A story in yesterday's USA Today caught my eye. It talks about problems that companies in the United States are having getting skilled laborers like welders, etc. I personally am not surprised by this since there is such a negative view in our society of such jobs, but it is still an interesting story. It would be nice if the Department of Labor would work with professional societies like welders to get out the word that there are good jobs to be had in this field, much better than working at McDonalds.
Personally I don't buy the unemployment rate. There is something wrong with this number but I'm not sure what it is. I also feel the jobs created numbers are a bit odd, but I'm not sure how they are done or what would be better. I only know that in 2004 Republicans in Alamance County were going around before the election talking about the 2000 jobs created the year before. They didn't talk about the fact that almost all of these jobs were in the service sector, and that there were more jobs lost than created. I'm hoping to make the time over the next few weeks to investigate this stuff and I'll post here what I learn if anything.
