On my travels I came across these stats:
- 2001: 160,000 entry level engineering jobs filled in USA:
100,000 filled by foreign students (K-12)
60,000 filled by USA students (K-12) - 2000: 750,000 engineering jobs left open in USA because of lack of qualified candidates
- 9/2000-10/2001: 1.2 million Americans with college or vocational degrees hired
- 9/2000-10/2001: 1.9 million Americans with HS or less education were laid off
- 1970: USA hiring was 75% blue collar/25% white collar
- 2000: USA hiring was 70% white collar/30% blue collar
- 2008/2010: shortfall of 4-6 million qualified workers in USA as K-12 systems continue to place only 50% students or less into post-HS degreed programs.
The data was compiled in 2005 but I can't imagine much has changed since.
Interesting, huh?
Posted by: Amitai Givertz
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