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So many U.S. manufacturing jobs, so few skilled workers
Reuters ^ | October 12, 2011 | Lucia Mutikani

Posted on 10/12/2011 5:08:06 PM PDT by decimon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturers are failing to fill thousands of vacant jobs, surprising when 14 million people are searching for work.

Technology giant Siemens Corp., the U.S. arm of Germany's Siemens AG , has over 3,000 jobs open all over the country. More than half require science, technology, engineering and math-related skills.

Other companies report job vacancies that range from six to 200, with some positions open for at least nine months.

Manufacturing is hurt by a dearth of skilled workers.

"What we have been saying for quite a while is that even though there is a high unemployment rate, it's very difficult to find skilled people," said Jeff Owens, president of ATS, a manufacturing consulting services company.

A survey by ManpowerGroup found that a record 52 percent of U.S. employers have difficulty filling critical positions within their organizations -- up from 14 percent in 2010.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


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1 posted on 10/12/2011 5:08:08 PM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

What skills do you require and where do you want them?


2 posted on 10/12/2011 5:10:53 PM PDT by allmost
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To: decimon

We have millions of Mexicans crossing the border and discovering the wonders of indoor plumbing and toilet paper and they say we lack skilled workers?? The shills!


3 posted on 10/12/2011 5:11:11 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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We have tens of thousands of foreign students graduating with technical degrees every year. If you are an engineer and over 50 it is almost impossible to find work.

I simply don't believe this report.

4 posted on 10/12/2011 5:12:28 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: decimon

If they are not allowed to import skilled foreigners to fill them they will likely move their firms overseas... just saying


5 posted on 10/12/2011 5:17:15 PM PDT by traviskicks (http://www.neoperspectives.com/Ron_Paul_2008.htm)
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To: decimon

I can believe this. My brother’s company has been trying to hire a PHP programmer for ages. The hiring bonus being offered keeps climbing, it’s now $5000, paid after the first 90 days. They’ve had 2 applicants, neither of whom bothered to even show up for their interviews.

Even worse than the lack of skilled workers, I think, is the lack of work ethic. Those few employees with a strong, honest work ethic are worth their weight in gold, but are becomming rarer and rarer.


6 posted on 10/12/2011 5:18:04 PM PDT by Ellendra (God feeds the birds of the air, but he doesn't throw it in their nests.)
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To: skeeter

I agree with you completely. They won’t hire older workers and the younger ones rarely want to do something that might get them dirty.


7 posted on 10/12/2011 5:18:41 PM PDT by The Working Man (The mantra for BO's reign...."No Child Left a Dime")
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To: skeeter
I simply don't believe this report.

I am suspicious also. I suspect that most of these positions will either not be filled or the organization is trying to hire foreign workers using impossible job qualifications to justify hiring foreign workers.

Last night, a Microsoft evangelist told a group of students that Microsoft had thousands of openings for individuals with a variety of business and computing skills. Organizations are very specific about skills and experience. In former times, firms wanted good generalists with ability to adapt and apply their knowledge. Granted that company needs have changed but the emphasis on very specific skills and experience seems misguided.
8 posted on 10/12/2011 5:18:41 PM PDT by businessprofessor
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To: skeeter
We have tens of thousands of foreign students graduating with technical degrees every year. If you are an engineer and over 50 it is almost impossible to find work... I simply don't believe this report.

If there are skilled positions going unfilled then the companies would be willing to take on trainees. They are not taking trainees. So the unfilled positions are bogus. The main spokesperson interviewed in the article is a consultant. The companies are deliberately avoiding hiring permanent positions. They do not want to invest training in employees, for whatever reason. The jobs are left unfilled for other reasons, such as so that the companies can open factories overseas and use the unfilled jobs as an excuse, or justify lobbying for more H1-Bs. The article writer must have the intelligence of a fruit fly. He has no clue.

9 posted on 10/12/2011 5:22:58 PM PDT by SteveH (First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.)
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To: decimon
More than half require science, technology, engineering and math-related skills.

And people wonder why this country is being flooded with Chinese, Japanese, and Indians all holding their green cards in hand..........All countries who dare to put education ahead of everything else, including football and basketball.

Where does the U.S. rank on the global scale in terms of high school education levels?

10 posted on 10/12/2011 5:23:58 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (ui)
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This is what happens when you refuse to trainer your employees.

They don’t want human workers. They want robotic DRONES.


11 posted on 10/12/2011 5:27:42 PM PDT by Soothesayer9
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"it's very difficult to find skilled people"

They don't NEED no steenkin' skills.....they're in the Union!

12 posted on 10/12/2011 5:27:48 PM PDT by traditional1 ("Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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"If they are not allowed to import skilled foreigners to fill them they will likely move their firms overseas... just saying"

They should move overseas to stay with their firms.


13 posted on 10/12/2011 5:28:33 PM PDT by familyop ("Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
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To: Ellendra

Those few employees with a strong, honest work ethic are worth their weight in gold, but are becomming rarer and rarer.

That’s mostly because companies aren’t willing to pay a premium for premium workers.


14 posted on 10/12/2011 5:30:06 PM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: businessprofessor
using impossible job qualifications to justify hiring foreign workers.

"Impossible Job Qualifications"? And just what would those qualifications be that only foreign workers have? And if there is a legitimacy to your claim then why don't Americans have those qualifications and who's fault is that?

15 posted on 10/12/2011 5:31:30 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (ui)
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This affects my manufacturing company directly.

Just try and hire a setup CNC machinist who can write his own code.

I've come to the conclusion that all anybody under 30 wants for a career is an mediocre office job with an Internet connection so they can Facebook with all the other mediocre people with office jobs.

16 posted on 10/12/2011 5:38:12 PM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: allmost

I’d love to know where these are and requirements too.


17 posted on 10/12/2011 5:44:21 PM PDT by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: decimon
Manufacturing lost its appeal during the 1990s when companies started moving production to Asian countries like China, in search of cheap labor. But rising wages in China are forcing some companies to bring production back home.

Another result of stupid trade policies that were guaranteed to export US manufacturing plants and jobs to cheap labor nations. When the plants and jobs are exported, we lose the skills and the improvements in manufacturing processes and the stream of new, qualified employees who see career opportunities.

Young people have seen far fewer career opportunities in US manufacturing in recent decades, so all the training, education and skills needed for manufacturing will continue to diminish in the US.

And notice the article does not list all the causes of lost manufacturing so popular around here: the EPA, high corporate taxes, OSHA, etc. The overwhelming reason for lost manufacturing is cheap labor, and that has been the case for several decades now.

18 posted on 10/12/2011 5:49:01 PM PDT by Will88
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These companies are relying on bigoted, old-fashioned standards. Instead of insisting on yesterday’s skills like math and engineering, they ought to use this as an opportunity to diversify their workforces with women’s studies, black studies, and queer studies majors. I’m sure that the companies would find them just as capable as computer scientists and the like. /s


19 posted on 10/12/2011 5:51:01 PM PDT by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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To: Last Dakotan

Where’s your shop?

The community college here in Sheridan, WY turns out people who can do exactly that and more. People trained in machining from manual machines to CNC machines, and they’re trained to write G/M code directly as well as using MasterCAM/AutoCAD.


20 posted on 10/12/2011 5:52:18 PM PDT by NVDave
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