Ted Rall for August 01, 2011
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Millions of jobs are unfilled because the millions of unemployed don't have the requested skills. Man: Quintile polydactyl, huh? That won't do. This position requires someone with 7 weebed talons. Woman: ASk her if she has a P.S.M. degree in Parthian economics.
Packratjohn Premium Member almost 13 years ago
And is willing to work for minimum wage with no benefits. Hang in there, guy, you’ll find the perfect candidate.
Bilword almost 13 years ago
they will fill those jobs the american way…overseassalute the flag
AdmNaismith almost 13 years ago
It takes a special applicant to fill the job of writing the computer programs that Wall Street uses to run the economy off a cliff.
d_legendary1 almost 13 years ago
Don’t know any that make $30 an hour. I know some who make $15-$17 working at Ford. Ford, by the way, charges $75 an hour for a mechanic.
d_legendary1 almost 13 years ago
One of the requested skills: Do you speak other languages other than American?
baileydean almost 13 years ago
I know a few who might be. Where? What sorts of jobs?
Spyderred almost 13 years ago
dfunt, how about some outrage, or at least irritation, for all those for-profit colleges and their CEOs who are paid millions, and who 1) have no statistics on the number of graduates in a given major who get jobs in their field within six months of graduation, and 2) provide no information at all about what employment prospects are for a given major when a young person enrolls. You must be a Republican; they’re big on blaming the poor and unemployed for plights that the elephants caused.
kreole almost 13 years ago
Did you notice the sign on the wall that says, “Corpse Corp” ?
Didn’t Obama refer to the “Air Corps” as the “Air Corpse”? Is this cartoon a link to the gaffe?
Ronald Johnson almost 13 years ago
Everyone should get a “Liberal Arts” degree for an Associates Degree, or even a Bachelor’s Degree to broaden his or her thinking and be able to think and learn how to think. Thinking is the most laser-like concentration of “working the mind” in problem-solving and social-skills adaptation—“learning to get along with others” and ‘walking a mile in another person’s moccasins", but for jobs-promotion and skills specialization, a more specialized other degrees are necessary like Master’s and Doctor’s degrees to show proficiency and management skills; also, another foreign language shows broadening of one’s mind to encomass less self-centeredness.