Posted on 11/20/2014 1:23:40 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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As the high demand for skilled labor continues to dominate conversations about hiring, some jobs that don’t require a college degree remain open month after month, with few workers to fill them.
This list, compiled by CareerBuilder with Economic Modeling Specialists Intl. showcases roles for which a college degree is not required and where the number of jobs posted by companies each month far exceeds the number of workers employers are able to hire.
“Job creation is gaining ground and job seekers are gaining leverage,” said Matt Ferguson, CareerBuilder CEO. ”For nearly 70 occupations in the U.S, the rate at which workers are being hired isn’t keeping up with the frequency and volume of open positions being advertised. By drawing attention to talent deficits, our list underscores opportunities in everything from technology and health care to sales and transportation for job seekers looking to make a change.”
To create the list, CareerBuilder worked with EMSI to analyze the average number of workers hired each month in upwards of 700 occupations between January 2013 and August 2014 compared to the number of online job postings for each of these occupations over the same period. The jobs highlighted here may require additional training following high school, but do not require a college degree.
Topping the list are truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer. Nearly a quarter of a million postings for these jobs appear online, on average, each month, while 131,902 drivers are hired. Truck drivers bring in median hourly earnings of $18.37, and in 2014 nearly two million workers counted themselves among their ranks.
Next up are merchandise displayers and window trimmers–a particularly relevant job as the holidays approach....
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
No. 5. Angela Merkel, Age 60 Chancellor, Germany
No. 6. Janet Yellen, Age 68 Chair, Federal Reserve, U.S.
I’m not as bullish as some pundits on robo driving becoming the standard in the next decade.
They would reduce accidents quite a bit, and the tort attorney industry (which is a huge influencer in politics) probably doesn’t want that to happen.
They’ve already been forced to branch out into SocSec disability and such as safer cars have reduced the business quite a bit.
Based on what Emperor Obama is going to do tonight, I expected “unskilled laborer” would be #1.
Trucks are going to be harder to robodrive. There’s just way too much touch and feel in it (watch somebody back one up around a corner, the deliberate semi-jackknife is an amazing thing to behold). I think it’ll take an extra decade, so when robocars are standard, truck drivers got 10 years.
Right...It’s called a train!!
also 5 million new work permits for illegals. throwing that many new legal workers into competition with Americans who have no jobs is extremely evil. unemployment will skyrocket for Americans
“A State Department program will offer visas with a pathway to citizenship for 500,000 new technology workers”
that’s a quote from that article
And...
I did not see any of the traditional skills like
plumber, electrician, A/C installer/repairer, or carpenter anywhere on their stupid list.
You haven’t been reading about “driverless cars” and “autonomy” for the last several years?
Truck drivers bring in median hourly earnings of $18.37, and in 2014 nearly two million workers counted themselves among their ranks.
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Trucking companies are far too discriminatory and something should be done about their hiring practices.
Everyday you can see signs on the back of trucks advertising jobs but they specify SAFE DRIVERS.
This surely is discrimination against those that wish to be unsafe drivers.
Just because one likes a ‘taste’ now and then and gets sloppily drunk should NOT be cause for the nasty trucking companies to discriminate against anyone.
Took several years to get rid of the Caboose on freight trains, Morse Operators were necessary to have aboard lest a ship could not get underway.
Those Unions can be ‘tough’....
Oh please......neither one of those is ever going to happen.
My SIL’s dad drives for Waste Management (Teamsters) and they make good money. They always have openings because so many young applicants can’t pass the drug test for Com’l license.
roflmto...good one!
Yeah ,there will be lots of shovel ready jobs for them, lol.
Hey without jobs being created, well....what good is a work permit?? If we have that next crash and an extra 5-10 million mouths to feed, what then?
That work card will be like the 72 virgins or Zer0care...you got it, but you can’t use it!
Those damn anti-lock brakes are a good example of an idiotic better mouse trap.
I think assisted driving will be commonplace and already exists. Totally driverless is far off in the future.
Volvo Trucks - The Epic Split feat. Van Damme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7FIvfx5J10
If you don’t like your ABS, just pull the fuse. Then you’re brakes work like old school.
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