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Old 09-26-2013, 06:36 PM  
keysync
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Originally Posted by kane View Post
I saw Mike Rowe talking the other day about how there are 3 million vocational jobs right now that can't be filled. These are mechanics, plumbers, truck drivers etc. These are all jobs that pay well, but we have a strange education gap right now. When the recession hit people either just went into retail or lower paying jobs or to college. For some reason they stopped going to tech school. Caterpillar Corp will basically blow you to come work for them if you are big equipment mechanic.
Where are these Caterpillar Corp jobs?

I don't know about your area but mechanics around here don't get paid very well. $15/hr. tops.

I'd gladly go work for Cat. They usually pay damn good and great benefits. But they're not exactly blowing people to come work for them around here.
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