oh bullshit. There are so many scholarships it is ridiculous. All you have to do is try.
While I admit university is expensive, your socialist dogma wont cut it.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Our upper education system is far more interested in using students, and their parents as cash registers than preparing them for the world. Take a look at any major college in the past 10 years and they have built far more over priced quad dorms than class rooms. As well as they have jam packed the first two years with an ENORMOUS load of useless prerequisites...at a high cost of course. As well as force students to buy criminally over-priced class books that they never use in class.
Tuition has gone through the roof ever since the government began subsidizing and providing grants to young people who have absolutely no business going to college. Trade schools are failing everywhere because the left has convinced everyone that they must go to college to succeed. Never has been, or will ever be true.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Our educational system is a genuine disaster and crisis and needs to be reformed

The problem is lack of affordable university education. Many people do not go because they don't want to go into debt.

Other 1st world countries have lots of qualified workers because they make it accessible to all citizens.

No, the problem is kids "graduate" high school without the ability to read, write or think and act

 

[TNHarley]

Take a hint rubes : education

face it the coal and steel isn't coming back nor are the underwear factories aren't coming back to jesusuland


many of those positions remain unfilled because employers can't find qualified candidates to do the work. From manufacturing to health care, employers report that they can no longer rely on hiring entry level workers and training them on the job.

“In the '60s and '70s you could go from an entry level job on the loading dock to manufacturing engineer or accountant to maybe a manager in a corner office,” said Anthony Carnevale, director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. “It doesn’t work that way anymore. The qualifications have gone up. The commitment between employer and employee has gone down. And (employers) don’t want to take five years to get you ready. They want you ready to start working — and learning — the day you walk in the door. “


Funding scarce for training new hires

maybe colleges should focus more on education, and less on Liberal Arts?

Liberal Arts is education. Slowly but surely, area businesses are partnering with colleges to train prospective employees in the skills they need. But it's not so much college as technical training, and, unfortunately, a lot of remedial education that should have been done in high school.

I think something to consider would be to cut off the last year or two of highschool, and then focus on a skill. Kind of like free tech school, but its public. For every student. Just like history class.

 

[Auld Phart]

Take a hint rubes : education

face it the coal and steel isn't coming back nor are the underwear factories aren't coming back to jesusuland


many of those positions remain unfilled because employers can't find qualified candidates to do the work. From manufacturing to health care, employers report that they can no longer rely on hiring entry level workers and training them on the job.

“In the '60s and '70s you could go from an entry level job on the loading dock to manufacturing engineer or accountant to maybe a manager in a corner office,” said Anthony Carnevale, director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. “It doesn’t work that way anymore. The qualifications have gone up. The commitment between employer and employee has gone down. And (employers) don’t want to take five years to get you ready. They want you ready to start working — and learning — the day you walk in the door. “


Funding scarce for training new hires

maybe colleges should focus more on education, and less on Liberal Arts?

Liberal Arts is education. Slowly but surely, area businesses are partnering with colleges to train prospective employees in the skills they need. But it's not so much college as technical training, and, unfortunately, a lot of remedial education that should have been done in high school.

Liberal Arts is education

Mostly useless.

Business, architecture, finance, etc far more important.

and remember, for every building, car, airplane etc designed, it takes a hundred to put it together

 

[Nia88]

Our educational system is a genuine disaster and crisis and needs to be reformed

The problem is lack of affordable university education. Many people do not go because they don't want to go into debt.

Other 1st world countries have lots of qualified workers because they make it accessible to all citizens.

No, the problem is kids "graduate" high school without the ability to read, write or think and act

In 3rd world countries where there education system worse than ours, the children still go on to college because it is affordable and there is incentive.

Going into debt repels a lot of people.

No leaves high school not knowing how to read and write. Get real.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

In 3rd world countries where there education system worse than ours, the children still go on to college because it is affordable and there is incentive.

Going into debt repels a lot of people.

No leaves high school not knowing how to read and write. Get real.

 

[OldLady]

Our upper education system is far more interested in using students, and their parents as cash registers than preparing them for the world. Take a look at any major college in the past 10 years and they have built far more over priced quad dorms than class rooms. As well as they have jam packed the first two years with an ENORMOUS load of useless prerequisites...at a high cost of course. As well as force students to buy criminally over-priced class books that they never use in class.
Tuition has gone through the roof ever since the government began subsidizing and providing grants to young people who have absolutely no business going to college. Trade schools are failing everywhere because the left has convinced everyone that they must go to college to succeed. Never has been, or will ever be true.

I agree with a lot of that, but not that "the left has convinced everyone that they must go to college to succeed...never has been or will ever be true." For the vast majority of people, higher education is necessary to get them up the social ladder. Even if it's just to have that degree under their belt for a promotion that has nothing to do with their major. And the geniuses like Steve Jobs who dropped out and changed the world? They are very few and far between. I agree, unfortunately, that colleges are really struggling to keep themselves in the black. They are lowering standards like crazy and soon a college degree will be as useless as a high school diploma. But more and more employers are expecting that level of education. Success with just a high school diploma? We don't live in Horatio Alger's world anymore.

 

[2aguy]

Take a hint rubes : education

face it the coal and steel isn't coming back nor are the underwear factories aren't coming back to jesusuland


many of those positions remain unfilled because employers can't find qualified candidates to do the work. From manufacturing to health care, employers report that they can no longer rely on hiring entry level workers and training them on the job.

“In the '60s and '70s you could go from an entry level job on the loading dock to manufacturing engineer or accountant to maybe a manager in a corner office,” said Anthony Carnevale, director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. “It doesn’t work that way anymore. The qualifications have gone up. The commitment between employer and employee has gone down. And (employers) don’t want to take five years to get you ready. They want you ready to start working — and learning — the day you walk in the door. “


Funding scarce for training new hires

Yes...education is key....but when the government schools are run by the education wing of the democrat party and their dues paying members, the chances of improving the education system to help kids is very small...but that will change with Trump's new Secretary of Education...she wants to put kid's first, and empower their parents....not ensure the teachers unions have lots of dues paying members...

 

[Fang]

Take a hint rubes : education

face it the coal and steel isn't coming back nor are the underwear factories aren't coming back to jesusuland


many of those positions remain unfilled because employers can't find qualified candidates to do the work. From manufacturing to health care, employers report that they can no longer rely on hiring entry level workers and training them on the job.

“In the '60s and '70s you could go from an entry level job on the loading dock to manufacturing engineer or accountant to maybe a manager in a corner office,” said Anthony Carnevale, director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. “It doesn’t work that way anymore. The qualifications have gone up. The commitment between employer and employee has gone down. And (employers) don’t want to take five years to get you ready. They want you ready to start working — and learning — the day you walk in the door. “


Funding scarce for training new hires

Thanks Obama?

 

[OldLady]

Take a hint rubes : education

face it the coal and steel isn't coming back nor are the underwear factories aren't coming back to jesusuland


many of those positions remain unfilled because employers can't find qualified candidates to do the work. From manufacturing to health care, employers report that they can no longer rely on hiring entry level workers and training them on the job.

“In the '60s and '70s you could go from an entry level job on the loading dock to manufacturing engineer or accountant to maybe a manager in a corner office,” said Anthony Carnevale, director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. “It doesn’t work that way anymore. The qualifications have gone up. The commitment between employer and employee has gone down. And (employers) don’t want to take five years to get you ready. They want you ready to start working — and learning — the day you walk in the door. “


Funding scarce for training new hires

maybe colleges should focus more on education, and less on Liberal Arts?

Liberal Arts is education. Slowly but surely, area businesses are partnering with colleges to train prospective employees in the skills they need. But it's not so much college as technical training, and, unfortunately, a lot of remedial education that should have been done in high school.

Liberal Arts is education

Mostly useless.

Business, architecture, finance, etc far more important.

and remember, for every building, car, airplane etc designed, it takes a hundred to put it together

Art, history, philosophy, literature and music aren't "useless." They just don't produce income unless you teach them. And that's a second degree. Not everyone puts their entire definition of worth on what generates money. I'm not saying money isn't necessary to survive. It's just not number one on everyone's agenda. And personally, I think this world would suck a lot worse than it does now without those subjects.

 

[kiwiman127]

Well, the GOP gas cut funding for job training programs and that does have an effect.
And the corporate America has also cut back on training new hires. It's just cheaper to outsource offshore or ship in workers using H-1B visas.
But let's blame everyone else.