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Apprentice Programs:
That’s how businesses used to help workers get necessary job skills.Today, workers aren’t feeling the love. Thousands of jobs are unfilled and businesses claim they can’t find workers with the skills. ©2017
It’s a fact. American businesses are sitting on thousands of jobs that are unfilled. They tell us they cannot fill those jobs because it’s difficult to find Americans with the necessary job skills.
This should be unacceptable. If government is going to lower the corporate tax rate and dole out other goodies to businesses, shouldn’t government insist on a quid pro quo? Shouldn’t businesses be required to give something in exchange for the tax breaks they’re getting?
If they’re claiming they cannot fill thousands of jobs because not enough Americans have the necessary skills, they should be required to start apprentice programs in exchange for tax breaks.
Trump has naïve Americans believing he can turn back the clock and restore 1950s and 1960s jobs. But today’s jobs require skills that are more advanced than the assembly jobs 50 years ago. Workers will need to be re-trained to do the jobs now and in the future. There’s no turning back the clock.This is where apprenticeships could be of help.
In America’s history, previous generations of American businesses didn’t just sit back and talk about jobs they couldn’t fill due to a so-called skills gap. No. They took the initiative, and they started apprenticeships to teach American workers necessary skills. But American businesses today not only are greedy, but they lack the committment to help American workers while they’re sitting on huge cash reserves.
American businesses used to believe in the American worker. They formed partnerships with schools, and they would train workers for highly skilled jobs. Sometimes, businesses worked with unions, or sometimes they trained their workers independent of unions. But they got it done.
For years, apprenticeships were the main means to train skilled workers in this country. Today, American businesses have all but abandoned apprenticeship programs at a time when it claims it really needs more skilled workers.
The good thing about apprenticeships is that they can be adapted to fit just about any industry.
What we need in this country is a combination of government incentives, consumer demand, and the political will to make apprenticeships a bigger part in our economy.
We should be telling politicians we want business to establish apprentice programs in exchange for their tax breaks. Community Colleges and some high schools should get funding to set-up apprenticeship programs in partnership with businesses.
To his credit, President Barack Obama had announced a $100 million grant program to support the development of innovative apprenticeship programs across the country. It’s a drop in the bucket, but it was a start. We need more of that kind of thinking. But the public has to demand it.
In addition to the president, Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Tim Scott (R-SC) also introduced legislation that would provide a $1,000 tax credit for companies that sponsor apprentice programs.
Apprenticeships could help thousands of Americans, particularly our people, African Americans. Our young and not-so-young people would have an opportunity to learn a quality skill and live the American dream.
Compared to other countries, the United States has fallen short in apprenticeships, and it even lags many smaller countries with smaller economies: look at recent apprenticeship participation in the following countries:
• United States—358,000 (in 2012)
• France-1.4 million
• Scotland-1.5 million
• Germany-3 million
• England-3 million
• Switzerland-3.1... <<<<<< N.B from Jumbotweet: auto-truncated at 4K characters on index page - Click here or on the "view" link to see entire jumbotweet! http://www.jumbotweet.com/ltweets/view/178474
Apprentice Programs:
That’s how businesses used to help workers get necessary job skills.Today, workers aren’t feeling the love. Thousands of jobs are unfilled and businesses claim they can’t find workers with the skills. ©2017
It’s a fact. American businesses are sitting on thousands of jobs that are unfilled. They tell us they cannot fill those jobs because it’s difficult to find Americans with the necessary job skills.
This should be unacceptable. If government is going to lower the corporate tax rate and dole out other goodies to businesses, shouldn’t government insist on a quid pro quo? Shouldn’t businesses be required to give something in exchange for the tax breaks they’re getting?
If they’re claiming they cannot fill thousands of jobs because not enough Americans have the necessary skills, they should be required to start apprentice programs in exchange for tax breaks.
Trump has naïve Americans believing he can turn back the clock and restore 1950s and 1960s jobs. But today’s jobs require skills that are more advanced than the assembly jobs 50 years ago. Workers will need to be re-trained to do the jobs now and in the future. There’s no turning back the clock.This is where apprenticeships could be of help.
In America’s history, previous generations of American businesses didn’t just sit back and talk about jobs they couldn’t fill due to a so-called skills gap. No. They took the initiative, and they started apprenticeships to teach American workers necessary skills. But American businesses today not only are greedy, but they lack the committment to help American workers while they’re sitting on huge cash reserves.
American businesses used to believe in the American worker. They formed partnerships with schools, and they would train workers for highly skilled jobs. Sometimes, businesses worked with unions, or sometimes they trained their workers independent of unions. But they got it done.
For years, apprenticeships were the main means to train skilled workers in this country. Today, American businesses have all but abandoned apprenticeship programs at a time when it claims it really needs more skilled workers.
The good thing about apprenticeships is that they can be adapted to fit just about any industry.
What we need in this country is a combination of government incentives, consumer demand, and the political will to make apprenticeships a bigger part in our economy.
We should be telling politicians we want business to establish apprentice programs in exchange for their tax breaks. Community Colleges and some high schools should get funding to set-up apprenticeship programs in partnership with businesses.
To his credit, President Barack Obama had announced a $100 million grant program to support the development of innovative apprenticeship programs across the country. It’s a drop in the bucket, but it was a start. We need more of that kind of thinking. But the public has to demand it.
In addition to the president, Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Tim Scott (R-SC) also introduced legislation that would provide a $1,000 tax credit for companies that sponsor apprentice programs.
Apprenticeships could help thousands of Americans, particularly our people, African Americans. Our young and not-so-young people would have an opportunity to learn a quality skill and live the American dream.
Compared to other countries, the United States has fallen short in apprenticeships, and it even lags many smaller countries with smaller economies: look at recent apprenticeship participation in the following countries:
• United States—358,000 (in 2012)
• France-1.4 million
• Scotland-1.5 million
• Germany-3 million
• England-3 million
• Switzerland-3.1... <<<<<< N.B from Jumbotweet: auto-truncated at 4K characters on index page - Click here or on the "view" link to see entire jumbotweet! http://www.jumbotweet.com/ltweets/view/178473- Apprentice Programs:
That’s how businesses used to help workers get necessary job skills.Today, workers aren’t feeling the love. Thousands of jobs are unfilled and businesses claim they can’t find workers with the skills. ©2017
It’s a fact. American businesses are sitting on thousands of jobs that are unfilled. They tell us they cannot fill those jobs because it’s difficult to find Americans with the necessary job skills.
This should be unacceptable. If government is going to lower the corporate tax rate and dole out other goodies to businesses, shouldn’t government insist on a quid pro quo? Shouldn’t businesses be required to give something in exchange for the tax breaks they’re getting?
If they’re claiming they cannot fill thousands of jobs because not enough Americans have the necessary skills, they should be required to start apprentice programs in exchange for tax breaks.
Trump has naïve Americans believing he can turn back the clock and restore 1950s and 1960s jobs. But today’s jobs require skills that are more advanced than the assembly jobs 50 years ago. Workers will need to be re-trained to do the jobs now and in the future. There’s no turning back the clock.This is where apprenticeships could be of help.
In America’s history, previous generations of American businesses didn’t just sit back and talk about jobs they couldn’t fill due to a so-called skills gap. No. They took the initiative, and they started apprenticeships to teach American workers necessary skills. But American businesses today not only are greedy, but they lack the committment to help American workers while they’re sitting on huge cash reserves.
American businesses used to believe in the American worker. They formed partnerships with schools, and they would train workers for highly skilled jobs. Sometimes, businesses worked with unions, or sometimes they trained their workers independent of unions. But they got it done.
For years, apprenticeships were the main means to train skilled workers in this country. Today, American businesses have all but abandoned apprenticeship programs at a time when it claims it really needs more skilled workers.
The good thing about apprenticeships is that they can be adapted to fit just about any industry.
What we need in this country is a combination of government incentives, consumer demand, and the political will to make apprenticeships a bigger part in our economy.
We should be telling politicians we want business to establish apprentice programs in exchange for their tax breaks. Community Colleges and some high schools should get funding to set-up apprenticeship programs in partnership with businesses.
To his credit, President Barack Obama had announced a $100 million grant program to support the development of innovative apprenticeship programs across the country. It’s a drop in the bucket, but it was a start. We need more of that kind of thinking. But the public has to demand it.
In addition to the president, Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Tim Scott (R-SC) also introduced legislation that would provide a $1,000 tax credit for companies that sponsor apprentice programs.
Apprenticeships could help thousands of Americans, particularly our people, African Americans. Our young and not-so-young people would have an opportunity to learn a quality skill and live the American dream.
Compared to other countries, the United States has fallen short in apprenticeships, and it even lags many smaller countries with smaller economies: look at recent apprenticeship participation in the following countries:
• United States—358,000 (in 2012)
• France-1.4 million
• Scotland-1.5 million
• Germany-3 million
• England-3 million
• Switzerland-3.1... <<<<<< N.B from Jumbotweet: auto-truncated at 4K characters on index page - Click here or on the "view" link to see entire jumbotweet! http://www.jumbotweet.com/ltweets/view/178471