Companies Say 3 Million Unfilled Positions in Skill Crisis: Jobs [View all]

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Roddale Smith knew he could do better than toting chairs around at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. And when he decided to pursue an education, he didn’t have to go far. His employer brought the classroom to him.

It paid off for both sides. Smith, 32, graduated from nursing school last month and Children’s Hospital, in need of skilled workers, has a new job waiting for him. His salary, now $12 an hour, will almost double.

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There are some very good comments attached to the article.

My own experience: Last year I took a temp job with an American corporation. It was technical consulting work. Piece work and no benefits. OK for a retiree. They wanted to hire a bunch of people but did not want them working together or collaborating on-line. After I got started I found out that the local McDonalds was paying $9.67 per hour and you did not need a college degree and 30 years of experience. Later I found out that the two guys running the project had allocated 85% of total funding to management and profits. They planned on paying those doing the heavy lifting 15%. They presented the work as doing something "good". As in "you'll be rewarded in heaven". Apparently they must have thought that they would not be going to heaven and so they'd better grab all they could. These guys were MBA's and were not capable of doing the work themselves.