The 10 Skills That Will Get You Hired In 2013 http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2012/12/10/the-10-skills-that-will-get-you-a-job-in-2013/ " No. 5 Computers and Electronics (found in 8 out of the 10 most in-demand jobs) Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, electronic equipment and computer hardware including applications and programs. No. 6 Mathematics (found in 6 out of the 10 most in-demand jobs) Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics and their application. No. 7 Operations and Systems Analysis (found in 5 out of the 10 most in-demand jobs) Determining how a system or operation should work and how changes in conditions, operations and environments will affect outcomes. Understanding the needs and product requirements of a particular design. No. 8 Monitoring (found in 5 out of the 10 most in-demand jobs) Monitoring and assessing performance of yourself, other individuals or organizations to make improvement or take corrective action. No. 9 Programming (found in 3 out of the 10 most in-demand jobs) Writing computer programming for various purposes. "
If this were really true, I'd be swamped with job offers. I have all of those "skills". Better: 1) healthcare or nursing knowledge 2) physical therapy 3) dental hygenist 4) oral surgeon 5) cardiologist 6) exercise physiologist 7) endocrinologist 8) lipid specialist 9) occupational therapist See a pattern there ? Tech is for poor people...thanks to the outsourcing. All of those skills you listed can be filled by Indians and Chinese. Not the above list.
Re: tech, this is most definitely not true. In my company, we favor American, murrican, or whatever you want to call it, and we have a hard time finding qualified candidates. Those who have the relevant skills are in heavy demand, and this is not likely to change in the foreseeable. We've never had good luck with outsourcing, as we have found the quality, attention to detail, and communication all to be lacking.
You need to stop sniffing whatever you're sniffing. Surgeons are going to be around for a long time to come. "I need a heart transplant operation. My choices are a respected cardiologist with twenty years experience or some version one robot programmed by some clown who's never been to medical school. Hmmm .... tough call."
" http://multifamilyexecutive.com/business/january-2013-bls-jobs-report.aspx More Jobs Added in Construction; Architecture and Engineering Jobs Down The U.S. economy added 157,000 jobs in January: 300 were lost in architectural and engineering services, but the construction segment gained 28,000 jobs."
The tech jobs will still be there. They just want the U.S. citizenry to be acclimated to wages closer to what the outsourced jobs are paid after both Bush and now Obama have catered to the corporations. Just train one to be happy being paid a few more dollars than a MCD unit manager.
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