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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 26 2017, @04:53PM
Suppose you move from NYC to Melbourne, FL. You take a job at Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Thales, DRS, Harris, or one of the many cybersecurity start-ups. (nerdy defense contractor work)
Half a year later, you realize that you hate your boss. Somehow, you also manage to get rejected by all the other local companies. You move back to NYC.
You probably come out ahead based on cost of living. Just the taxes alone might do that. Just the rent alone might do that. Put those together though, along with all the other price differences, and you'll easily cover the moving expenses.