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The Top 10 Hardest Jobs to Fill
Corporate politicos pushing NCLB and high stakes testing have no respect for hands-on labor. High stakes testing places great emphasis on literary analysis and writing skills unrelated to hands-on labor.Increasingly, high schools force students into courses unrelated to their interests or their talents, insisting that everybody prepare for college.
Posted by Wendy Bounds
If this list is an indication, it’s pretty hard to find a good mechanic, carpenter, or someone to run the machines or do basic labor for your company (or at your house).
Hands-on jobs like these are where some of the the worst U.S. talent shortages exist, according to Manpower Inc., which recently surveyed more than 42,500 employers worldwide.
Employers were asked two questions:
A) Are you having difficulty filling jobs due to lack of available talent?
B) What is one job you are having most difficulty filling due to a lack of available talent?
In a weakened job market, the overall percentage of U.S. employers struggling to find talented workers dropped by nearly half to 22% from 2007.
But companies are wrestling with how to fill the ranks of technical and trade careers–particularly when it comes to enticing young professionals as baby boomers transition out of the work force. Another problem: As people live longer, flattening or declining birth rates mean there aren’t enough people to work and sustain the retired.
Here’s the full top 10 Most Wanted:
1. Engineers
2. Machinists/Machine Operators
3. Skilled Manual Trades
4. Technicians
5. Sales Representatives
6. Accounting & Finance Staff
7. Mechanics
8. Laborers
9. IT Staff
10. Production Operators
Reader Comments
My list is different:
1. Competent CEO - Wachovia
2. Competent CFO – Wachovia
3. Competent CEO – WAMU
4. Competent CFO – WAMU
5. Competent CEO – United Airlines
6. Competent Candidate – Democratic Party
— >Posted by Wendy Bounds
Wall Street Journal
2008-04-24
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