New year brings minimum wage hikes for Americans in 14 states

Used to be plenty of them around 50 years ago. Then they closed many of them.
It's sad and scary kids today don't have these opportunities avail in the past.......:hypo_h4h: Originally Posted by Celso

Utter nonsense, I have 4 positions that require basic computer competence, mechanical ability, and basic problem solving skills, all with the ability to earn $45k+ a year.... Either they are uninterested because it requires getting a little dirty (beneath them) or they are not competent & think they deserve a great paying job for just filling out the application (which half the time is riddled with errors & poor grammar). Expectations are scarily dropping because it has all become "I deserve this or that" not what an individual is prepared to prove he/she is worth.

Utter nonsense, I have 4 positions that require basic computer competence, mechanical ability, and basic problem solving skills, all with the ability to earn $45k+ a year.... Either they are uninterested because it requires getting a little dirty (beneath them) or they are not competent & think they deserve a great paying job for just filling out the application (which half the time is riddled with errors & poor grammar). Expectations are scarily dropping because it has all become "I deserve this or that" not what an individual is prepared to prove he/she is worth. Originally Posted by roscoe14850

WOW 4 positions!!! Whew, another form of utter nonsense really.....
Many more are needed!

40-50 yrs ago those types you know like, Plassy Maam, his pals, et al, whom it appears English is not their first language, would wind up in the Steel Mills or on the line in an Auto plant or many other Industrial plants that used to be all over the USA you know when WE made things! Not all are college material but they would be gainfully employed capable of supporting their family. Today those types who you see who can't fill out a proper job application and mess up your job forms, end up nowhere or lifer's in the Military. All those millions of good paying jobs were off-shored. Their now left with Walmart Home Depot and burger flipping jobs.

Utter nonsense, I have 4 positions that require basic computer competence, mechanical ability, and basic problem solving skills, all with the ability to earn $45k+ a year.... Either they are uninterested because it requires getting a little dirty (beneath them) or they are not competent & think they deserve a great paying job for just filling out the application (which half the time is riddled with errors & poor grammar). Expectations are scarily dropping because it has all become "I deserve this or that" not what an individual is prepared to prove he/she is worth. Originally Posted by roscoe14850

We had someone come in and ask when they could start because they were first one interviewed.

They really expected the job because they graduated with a degree but had no intern experience, no volunteer work in their field and barely made it in college. (They spelled it collage)

Another young lady came in where yoga pants and a tank top and was checking her phone during the interview when it went off.

One wanted 50,000 a year start in graphics design because she has a $70,000 school loan for her simple degree.

One wouldn't take a drug screen because of freedom and walked out. They later filed a lawsuit for us asking which was thrown out.
They later applied for a different job two weeks after the suit was dropped.

Good luck finding someone

WOW 4 positions!!! Whew, another form of utter nonsense really.....
Many more are needed!

40-50 yrs ago those types you know like, Plassy Maam, his pals, et al, whom it appears English is not their first language, would wind up in the Steel Mills or on the line in an Auto plant or many other Industrial plants that used to be all over the USA you know when WE made things! Not all are college material but they would be gainfully employed capable of supporting their family. Today those types who you see who can't fill out a proper job application and mess up your job forms, end up nowhere or lifer's in the Military. All those millions of good paying jobs were off-shored. Their now left with Walmart Home Depot and burger flipping jobs. Originally Posted by Celso

Once again you have a woeful story that you don't back up with real statistics and you turn to insulting people. I have 4 positions in a company of 225-250 people, heres more REAL info, not anecdotal ramblings.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kathrynd.../#3098c13d7f32

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/bu...ions.html?_r=0

....and the need is there for STEM positions also, as Taskmaster said earlier, get a degree in a field where there is a need.

http://www.brookings.edu/research/in...skills#/M10420

http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/09/news...-job-openings/

and my suggestion to those who "...can't fill out a proper job application and mess up your job forms...", you should have paid attention in school, straighten your shit out or deal with it, "You reap what you sow".

uh oh ...poor ol mary be soundin like a ...typical left wing extremist nut bag again

...let us not get angry at fizzle flops instead let ...us pity them

Once again you have a woeful story that you don't back up with real statistics and you turn to insulting people. I have 4 positions in a company of 225-250 people, heres more REAL info, not anecdotal ramblings.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kathrynd.../#3098c13d7f32

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/bu...ions.html?_r=0

....and the need is there for STEM positions also, as Taskmaster said earlier, get a degree in a field where there is a need.

http://www.brookings.edu/research/in...skills#/M10420

http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/09/news...-job-openings/

and my suggestion to those who "...can't fill out a proper job application and mess up your job forms...", you should have paid attention in school, straighten your shit out or deal with it, "You reap what you sow". Originally Posted by roscoe14850

Yeah yeah yeah....the typical Corporate crap that's been making the rounds for decades....

Guess Dubya's 'Let no child be left behind......missed quite a few eh......

From your above link:

For years, experts have warned that Americans don't have the skills required for new job fields, especially in engineering, technical and science-related jobs.
"It's definitely a concern, and it should be a concern for anyone who cares about the future of U.S. workers," says Chris Tilly, an economics professor at U.C.L.A.
The issue is even getting attention from the White House. The Obama administration announced a $100 million initiative last December to improve the number of apprenticeship programs in the U.S.
On the other side, some argue that employers are raising the bar too high on job qualifications and don't want to take the time to train new workers.

Obama proposes ...then troglodyte Cuntservatives BLOCK IT, preferring to give Tax Breaks to the Rich 1% and Corporations while USA living standards plummet from what they were only a generation ago !!!



Been happening for decades ....guess you've not been paying attention!.....

Heck even this cowpoke gets it!

....and the need is there for STEM positions also, as Taskmaster said earlier, get a degree in a field where there is a need. Originally Posted by roscoe14850

HA!!!
Many HAVE done just that, only to find the job they went to 4 years of college for was shipped by US Corporations to commie China when they graduated!....
Now they have a useless degree and are burdened with school debt, where guys are working 2-3 part time jobs to pay it off and girls doing the same, or maybe turning tricks now to pay it off.

These bellyaching Corps should do what they did years ago and train their employees on these new processes they develop, all the time today! This is how ours worked! They trained us! Today these myopic Corps go looking for HANDOUTS and expect Gov and Education to do it ALL for them. Which is patently stupid since there are no teachers avail in these newly created high tech and process jobs just created.

yeah! ...them damn conservatives takin over 600k from ...goldman sachs in speakin fees

...oh wait that ...was ol honest workin man liberal hillary

Yup....she played yer dumb Cuckservatives pals very well!!!....

She did far better than yer stable....eh....

I read each link, congratulations on paraphrasing the section confirming kids were failing to learn the skills necessary to EARN the jobs. Just because they can't get them, doesn't mean they aren't there. There aren't participation awards in life like peewee football, start learning & stop whining. Once again your responses have devolved into insults & conspiracies. I'm just a despicable Cuntservative so I'm gonna bow out and go kill some children with all my fully automatic rifles that I bought at the gun show using the super duper secret loophole....

Once again your responses have devolved into insults & conspiracies. I'm just a despicable Cuntservative so I'm gonna bow out and go kill some children with all my fully automatic rifles that I bought at the gun show using the super duper secret loophole.... Originally Posted by roscoe14850

Come on man NOBODY whines carps bellyaches cries and insults better than sniveling Cuntservatives. I know, I worked with them low life, two faced, lying inbred degenerates fer 40 farking years..... I know how their warped minds thinck! Just funning with ya and giving ya and yer spokeswoman PM a dose of yer own medicine ta watch ya squeal .... ya silly jackwagon(s)....

gee mary ...ya sound like yer comin ...unhinged

...even the one ...er two people here who dont hate ya are ...gettin worried

Like cockwork and on cue....the twin cuckservative clones PM & JB return.....

Left or Right pick a side DON'T hang in the wishy washy middle!

From my stand point the education system needs to be revamped! We have to hold educators and students accountable! NYS Common Core could have worked if they did it right and started in Kindergarten and then moved up progressively educating parents along the way so they could help their children do the work ...

As for the kids that don't have the skills set because they didn't want to learn? They lose! For the educators who didn't give them the skills they needed, didn't spend the extra time necessary to help the kids struggling and giving them encouragement? THEY need to lose ... their jobs ...

Ok off my soap box, but folks, personal attacks? Yeah ... NO!

DD