On The Job Hunt: Manufacturing Jobs Readily Available With No Skilled Workers to Fill Positions
Read more: On The Job Hunt: Manufacturing Jobs Readily Available With No Skilled Workers To Fill Positions | Fox NewsAnyone who tells you the jobs just arent out there, has not spoken with the employers at Excel Foundry and machine in Pekin, Illinois. That company is trying to expand but is having difficulty.
Excel says the reason for this is because recruiters cannot fill the job vacancies. Yes, you read that right, they can not fill the vacancies.
Were absolutely frustrated, were doing everything we can to attract employees we desperately need right now, says Doug Parsons with Excel.
The catch is that Excel, like many U.S. manufacturers, is looking to hire skilled workers. That means tradesmen with training like welders, pipe fitters and machinists. That is where the problem lies.
For most Americans while in their high school years, the pressure was on to go to college and get a degree. Trade schools were looked at as a back up plan for those who did not excel.
Larry Sarff with Morton Industries says, One of the problems in finding people is the perception that manufacturing is a dying art and that jobs are not going to be there because they're being sent overseas.