So this bugs me, so Fox had been pushing people to not go to college or seek higher education. I get that we need skilled trade workers, and there is nothing wrong with a good paying trade job. But I’m in high tech and have been involved with about 10 hirings in the past year, and almost nobody applying are Americans, and the few that are, tend not to be qualified. So we hire immigrants or foreigners on H1B visas right out of college starting at 200-250k a year, plus stock and bonuses. There is a huge gap being created going forward. This is F’ed up.
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It’s market, I used to pay $22 an hour for a guy in India, he probably got less than half of that. Now the offshore resources are anywhere from 40 to 70 an hour, and often need two offshore to do the job of one here. So $100 an hour here is starting, probably lose 1/4 within 2 years to higher paying gigs, but more often than not they come back since the stock and bonus are sweet. Of course where I live a decent house starts in the 600-700k, but if you can live in a more reasonable area and work remotely, best of both worlds. Why the kids coming out of high school don’t get this, blows my mind. There are plenty of great jobs in the US, they just aren’t driven together the right education.
African Wahman's studies instead of real curriculum, yep.
I must admit tho, full disclosure, our own Daughter insisted on an 'art' degree, Italian art history of all things, she used to tell me she wanted to be a museum Curator or Director. I tried to explain to her there were maybe 20 of those jobs in the Houston area....she is working for a drug company in administration instead. Every time someone mentions 'art' I see tuition checks burning, but it's really my fault I guess.
Ok, what sort of curricular structure would you suggest if it were aimed at a job you need filled?
Wondering for an over-yet-under qualified administrator in a drug company...
We had this Indian Engineer working with us for a while, he was a contractor who was being trained up on field work on one of our projects, new guy straight out of school, not long out of India. He asked me if I could copy him some training materials on transformer relays, which I did. I also placed a picture of kids riding a cow in the middle of the testing specs so he couldn't miss it. 'Other' people were nervous when they saw me preparing that for him, but he just laughed and thanked me for the books, he turned out to be a good Engineer and a great guy. Later we hired him away from the contractor.
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The trick is to have a hiring process that looks at skills and intellect, rather than a resume. Too many times young people limit themselves by what their degree says, one of the best analysts I ever worked with was an art history major. I encourage my team in the hiring process to look past the resume and background and find talent, regardless of field. I once recruited a Project manager at a party who I knew got laid off, their company closed. She was in accounts payable with no degree. I figured someone who deals with accounts payable pays attention to details, schedule and tracking, all great PM skills. She is still with us to this day, probably doubled her paycheck overnight and she works remotely from their vacation place most of the time. You just have to look at it differently .