Doesn't take a rocket scientist to learn a trade, maybe we should be funding trade schools instead of encouraging more dumb kids to go to college so they can go into debt for their useless degrees.
Or free training. They offer that in the military, and in my industry, companies are willing to train you for free just as long as you sign a one year contract to work for them. We are still short 50,000 divers; many of them now making 80K a year or more.
The problem isn't finding people the problem is finding the right people. The problem this country has is the youth have been told they are worth a lot more than employers are willing to pay them until they show some initiative and dedication to the company. I don't want to train someone to do a job only to have them leave and have to hire and train someone else because they got offered a dollar more an hour to work at Burger King. I've hired a few college grads who had real potential but showed no initiative or drive, and way over estimated their worth with no experience in the field.
That's why many companies rely on temp services these days. You get to try out an employee long before hiring them. A few of our customers will only hire exclusively through temp services for that reason. They figure if a person is willing to work for lower pay, be on time every day, do the job with the ability and desire to learn, those people are worth offering a job to.
The major problem in our country today are all the drugs. Many companies drug test and these younger people won't give up the dope to secure a job or career. It's happening in our industry and industries across the country.
My father made a damn good living and pension being a bricklayer. Granted, it's very hard work. But the pay is around 50 bucks an hour with benefits and you are always in demand. The problem is the only people willing to do the work are those that can't pass a drug screen.
That's why the big push to Legalize marijuana nationwide, so the dopers can say you can't refuse to hire me because marijuana is legal. Talk about a motivation killer ever seen a motivated "pot head"? Slovenly bunch most often.
It doesn't matter whether a product is legal or not. Alcohol is legal, but if it's traced in your system, you can run into problems on the job.
As a driver, they have the ability to test me for "residual alcohol" which means if you drank too much the night before, they can give you a problem. They go by fractions of a percent to make that determination. What they say is, that you need at least ten hours since your last drink to pass should you get tested, but I would guess that all depends on how much you had to drink.
Same thing with using a firearm in public. You are not allowed to have any alcohol in your system if you carry and have to use a firearm for defense.
Don't get me wrong, it's not that I agree with it, it's just to demonstrate the priorities of young people today. They called us the drug generation, but most people when I was young would have gladly given up the pot for a good paying job. Kids today will not. They will simply stay at home with their parents and cry because their McDonald's job doesn't pay enough and we need a minimum wage hike.
