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gkhouston

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17. That's nothing like the training that companies used to offer.

Reply to Aerows (Reply #13)

Wed Jul 25, 2012, 04:47 PM

Jul 2012

One of my sisters hired on at a big company as a second-shift keypunch clerk, back in the day. Her manager thought she seemed bright and hardworking, so she was offered a training class. And another. And another. She's a mid-level manager now. Never did make it to college.

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Companies Say 3 Million Unfilled Positions in Skill Crisis: Jobs [View all] Turbineguy Jul 2012 OP

What a bold-faced lie gregoire Jul 2012 #1

Not if the right skills are scarce. hack89 Jul 2012 #3

So why are the skilled people out there being turned down for lesser jobs as 'overqualified'? pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #4

Tell me about it. I am being turned down for jobs that I am definitely TwilightGardener Jul 2012 #6

Thanks pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #7

Look at the industries that laid off a lot of people hack89 Jul 2012 #9

Our universities have continued to crank out skilled grads in all fields pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #14

They don't want to pay anything Aerows Jul 2012 #16

Employers forgot that they get what they pay for meow2u3 Jul 2012 #29

The skills are scarce because that $12 an hour nursing job paid $11 an hour in 1980. slampoet Jul 2012 #10

Scarce or too pricey? One_Life_To_Give Jul 2012 #12

Working conditions are part of the problem, too Aerows Jul 2012 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author crimson77 Jul 2012 #25

I saw how nurses work when my late mother and stepfather were hospitalized Lydia Leftcoast Jul 2012 #30

They would be Aerows Jul 2012 #11

So why don't they go back EC Jul 2012 #2

That's all the rage these days Aerows Jul 2012 #13

That's nothing like the training that companies used to offer. gkhouston Jul 2012 #17

No, it isn't Aerows Jul 2012 #20

The bank my cousin worked for was sued for sex discrimination in the late 1970s Lydia Leftcoast Jul 2012 #31

No, not the shit they EC Jul 2012 #27

Guy goes to nursing school, and becomes a nurse. I'm missing the "news" in this news story. TwilightGardener Jul 2012 #5

Well, if he can't get a job with decent pay Aerows Jul 2012 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Jul 2012 #8

Welcome to the new American economy pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #19

Are you crazy? bongbong Jul 2012 #28

So, it's possible to give more training to someone who moves chairs gkhouston Jul 2012 #21

They aren't Aerows Jul 2012 #22

Of course not, but have you looked at the job ads in the last few years? gkhouston Jul 2012 #24

At my school . . . Brigid Jul 2012 #23

The other problem is mobility Sen. Walter Sobchak Jul 2012 #26

Bullshit lie, an excuse to import more cheap labor. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #32