Got to start somewhere. What are you saying? That a program doesn’t work if it doesn’t reach 100% of the people? If Mike’s program can reach a few hundred, that’s a good thing. So what if Mike is an older, white guy. Is there something wrong with that? Maybe you’re prejudiced?

Look up auto manufacturing assembly line workers openings in Michigan. TheFord Chicago assembly plant cannot keep the new hires they recruit exactly for the reasons Mike brings up: it’s too hot, it’s too hard, they expect too much, I have other stuff to do rather then work the 12 hours a day this place wants. Ford has resorted to hiring people on work release sporting gang tattoos. People have walked out because they didn’t feel safe working next to a thug. But they are forced to keep hiring them because no one else will apply. And new hires sometimes walk out in groves on an especially hot day.

They start at roughly $18 per hours with PLENTY of overtime. You won’t be told you can’t do the job cuz you’re a woman, in fact they are most likely try to put you on the most physical job in the plant to try to break you. But you will make the same as the guy you hired in with. The jobs suck, you won’t be respected, you’ll be treated like an warm body because that’s all you are to them. And they have every intention to break your body down so you don’t advance to far up the seniority ranks and cost then more than the next new hire. Come in, work your fingers to the view and get out. You’re adisposable piece of tissue.

But… they’re out there. Detroit, Chicago, Louisville and Kansas City Ford pants. Can’t speak for the other auto manufactures but they are all one in the same. Right now, the cost of housing in parts of the north (specifically the Detroit) is dirt cheap. If you’ve sold everything, then it wouldn’t cost to move what’s left of your belongings.
Good luck.

Hey cutie, you are are still bitching about how bad you have it.
It was you who came back after months to do your little dance.
How about thus get a damn job and stop complaining about how bad you have it.

…and you’re a rabid bitch with nothing valuable to say, have no reading comprehension skills like the troll you are. Everyone here has proved their points against you troll. Go back to your cave.

Really, you are still bitching about thus gory months later? Proved my point.

I was not juding or attack you. I was trying to show you that the world is still at your finger tips. Here, lets start this all over…

If you could choose any company in the world that you’d like to work for, that is doing something you are passionate about, what company would you choose?

Where are you currently working?

Let’s see if we can get from A to B.

We have the exact same problem here which is why I went on my rant. I want to know where those training courses went to was well. I’ve been looking and can’t find them in larger metropolitan areas. What’s more annoying is that many of the salaries for those jobs have dropped too.

I was a pharmacy technician for four years and then the state starting tacking on fees while employers stopped reimbursement for everything. Pay dropped to $10/hr from $13/hr on average. They’re now upping the ante on certification qualifications and making an Associate’s “degree” mandatory. All of the jobs you mention have seen wages drop, and I’ve witnessed some first hand.

The “victim” crap is not what I was ranting about so I’ll clarify. My generation is simultaneously getting screwed over by old people who offer abysmal wages while calling us “lazy”. I have no problem with working or being a productive citizen of my country. However, it’s becoming increasingly apparent that YOUR generation is seriously out of touch with the realities of those coming into the workforces decades after you.

We have to learn more in a shorter time (I had ten week quarters not semesters), work longer hours for less pay, deal with inflation, more bills than your generation, and yes, higher taxes. We have to compete on a GLOBAL scale while your generation competed against the neighbors. Spare me your lecture you uninformed senior citizen.

Personally I think it’s not just about degrees anymore, it’s how well one communicates and works with others in addition to the skills they bring to the table. Congrats on your success and your husband’s success. I wish you all the best!