The Acute Shortage of Technically Skilled Workers

                      

The media constantly refers to how many manufacturing jobs are being lost to get lower costs overseas.

                       

Could it be that we actually have a shortage of technically-skilled workers? Could that be because we are educating too many kids with the wrong skills?

                       

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has a study that indicates that less than 10% of teenagers in the U.S. study skilled trade careers for jobs with manufacturers and utilities.

                       

We have had this shortage for over twenty years. As a result, there aren’t sufficient qualified workers in many areas of essential work. And the workforce is getting older, so the problem is becoming more acute.

                       

We get more unemployable college grads, more lawyers, and more manufacturing jobs sent overseas where the skills may be. (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewshole at Twitter.)