Tuesday, January 21, 2020

US Workforce Skills


The US needs Electronics, Mechanical and Software Engineers and CAD Operators it hasn’t needed for 20 years and we will need to get them with H1b visas.  The US has a glut of welfare migrants and needs to cut off immigration of low skilled migrants.

The US also needs legal applicants for high-skilled technical work like Advance Manufacturing Equipment Maintenance Technicians to install and maintain production equipment. The US already has enough citizens to fill most operator jobs, but it will require up to 1 year to have them trained.

The US was busy off-shoring its manufacturing and shutting down energy production from 1993 to 2017. The Engineers that produced the PC, Smartphones, Electronics upgrades and Manufacturing Process improvements in the 1980s had completed their design cycles in the 1990s. From the 1990s to 2016, the US had lost its Engineering jobs and the capability to do meaningful product development.

The US failure to adjust its corporate tax structure from 35% to 21% (average) created incentives for companies to off-shore its manufacturing to lower its costs.  Manufacturing Process improvements allowed US companies to move off-shore, because the processes were under control.

Globalist propaganda began in the 1980s to build up to the unveiling of UN Agenda 21 in 1992.  All countries and corporations signed on to this scam.

The hype to rely on the Global Economy was reinforced by the Globalists with crony trade deals and open borders that further eroded national sovereignty.

In 2015, Global growth showed signs of ending. The realization that Globalist scams like global warming were beginning to take hold and reduced Globalist influence.    

In 2016, Trump attacked all the scams, exposed the facts and was elected. In 2017, Trump lowered the US corporate tax from 35% to 21%, cancelled unnecessary regulations and began to lower illegal immigration. In 2019, Trump added Tariffs on foreign imports to achieve reciprocal trade and lower the US trade deficit.

Now in 2020, we need to address our lack of Engineers to support the return of manufacturing to the US.  Because we haven’t had Engineering openings for 20 years, we don’t have enough US Engineers. We will need to add H1b Engineers to continue to return manufacturing back to the US. Electronics Engineering grads fell from 21,459 in 2005 to 16,184 in 2009 and continued to decline.

We need to finish the border wall, pass immigration laws based on need and merit and cancel welfare migrant immigration schemes. US-based companies need to increase the manufacture of necessary goods sold to US consumers.

The US Education System needs reform to ensure that high school grads can read, write and do math. They need to be able to prepare their own tax forms, read and understand instructions, contracts, budgets, laws, 

US colleges need to stop offering easy courses that produce degrees for jobs that do not exist and reduce non-occupational college courses.

The Music courses should be offered by a Music College. The Education courses should be offered by a Teacher’s College. The Art courses should be offered by an Arts College. Admission should be based on actual talent.

Most of the other courses below should be self-taught by looking up information on Google. Degrees in these majors are not in high demand.

Georgia State University offers degree programs in:
African American Studies, American Sign Language, Anthropology, Applied Linguistics, Art Education, Art History, Art, Drawing & Painting, Choral Conducting, Orchestra Conducting, Orchestra Instrument Performance, Piano Performance, Voice Performance, Wind Band Conducting, Theater Administration, Asian Studies, Astronomy, Birth Through 5 Education, Elementary Education, Music Composition, Communication, City & Regional Planning, Education Curriculum, Criminal Justice, Creative Writing, Education Counseling, Creative Education, Physical Education, Exercise, Early Childhood Education, Dual Language Education, Risk Management, Entrepreneurship, French, German, Folklore, Film & Media, Environmental Science, Geoscience, General Studies, Game Design, Gerontology, Health Science, Health Administration, Human Learning, Hospitality Operations, Homeland Security & Emergency Management, Heritage Preservation, Health Informatics, Nutrition, International Education, Art Interpretation, International Business, International Economics, Interior Design, Interdisciplinary Studies, Educational Instruction, Latin American Studies, Latin, Law & Health Administration, Law & Philosophy, Italian, Japanese, Jazz Music Studies, Journalism, Marketing, Managerial Science, Literacy Education, Public Health, Guitar Lessons, Music Technology, Moving Image Studies, Middle East Studies, Middle Level Education, Media Entrepreneurship, On-Line Learning & Development, Non-Profit Management, Political Science, Photography, Planning & Economic Development, Public Policy, Public Management & Policy, Public Administration, Education Program Evaluation, School Psychology, Religious Studies, Hospitality Management, Reading & Language Education, Reading Endorsement, Reading Recovery, Quantitative Risk Analysis, Sign Language Interpreting, School Counseling, Social Entrepreneurship, Science Education, Spanish Language, Culture & Society, Sociology, Social Studies, Social Foundations of Education, Studio Drawing & Painting, Studio Graphic Design, Studio Ceramics, Speech Communication, Sport Management, Special Education, Urban Education, Three Dimensional Sculpture Studio, Translation French German Spanish, Theater, Three Dimensional Ceramic Studio, Theater Design or Performance, Textile Studio, Teaching & Learning, World Languages, Women’s Gender & Sexuality Studies, Water Science,

Occupational Courses include: Accounting, Finance, Business, Management, Marketing, Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Development, Engineering, Geoscience, Geology, Architecture, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Law, Medicine, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Social Work and Education.

Some Courses may be used for general knowledge and include: Speech, English, Economics, History, Philosophy,
Psychology, Sociology and Biology.

Some Courses are specific to a limited number of jobs including: Graphic Design, Computer Aided Design, Photography and Videography.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has taken a whack at their crystal ball to make up what jobs will be in highest demand over the next decade. They expect us hire 2 million more healthcare workers with over half in home care.  They also expect us to hire 1.2 million more restaurant workers. They are not projecting the 7 million more manufacturing jobs we need to restore the middle class, so I don’t expect to see any changes in our education curriculum.

Occupations with the most job growth, by BLS.gov, 9/4/19.
Jobs                2018            2028        %Inc    2018 M Pay

Health Mgr      406,100       477,600     17.6%     $99,730
Reg Nurse    3,059,800    3,431,300     12.1%     $71.730
LP Nurse         728,900       807,000     10.7%     $46.240
Medical Asst    686,600       841,500     22.6%    $33,610
Medical Sec     601,700       698,100     16.0%    $35,760
Nurse Asst    1,513,200    1,648,600       8.9%    $28,540
Totals            6,996,300     7,904,100   907,800

Home Aid        832,800     1,136,600    36.6%     $24,200
Care Aide     2,421,200     3,302,100    36.4%     $24,020
Totals           3,254,000     4,438,700  1,184,700

Food Supv       988,900     1,096,100     10.8%    $32,450
Cook             1,362,300     1,661,300    21.9%     $26,530
Waiter           2,634,600     2,804,800       6.5%    $21,780
Food Server  3,704,200     4,344,300     17.3%    $21,250
Totals            8,690,000     9,906,500  1,216,500   

Financial Mgr     653,600     758,300    16.0%    $127,990
General Mgr  1,276,400    2,541,400      6.9%    $100,930
Mgmt  Analyst   875,300      994,600    13.5%      $83,610
Accountant     1,424,000   1,514,700       6.4%     $70,500
Mkt Rsch          681,900       821,100     20.4%     $63,120
Sales Rep     1,060,600     1,137,000      7.2%     $54,550
Totals            5,971,800     7,767,100  1,795,300

Electrician        715,400       789,500     10.4%     $55,190
Carpenter      1,006,500    1,086,600      8.0%      $46,590
Maintenance 1,488,000     1,573,400      5.7%     $38,300
Construction  1,405,000    1,553,100     10.5%    $35,800
Landscaper   1,205,200    1,311,600      8.8%      $29,000
Janitor           2,404,400    2,564,200      6.6%      $26,110
Totals            8,224,500    8,878,400   653.900

Truck Driver  1,958,800      2,058,500      5.1%     $43.680
Warehouse   2,953,800      3,097,900      4.9%     $28,260
Taxi Driver      374,400         442,800     19.5%     $25,980
Totals           5,287,000      5,599,200    312,200

SW Dev         944,200      1,185,700     25.6%   $103,620
PC Spec        674,800         742,700     10.6%     $50,980
Totals          1,619,000      1,928,400    309,400 

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

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