Posted on 03/11/2023 7:08:39 AM PST by Skwor
Awareness of the nation's massive labor shortage problem is increasing.
The problem is encapsulated by the latest news out of Kentucky, where one carpenter’s skills are in high demand.
Charles Breedlove’s job “takes him everywhere ... even [to] the water," where he is building a boat deck in the small town of Paducah, according to Kentucky news station WPSD Local 6.
He says that demand for his services is growing, but he’s among the few left who knows how to do the job.
As reported by Industrial Skilled Trades, “[f]ewer workers are entering the trades, especially among the younger population.”
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My nephew is a one-man highly-skilled construction company. His rate is $125 an hour. He is fully booked through the first quarter of 2024.
“Massive skilled labor shortage sparks nationwide refocus on technical education”
Take that, Putin!!! We have the BEST Queer Studies program in the world, and all you have are military factories, brimming with skilled workers.
Learn to wood. Make $$$.
HuH. This goes against everything taught in he skollz - that “all children must to go to college.”
No, they don’t.
Called a plumber lately? I had to call three before I could find one to repair my broken toilet (lots of family arriving the next day)- they were all booked solid for months.
When I finally did manage to find someone - he charged me over $200 to replace a broken part - a part he had in his truck. Took him less than 10 minutes.
We had a master carpenter living in one of our rentals - always paid six months in advance, in cash - drove a new Porsche - worked in Malibu and Beverly Hills and said he was always booked.
Wasted effort if they don’t eliminate H1B. And there is no current shortage, but they should give more focus, yes. I’ve been doing job search over the past couple of months and every job post has 200+ applicants some hundreds more. There are workers out there, companies just want to pay low India-level wages, thus, claim no Americans, put the H1B in the job. Best thing we could do for current and future workers is end H1B immediately and send all Indian workers home within 60-days as the law sets out.
In Gynocentric society, men are worthless.
It is all about supply and demand, historically most people didn’t go to college and anyone who wanted a decent life went into trades. The massive number of people who were interested in doing these trades drove down wages.
But everything has changed, now nearly everyone wants to go to college and very few want to work trade type jobs. This has caused a shortage and thus driven up wages for those type jobs.
No, nothing has sparked. Us intelligent people with a working knowledge of how a proper civilization works have always said skilled labor is needed and should not be looked down upon. These idiots who write these articles and so far behind the curve that they make us suffer with their stupidity and woke.
...their skills however, are negotiable.
It’s easier to get a college degree than an actual skill. The market will compensate those who make a more valuable contribution. That’s why tradesmen are earning more than college graduates. It’s as it should be.
I am in a skilled trade, own my own business and make about $300K a year, my one employee made $125K last year. I literally have too much work, and am in great demand. I also happen to be the only person that does what I do in all of SoCal. Here in California, the norm is Land of the Stupid and home of the lazy, oh and where’s my check and whens my break.
A decent handyman can easily earn 100k a year for a 40hour week schedule. That gives you time to enjoy life with your family.
Shortage of unskilled grunts as well-at least those willing to work.
More than some college graduates, but not others. There are some highly skilled professionals who are making high salaries. If you are a top programmer, or a top CPA, you will always be employed and making a lot of money.
Mike Rowe should be named Secretary of Education. After heun-does all the crap and puts shop classes back in every school, give him gas and matches so he can burn the Dep’t of Education to the ground.
Most of this “skilled labor” requires some degree of math skill. Public schools around the country are teaching inclusion, tolerance, diversity and CRT. Not much math though
“ We have the BEST Queer Studies program in the world, and all you have are military factories, brimming with skilled workers.”
Russia produces very little.
Lots of brilliant people there, but they are trapped in a rotted system.
Easy fix...just require a work requirement, for ANY and ALL welfare checks/deposits...and, an immediate cut off, without proof.
Offer a one month extension for those submitting certification confirmation to a skilled trade, along with pending job acceptance.
This could also help provide the *diversity* goal, that so many woketards are requiring.
Win, win, win. 🙃
None of them want to work and very few yutes I have come across the last 30 years could have or would have been able to do what we did in the 70’s when we went and worked on oil rigs for a year. We worked 80-100 hours per week and it was hard work working on a rig, but at 19 yrs old we handled it just fine. Not todays yutes though
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