Is it true that the "skills gap" is real and tradesmen

Yes it is.

>>1432952
Yes. Most Americans can't do anything other than like things on IG, retweet and pin things on Pintrest.


I employ automotive repairmen who make $70-90k/yr doing something not particularly complicated.

>>1432952
Yep. Were living in economic collapse. We need people who can build society. Not crunch numbers.

>>1432952
>Have a 3.7 Cumulative GPA in aircraft mechanics and an associates degree in it as well.
>Apply to jobs around area: "Looking for somone with experience"
>"Can I take your internship?"
>"You're overqualified."
>Apply to car mechanics shops: "You have no experience, and we're looking for somone with experience with cars."
>Months later I hear that the aircraft mechanics job is bleeding mechanics left and right and that they cant hire enough people.
>Im moving in 2 months.

TL:DR im retarded and fucked.

>>1432962
>Yep. Were living in economic collapse

We... we... we're living in economic collapse?

Where? The markets are at all time highs, unemployment at one of the lowest points in many years, volatility keeps breaking record lows. Where exactly is the collapse

>>1433020
>Months later I hear that the aircraft mechanics job is bleeding mechanics left and right and that they cant hire enough people.

Excuse me, what does this mean?
I apologize if i look dumb asking this, i'm asking because english isn't my first language and i really didn't get it.

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>>1433025
>unemployment at one of the lowest points in many years
nice joke

>>1433038
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/unemployment-rate

US unemployment rate came in at 4.9 percent in July 2016 unchanged from the June rate and above market expectations of 4.8 percent.

Unemployment Rate in the United States averaged 5.82 percent from 1948 until 2016, reaching an all time high of 10.80 percent in November of 1982 and a record low of 2.50 percent in May of 1953. Unemployment Rate in the United States is reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

>>1433033
"Bleeding" is synonymous with "losing" in this sense

>>1433040
that's not true unemployment, that doesn't count people who have been laid off so long and people who gave up looking for work and also people who are only working part time instead of the usual full time.

>>1433040
>Unemployment rate
Ever take a look at what that entails? I'll give you a hint: it only includes people currently looking for work.

>>1433051
>it only includes people currently looking for work.

So are you somehow implying that the amount of people looking for work is currently considerably lower than it was other years? That's a pretty bold and unfounded statement I think