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Mon Apr 22, 2013, 05:21 PM

12. if only

If only I could find somebody with equal or more skill,s I coud delegate no matter the wages.reasonable industrie work standartds are a reflexion of Quality work.those standards demand wages,which enable a worker to do his Job without the worry for his family or let alone a second job.

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68 replies	Author	Time	Post
KRUGMAN: The Fake Skills Shortage [View all]	markiv	Apr 2013	OP
It's not just the wages	Mopar151	Apr 2013	#1
if only	Chaco Dundee	Apr 2013	#12
if only	Chaco Dundee	Apr 2013	#21
That's absolutely true	Mopar151	Apr 2013	#24
we are going of subject	Chaco Dundee	Apr 2013	#66
A "ROB or a SNOB	Mopar151	Apr 2013	#67
Up,s	Chaco Dundee	Apr 2013	#68
That's horrible - these H1-B's should have some recourse.	reformist2	Apr 2013	#29
Sadly, in the case I know of	Mopar151	Apr 2013	#32
Agreed.	whathehell	Apr 2013	#2
kr.	HiPointDem	Apr 2013	#3
WOOHOO! YES! Now we have Krugman writing about it! nt	antigop	Apr 2013	#4
Actually, that's from last Thanksgiving...	JHB	Apr 2013	#5
we need awareness. People don't understand the problem--especially engineers who haven't been hit.	antigop	Apr 2013	#26
K&R	flamingdem	Apr 2013	#6
oh, the offshore "TALENT" garbage	Skittles	Apr 2013	#7
Can we talk? Can we talk?	Mopar151	Apr 2013	#33
omg the stories I could tell	Skittles	Apr 2013	#34
it's a fine thing for world peace	Mopar151	Apr 2013	#36
No shortage of Fake Skills in Congress.	formercia	Apr 2013	#8
Years ago when I started working we were trained on the job. How come they don't do that now?	Harriety	Apr 2013	#9
The current generation of middle managers was trained to focus exclusively on the numbers	Lydia Leftcoast	Apr 2013	#14
Yuppie maggots	Populist_Prole	Apr 2013	#22
+ 1000 n/t	Mopar151	Apr 2013	#25
Especially galling is that "Fiduciary Duty to the shareholders" is a MYTH.	HughBeaumont	Apr 2013	#46
Thanks for that post	dreamnightwind	Apr 2013	#65
"taught to...regard the prosperity of the shareholders as their ONLY priority."	woo me with science	Apr 2013	#57
they still DO that now	Skittles	Apr 2013	#35
This is the real scoop here.	TheKentuckian	Apr 2013	#10
Education has not lead to stagnation of wages.	FogerRox	Apr 2013	#31
When you glut the market, you drive down wages. When you over focus on degrees	TheKentuckian	Apr 2013	#59
Yes theres a shortage of Cisco network engineers willing to work in the $15-$18/hr range	undeterred	Apr 2013	#11
Ten years ago Cisco Network Engineers worked between $30 - $45 an hour.	haele	Apr 2013	#16
I asked another recruiter if they actually find people who work for that	undeterred	Apr 2013	#19
LOL	Aerows	Apr 2013	#20
+100 nt	antigop	Apr 2013	#27
I keep getting calls from recruiters asking for senior mechanical engineers, with MSME, to	Flatulo	Apr 2013	#13
On a slightly related note, my son is getting his masters in paralegal studies this spring. He's	Flatulo	Apr 2013	#15
The legal profession is a tough market right now	mn9driver	Apr 2013	#58
That's a damned shame. I hope she can find more rewarding work down the road.	Flatulo	Apr 2013	#64
K & R	AzDar	Apr 2013	#17
The Democrats like this because they can push for more education funding...	Spitfire of ATJ	Apr 2013	#18
+1,000	zazen	Apr 2013	#51
What gets me is how Republicans put people in agencies to destroy them from within,..	Spitfire of ATJ	Apr 2013	#62
K&R n/t	OhioChick	Apr 2013	#23
With a very few exceptions, there are simply not enough jobs to go around.	reformist2	Apr 2013	#28
Thank you Mr. Krugman for speaking the plain truth!	usGovOwesUs3Trillion	Apr 2013	#30
The "structural" issue we encounter is geographic	Sen. Walter Sobchak	Apr 2013	#37
There's plenty of DUers who would never ever relocate to the South	Fumesucker	Apr 2013	#38
If you seriously equate the two you have probably never been here.	Sen. Walter Sobchak	Apr 2013	#39
The South is more diverse than you might imagine and yes I've been to OC	Fumesucker	Apr 2013	#40
Different regions have different industries and attract different people.	Sen. Walter Sobchak	Apr 2013	#41
You want someone to move across the country	Fumesucker	Apr 2013	#42
I can barely follow a word you have said,	Sen. Walter Sobchak	Apr 2013	#44
This one dickhead	whttevrr	Apr 2013	#61
'they seem to inevitably have a hipster dickhead companion'	markiv	Apr 2013	#43
Huh?	Sen. Walter Sobchak	Apr 2013	#45
Are you paying moving expenses?	whttevrr	Apr 2013	#47
Relocation assistance is standard,	Sen. Walter Sobchak	Apr 2013	#48
Even with mortgage rates as low as they are...	whttevrr	Apr 2013	#49
Did you read the first post you replied to?	Sen. Walter Sobchak	Apr 2013	#54
Yes and the one before that asked you what you were offering the hipster dickheads to move across	whttevrr	Apr 2013	#60
You are clearly having a conversation with someone else. Don't let me interrupt.	Sen. Walter Sobchak	Apr 2013	#63
you keep referring to others as 'dickhead'	markiv	Apr 2013	#53
Oh, I am the problem with lots of things.	Sen. Walter Sobchak	Apr 2013	#56
I just don't think they want to hire enough people period.	Lady Freedom Returns	Apr 2013	#50
Yet, somehow, business owners get such underpaid workers offshore.	closeupready	Apr 2013	#52
Everything that Krugman says is so blatantly, mind-bendingly obvious.	lumberjack_jeff	Apr 2013	#55

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