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https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/skilled-trades-high-school-recruitment-fd9f8257?st=SxNdPR&reflink=article_copyURL_share

The High-School Juniors With $70,000-a-Year Job Offers

Companies with shortages of skilled workers look to shop class to recruit future hires; ‘like I’m an athlete getting all this attention from all these pro teams’

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“Rios, 17 years old, is a junior taking welding classes at Father Judge, a Catholic high school in Philadelphia that works closely with companies looking for workers in the skilled trades. Employers are dealing with a shortage of such workers as baby boomers retire. They have increasingly begun courting high-school students like Rios—a hiring strategy they say is likely to become even more crucial in the coming years.”

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April's avatar

Wonderful stuff. The kids still have to learn how to be quiet and respect authority. I think it would be easier with that kind of work though. More concrete.

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Just plain Rivka's avatar

Yes. A ways to go before that. And this work is highly skilled and will be great for some kids in the school, but probably not an option for everyone.

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Carl Rossini Jr.'s avatar

Agreed. I would give one warning then adios.

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Madeline Nielsen's avatar

Agree 1000000% as a teacher. Bring consequences back.

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