I was really surprised when I was listening to some reports on a local news radio on my way home from my parent’s house tonight. They were interviewing people from companies saying that they have jobs available and no one to fill the positions. They were not talking one or two jobs but thousands of jobs that go unfilled.

This slows down production. What sort of skills did they say were wanted? These were manufacturing jobs paying $18/hour and up. The skills necessary were math skills. Plus the skills necessary to want to work in a manufacturing environment. They did not go into great detail, but I am thinking, that they need workers who can stand for long periods of time, and do not mind repetitive work that requires being alert.

It is great to hear that there are still manufacturing jobs in the USA! I thought we were sending everything overseas. However it is disheartening to hear of the high numbers of jobs going unfilled because people are not being prepared to work in this industry. It really makes me wonder how people are missing the education necessary to get a job that starts out at $18 per hour.

I will have to see if I can find out more details about this.

Math is important. I feel that everyone has the ability to learn math. However not everyone is given what they need to learn math. With all the tutorials available on You Tube now, and on other sites around the internet, parents need to make sure they work with their children to get them to go over these tutorials.

Prentice Hall publishes tutorials for their text books online and they are really excellent. They have really improved their math tutorials. I hope people will find what they need to get off the unemployment lists. I hope that our parents will continue to play a strong role in the education of their children by helping them to find easy to access help for areas they struggle in.

• Internet Coach Frank Terranova One of the best internet coaches I have ever met is Frank Terranova. I can hear you saying, "Who is Frank Terranova?" Well that is what I was saying a few years ago until I started listening to him, and how he teaches. Frank is highly ethical and takes a......
• Every Business Involves Investment & Risk Maybe this topic seems too general or like something everyone knows. However how often do too many people get taken in by an opportunity that seems too easy. It seems like there is nothing to do but go to the bank and make your deposits? I really do not think......
• Health Care 2010 Best wishes for a wonderful 2010. I spent the holidays in a variety of hospitals since my beautiful healthy mother surprised us all by having a series of heart attacks. This came as a total shock to our family, and has turned my life upside down. This was the first......

• Teaching Kids with Coin Collecting Values Coin collecting values are something that many see as too stuffy and too adult for children who have coin collections. Parents like to make sure that their children are happy with their collection and think that worrying about values is simply too much. This is unfortunate, as something like coin......
• How To Become A Network Marketing Guru We have all heard stories about network marketers bringing people into their business by the truck load online.  I am sure at some point or another you have wondered how is it done? The process can be broken down to 3 easy steps Step 1. First and foremost you have......
• Network Marketing - How To Be A Good Sponsor (part 2) Network Marketing - Defining Your Role In order for us to start making progress we need to first understand the nature of people.  To do this you must be a good listener.  Success in this industry happens when you are able to help solve other peoples problems. One reason I......