Career Headline News

Demand for Skilled Labor
Employers are looking for people who have acquired exact skills, first through education, often just high school and vocational training, and then by honing it on the job. This is often going without notice in the government's standard employment data, employers are need applicants for certain occupations. Most of these jobs involve skills that take years to attain. Employers. This list includes:

- Experienced Welders
- Critical Care Nurse
- Special Education Teachers
- Geotechnical Engineers, trained in geology and engineering
- Respiratory Therapists
- Electrical Lineman, skilled in stringing high-voltage wires
- Special Education Teachers
- Civil Engineers

Reaching Our Potential
A McKinsey & Company report, The Economic Impact of The Achievement Gap in American Schools predicted that the USA Gross National Product (GNP) would have been $1.3-2.3 trillion higher if the achievement gap between the USA and its international peers such as Finland and Korea were closed by 1998. It's 2009 and we have yet to close the gap.

The report demonstrates that the underutilization of human potential in the USA is extreme and costly. For individuals—avoidable shortfalls in the academic achievement often means lower earnings, poorer health, and higher rates of incarceration. For the USA as a whole—the McKinsey report indicates that the USA wastes $3-5 billion a day by not closing the achievement gap.