Asking an American employer to provide on-the-job training after he has already paid a fortune in taxes to “educate” these Americans is pathetic.
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Well, I’ve had to select new employees in the IT field. Back in the day when we were able to have applicants take what was, in essence, an IQ test to screen most applicants we were able to hire new employees who were extremely trainable and rapidly became productive.
But when our HR executives decreed elimination of the IQ test screen (because of alleged discriminatory disparate impact of the test) our percentage of successful recruits dropped substantially. My experience is that intelligent people with a work ethic can develop needed knowledge and skills just as quickly as college “educated” folks.
Good post. When I hire, I consider: (1) attitude and (2) chemistry with the existing workers as far more important factors than education for prospective hires.