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Originally Posted by Superman
Here's part of your answer, Shawn. I gave recruitment talks, around 2010-2011 as part of my job. When I began, I saw the tops of their young heads because they were looking at their phones. I said "Let's see a show of hands. Who would like to start at $25/hr, full benefits, with increases every six months up to $50/hr." I saw faces. When I mentioned apprenticeship programs in the construction trades, BOOM. I saw the tops of their heads again. Some of those jobs now pay wage/benefit packages in the $100/hr neighborhood, and these jobs cannot be outsourced. But they are not interested. They want to play video games and get paid.
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That is the complete opposite of my experience recruiting and hiring, especially in the 2010 - 2011 time frame. Most had seen the economy tank in 2009 and were anxious to get what they could.
Perhaps the group you were talking to weren't interest in being in the trades, but were instead being pushed to go to college. Perhaps they also know that 100 $/hr is not what the employee actually sees, and that the work isn't steady.
And perhaps they were checking their phones to see if the $100/hr claim was b.s. In my experience, younger folks have highly developed b.s. detectors.
Fyi, I was at one time IBEW but went back to school to get technical degrees, so I know a little about "the trades".
Heck, around that time (2010-2011) my older daughter was working 3 part-time jobs at the same time to get the money for grad school. My younger daughter had what she thought was a decent job and then the company (a rather large one) went under, so she decided to get more education (and change careers) to help open up job opportunities.
It is quite tiring to hear the boomer refrain that younger folks are lazy and don't want to work. Adults have been blaming the younger generation for about 2500 years:
https://historyhustle.com/2500-years-of-people-complaining-about-the-younger-generation/