Shortage of skilled workers

Watching the financial news  regularly, I keep hearing experts complaining that companies are having  difficulty finding experienced skilled workers with the implication that government should be doing something. The tech industry and most company support systems seem to be turning to Asia for employees since they work for less money and it leads me to question the skill level of those employees. I am well aware of the language skills of these employees as I seem to encounter at least one each day. I am getting off track of  my point on this and I am sure you understand.

As a former employer my business required many skills and I was faced with the same problems. Since finding skilled employees was very difficult for me, I immediately turned to the government for help. Just kidding!!!!. The construction industry had the problem solved several years ago with apprenticeship training. Several trades had sophisticated apprentice training programs that involved classroom education along with workplace experience. This worked extremely well and less sophisticated methods were used by individual employers. It seems to me that similar methods could be implemented by any company large or small. I find it doubtful that our educational system is now capable of producing a large number potential employees with a work ethic and a desire to spend the time to become a skilled employee. We have conditioned our young people to expect too much from their expensive education that has focused on many subjects unnecessary for employment.

So, if you need skilled employees you are going to have to train them yourself.

We need to make sure our kids realize schooling is only the beginning of our education.

Sadly, there is no substitute for specialized training.