Worker shortages drive calls for high school curriculum changes

[DetlefK]

1. That's what a company wants: Cheap workers tailored to a particular job.

This is ridiculous. The purpose of school is not to prepare kids for one particular career or path in life.

Let's take the high-tech industry for example.
They also have a chronic shortage of workers.
Got a diploma?
Great.
Now all you need is experience in operating an expensive-as-hell machine you MIGHT have seen once on a lab-tour and experience with a program you will never-ever tumble upon except if you already performed the kind of job you are applying for.

A former colleague of mine has a doctorate degree in chemistry. After getting his degree, he was looking for a job for almost a full year.




There is no shortage of skilled workers.
Not in any first-world country.
They are lying.
They are looking for a specialist who will do a high-end job for a beginner's payment.