The idea that American workers are being left in the dust because they lack technological savvy does not stand up to scrutiny. Our focus should be on coordination and communication between workers and employers.
Technology enthusiasts and entrepreneurs are among the loudest voices declaiming this conventional wisdom (see "The Hunt for Qualified Workers").
Two recent developments have heightened debate over the idea of a "skills gap": an unemployment rate below 5 percent, and the growing fear that automation will render less-skilled workers permanently unemployable.
Proponents of the idea tell an intuitively appealing story: information technology has hit American firms like a whirlwind, intensifying demand for technical skills and leaving unprepared American workers in the dust. The mismatch between high employer requirements and low employee skills leads to bad outcomes such as high unemployment and slow economic growth.
The problem is, when we look closely at the data, this story doesn't match the facts. What's more, this view of the nation's economic challenges distracts us from more productive ways of thinking about skills and economic growth while promoting unproductive hand-wringing and a blinkered focus on only the supply side of the labor market—that is, the workers.
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608707/the-myth-of-the-skills-gap/
What do you think, is there a shortage of skilled workers ??
(Score: 1) by Zal42 on Friday August 25 2017, @05:47PM (2 children)
It's amazing how many software engineers go into long-haul trucking to take a break from software engineering. I personally know 4.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @07:19PM (1 child)
Used to sitting for long periods? check
Don't have to deal with software bugs? check
Paid a reasonable amount, relatively easy to get into? check
Work outside yet inside? double check
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday August 26 2017, @03:02AM
Look outside the window? Whoops! [youtube.com]
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..