600,000 manufacturing jobs go unfilled due to applicants lack of 'soft skills'

American Thinker ^ | 10/01/2012 | Rick Moran

[JustSayNoToNannies]

If it has nothing to do with your ability to do a job, why does it have anything to do with whether or not you're hired?

I'd say it is because marijuana is an illegal substance and employers don't want to hire someone who smokes illegal substances.

Doubtful - as far as I know those employers don't generally rule out hiring those who commit other lawbreaking such as speeding.

[JustSayNoToNannies]

Add “feel entitled to regularly use recreational drugs and so cannot pass a drug screen” to the list.

Once in 30 days is "regularly"? And what does that have to do with job skills, soft or otherwise?

[djf]

The article talks about invention and tinkering.

Heck, since I was a kid, I’ve been taking things apart and putting them back together. As a result, I’m pretty good at fixing things.

But we don’t live in that kind of world anymore. We live in a disposable cell phone - go buy a new laptop world.

If you want to see something priceless, but at the same time very sad, take a good look at the expressions of some folks who find out that something they need is busted or doesn’t work anymore.

They get this blank look on their face like their brain has just gone totally into NEUTRAL.

Clueless!

I just move on. It’s frustrating for can-do people to be surrounded by others who are so helpless.

[factoryrat]

Testing is common in industry hiring practices. You don’t get an interview if you don’t pass the test. I’ve had to take the skilled trades battery test multiple times throughout the years, and the testing was pretty specific about what the employer was looking for in a person. One job I worked, two Electrical Engineers grilled me for over an hour before they decided to hire me. Judging by the people I worked with, they were really good at picking winners.