A First.

[big gear head]

The machine shop that my son works at is looking for people with skills and the fabrication shop that my brother works at is looking for welders and machinist. There are not enough people getting into the skilled trades to fill the jobs around here. It seems like everyone who graduates from high school wants to go to college instead of learning how to work with their hands. The school that my son graduated from doesn't have kids filling the classes and the school that I went to has closed their machine shop and auto shop due to lack of interest.

[x33rs]

The problem my wife is seeing at the company she works for it that people can't pass a simple drug test anymore. Can't tell you how many people they've had to turn away over the last 3-4 years because they can't pass a drug test. Plenty of applicants, have the skills, but can't lay off the drugs.


I don't see help wanted signs around here though, and never saw them when I lived in Ohio, but that's been 11 years ago. Things must have taken a bad turn out there since.